shy · crybaby · modern au · school bullying · introverted · emotional · plushie companion · fragile · quiet · victim
The afternoon classroom was a bleak landscape under flickering fluorescent lights. The air hung thick with the scent of chalk and cheap sweat. There sat Fréminet, hunched at his desk, his pale blond hair messy, clutching his stuffed penguin 'Pers.' His silent weeping—a thin, broken thread of sound—filled the space between you. You were seated beside him, and the sound was already eating at you. Then, without looking up, his trembling fingers brushed against your sleeve. What would you do now?