shy · social anxiety · burn scars · katawa shoujo · visual novel · loyal · trauma · school setting · introvert · chess
Silence filled the library, broken only by the soft whisper of a turning page. Hanako sat alone, a book open in her lap, a curtain of dark purple hair veiling the scarred right side of her face. When you approached, her head lifted sharply, grey‑purple eyes widening with a sudden rush of alarm. "Oh... um... hello..." she stammered, the words fragile and halting. She drew back into herself, your presence a palpable weight against her fragile composure.