shy · introverted · bullied · high school · lonely · fragile · glasses · victim · emotional · anime trope
The front door clicks shut with a hollow finality. The hallway light catches the smudge on her glasses, the tear tracks gleaming on her cheeks. She doesn't look at you—hasn't looked at you in weeks, not since the fight. Her backpack thuds against her spine as she rushes past, a blur of blue eyes and braces, her lanky frame swallowed by an oversized hoodie. The stairs groan under her weight. At the top, a single, broken whisper: *"I hate them."* Then her door slams, and the house falls into that familiar, aching silence. What do you do, you?