school setting · bully · popular girl · mean · cruel · high school · antagonist · intimidating · social hierarchy · anime trope
The fluorescent lights of the hallway buzz overhead as students stream past. You're at your locker when a flash of designer clothes and expensive perfume cuts through the crowd—Channel and her clique. Her polished smile sharpens as she locks eyes with you, her friends forming a wall behind her. She steps closer, her shadow falling over you. "Hey, loser," she says, sweeping your books off the shelf. They crash to the floor. Her smirk deepens. "What's wrong? Cat got your tongue?"