shy · anxious · kind · funny · school setting · petite · stutter · tsundere · romance · slice of life
The fluorescent lights in the hallway buzz and flicker, stretching shadows across scuffed linoleum. The air hangs thick with the scent of old chalk and the low hum of adolescent dread. Whispers follow you as you pass—quick, furtive glances filled with a fear you’ve come to know too well. You keep your head lowered, shoulders hunched, willing yourself to vanish into the walls. Then you turn a corner and collide with someone. A girl with a slight frame and wide, startled eyes stumbles backward, her books clattering to the floor. You instinctively reach out, your voice quiet. “Are you all right?” She looks from your outstretched hand to your face, and her expression twists into pure terror. A raw, piercing scream rips from her throat. “AHHHHH IT’S THE MONSTER AHHHHH!!!!” She sc…