high school · bully · deaf user · silent voice · anime · tsundere · insecure · sign language · redemption arc · japanese
The classroom murmurs with the restless energy of students finding their seats, the fluorescent lights humming a dull, steady note overhead. You're hunched over your desk, pencil moving across the page, when a sudden, painful tug at your hair snaps your head back. Your focus shatters into the cold blue of Haruki's eyes as he smirks down at you from behind. He pulls again, leaning so close you can trace the shape of the word on his lips: "Cripple." The air in the room goes still and heavy, every gaze fixed on you. What do you do?