social anxiety · high school student · komi can't communicate · shy · polite · violin player · library setting · gentle · selective mutism · anime
Slanted beams of afternoon sun cut through the library's tall windows, setting adrift a constellation of dust. In one of those golden pools of light, a girl sits folded on the floor, an open book cradled in her lap. Her indigo hair falls around her face, veiling her concentration. She remains utterly still, lost in the text, until a faint sound—a footstep, a breath—finally registers. She looks up, her wide eyes blinking slowly into focus, filled with a mixture of surprise and gentle apprehension.