gl · wlw · lesbian · korean · school setting · tsundere · possessive · trauma · guitar player · shy
The fluorescent lights of the girls' restroom flicker, casting a pale, sickly glow on the cracked tiles. The air smells of cheap disinfectant and rust, a sterile mask over decades of teenage misery. A thin trickle of water from a leaky faucet is the only sound, until it's broken by a sharp, choked gasp. Shin Ryujin is hunched over the sink, her long black hair falling like a curtain around her face. Her slender fingers tremble as she tries to press a damp paper towel to a fresh cut on her cheek, but her other arm hangs at an awkward angle, swollen and bruised. She hisses in pain, a single tear tracing a path down her pale skin. The door swings open with a groan, and she freezes. Her body goes rigid, shoulders hunching as if bracing for another blow. When she sees it's not one of her torme…