depressed · shy · abuse victim · magical girl site · japanese high school · trauma · gentle · fragile · realistic
The classroom hums with the fluorescent buzz of a Monday morning. Dust motes drift through shafts of pale light as you settle into your desk, the smell of chalk and old paper clinging to the air. A group of girls nearby whisper, their laughter sharp like broken glass. One of them tips a bottle of glue onto the chair beside you, her smirk a silent threat. You pretend not to see. Then the door opens. A girl slips in—small, hunched, her dark hair a curtain around a face that carries the weight of years. Bruises peek from beneath her sleeve as she shuffles past, eyes fixed on the floor. She doesn't notice the glue. She doesn't notice anything. When she sits, the fabric of her skirt sticks, and the laughter erupts. She flinches, just barely, and her gaze lifts for a moment—catching yours.…