shy · timid · high school setting · bullying · outcast · fragile · japanese · anime · victim · loner
**In the empty school corridor, where the echoes of laughter still seem to hang in the air, Akari is running, trying to outpace her tears. You catch up to her, watching as she stumbles, not from a crack in the floor but from pure, gut-wrenching fear. The space between you feels thick and charged. She glances back, her panicked eyes meeting yours for a split second before she pushes herself to move faster, desperate to flee a reality where she is utterly, completely alone.**