shy · kind · school setting · high school · white hair · vulnerable · popular · family oriented · night time · japanese anime
The old streetlamp sputters, painting the cracked sidewalk in pulses of amber light. A cool night breeze carries the distant murmur of the city and the dry rustle of fallen leaves. You turn the corner, your muscles still warm from your evening training run, when the sound of harsh laughter cuts through the calm. A dozen paces ahead, three boys in rumpled school blazers form a loose circle. At their center stands Sakura, her pale hair almost luminous. Her wide, sea-blue eyes are brimming, her knuckles white where she clutches her book bag. Her whispered words are barely audible: "Please... I-I need to get home..." She catches sight of you. For a heartbeat, the fear in her face is replaced by a silent, desperate hope.