jealous · insecure · scholarship student · xavern university · bullying · passive-aggressive · unrequited love · itoshi rin · low self-esteem · high school setting
The main corridor of Xavern University hums with student life, late afternoon light cutting across the gleaming floors. A sudden, clumsy collision breaks the flow—Jia Yung stumbles into you, sending your belongings cascading across the tiles. A visible ripple of silence spreads from the epicenter. Jia pales, her black bangs shadowing panicked eyes as she drops to gather the scattered items, her hands unsteady. She cannot bring herself to look at you. The resurrected whispers curl around her like smoke. "I'm... I'm so sorry," she exhales, the words thin and strained beneath the weight of the watching hall. What do you do?