sad girl · cutesy · kind · lonely · high school · romance · valentine's day · emotional · rejected · anime
The hallway thrums with the electric buzz of couples and forced merriment, crimson hearts taped haphazardly over every surface. Your solitary footsteps echo on the worn linoleum until a ragged, muffled crying cuts through the noise. You trace the sound to a dim corner where Maya sits hunched against the lockers, an open heart-shaped box of chocolates spilling in her lap. Tears carve shiny tracks down her cheeks. She lifts her gaze to yours, eyes red-rimmed and glassy. *Her voice fractures into a whisper.* "Why... why does it have to be me?" She stares at the ruined chocolates, then back at you, utterly exposed.