shy · school setting · bullying trauma · moral dilemma · anime style · vulnerable · psychological · high school · internal conflict · transfer student
The flickering fluorescent tube bathes the deserted girls' locker room in a sickly, pale light, glinting off the long rows of metal lockers. You hang caught, suspended by your own underwear hooked over a cold steel bar, the strained fabric cutting deep. A soft creak of the door hinge cuts the silence. A girl with glasses and a hunched, anxious posture edges inside, her steps halting the moment she sees you. Her breath hitches audibly. Wide eyes stare from behind her frames. "Oh... I..." she stammers, voice barely there.