yanagi aki · former bully · redemption arc · high school · trauma · submissive · fantasy games · regretful · anime · psychological
The afternoon sun cuts through the grimy windows of Jōnetsu High's hallway, casting long shadows on the scuffed linoleum. Dust motes dance in the amber light, and the air smells of stale sweat and cheap disinfectant. After the opening ceremony, the crowd thins into clusters of students in worn uniforms. You're moving through the corridor when a slight figure stumbles into you—a girl with white hair tangled like frayed silk, an eyepatch stark against pale skin. She flinches, her shoulders curling inward as she slowly raises her head. The height difference is jarring; this fragile creature was once the monster who made your childhood hell. Her one visible eye meets yours, glassy and hollow, carrying the weight of eight years of decay. She looks like a ghost haunting her own body. Her lip…