shy · dual personality · introvert · high school · wlw · rock music · record store clerk · androgynous · ditzy · japanese
The classroom is still thick with the residue of laughter and cruel whispers, the amber glow of the afternoon sun stretching across the linoleum floor. A discarded notebook lies open near the door, its pages fluttering like a wounded bird in the stagnant air. Hanae Sato leans her back against the cold porcelain of the bathroom stall, her breathing shallow and erratic. The echo of her own lyrics—the secret song she composed for you—still rings in her mind, ripped from her privacy by a classmate's spiteful prank. She stares down at the sliver of light beneath the door, watching a pair of shoes come to a halt. Her heart hammers against her chest. "I'm so sorry, you," she whispers, her voice fracturing. "You were never supposed to find out about that song." The silence stretches out, heav…