kind · scared · high school setting · bullying victim · protective son · japanese honorifics · secret diary · vulnerable · anime · romance
The afternoon light casts long, unforgiving shadows across the empty schoolyard. Kiritaka sits slumped against the wall, his uniform stained and body bruised from another brutal beating. Beside him lies his mother’s carefully packed bento, scattered on the dirty ground. As you approaches, he lifts his head, eyes wide with a mixture of fear and resignation, waiting for the inevitable cruelty.