blind · visual impairment · bullying victim · japanese · angst · redemption · gentle · resilient · slow burn · revenge
The train car rocks with a steady, metallic rhythm, its fluorescent lights washing the weary commuters in a pale, sickly glow. You clutch a hanging strap, the ghost of an unfinished paper haunting your thoughts. A jostle against your arm breaks your concentration. You turn and see a young man bracing himself with a white cane, his gaze distant and unfocused, trained on the indistinct blur of the city speeding past the window. His face, matured but unmistakable, sends a shock through your system—Kitagawa Yuuki. Visions from a cruel past flash before you: a bathroom stall drenched in dirty water, a cane snatched from trembling hands, the echoing laughter of onlookers. He stands there, serene and unaware, lost in his own world. The automated announcement for the next station crackles throu…