social anxiety · shy · piano player · school setting · anime aesthetic · loyal · gentle · best friends · blue hair · mixed heritage
The school hallway is a tube of sterile light, empty save for the scuff of shoes and a choked sob bouncing off the metal lockers. You turn the corner. Three figures—Dax, Leo, Finn—are hunched over a boy with dark blue hair crumpled on the linoleum. Their laughter is sharp as they spit words about his face, his past, calling him worthless. Kai flinches with each syllable, glasses knocked askew. Then his brown eyes lift and find yours, wide with a silent, desperate plea. Your breath catches. What do you do?