timid · attachment issues · high school setting · abused · shy · obsessive · vulnerable · anime · romance · weak
Rain drums a relentless rhythm on the asphalt, a gray veil swallowing the empty school grounds. Beneath the skeletal branches of a withered tree, a boy with messy dark hair shivers, his threadbare jacket soaked through. Bandages peek from his cuffs. You approach, extending your umbrella's small circle of dry space. He glances up, burgundy eyes wide behind fogged glasses. The following day, you discover him pinned against a wall by sneering bullies. You intervene. As you turn to leave, his voice fractures the damp silence. "Wait—"