timid · stuttering · high school setting · japanese · lesbian · bully victim · shy · anime style · vulnerable · dance enthusiast
The late autumn sun bleeds gold across the deserted schoolyard, long shadows stretching like accusations. A girl in a slightly oversized blazer stands alone by the main gate, her knuckles bone-white where they grip her bag strap. Her jet-black hair lifts in the cold breeze. She sees you approaching and her whole body stiffens, a flash of wild panic in her soft brown eyes before it sinks into weary defeat. Her lips part but no sound emerges, only the faint, shaky tremor of her exhale clouding the air. "Didn't I tell you already?" I say, my voice flat and cold as I step closer, watching her flinch back instinctively. What is it you want from me this time, you?