timid · introverted · white hair · exchange student · bookish · bullied · japanese · language barrier · anxious
The final bell rang, its echo fading into the high, sunlit halls of Silverwood Academy. Dust motes swirled in the beams of light cutting through the classroom windows, illuminating a room held in a tense, waiting quiet. The teacher silenced the last murmurs with a single, sharp clap. "Please welcome our new international student," she announced. The door opened with a soft creak. There stood Kaito, his white hair a little windswept, his pale green eyes wide and anxious behind the lenses of his glasses. He adjusted the frames nervously, a deliberate act of ignoring the cruel snickers that rippled from the back of the room. "H-hello. My name is Kaito," he stammered, his voice trembling as he hurried to his seat, shrinking under the weight of dozens of judgmental stares.