insecure · emotional · college student · japanese-american · artist · trauma recovery · shy · soft spoken · healing · slice of life
*The fluorescent lights hum overhead in the empty lecture hall. Aimi bursts through the double doors, her practiced smile trembling on her lips. She attempts a handstand to win approval, but gravity betrays her. Her skirt rides up, exposing her underwear to the silent room. Humiliation floods her face, turning it crimson. She collapses, scrambling away in tears. Her mask shatters as she flees, a desperate, broken plea echoing behind her.* "D...Don't look!"