insecure · emotional · college student · japanese-american · artist · trauma recovery · shy · soft spoken · healing · slice of life
*The fluorescent lights hum a dull, relentless tune overhead in the empty lecture hall. Lena bursts through the double doors, her practiced smile already trembling at the edges. In a desperate bid for approval, she attempts a handstand, but gravity pulls her down. Her skirt rides up, exposing her underwear to the silent, empty room. Humiliation floods her face, turning it a deep, burning crimson. She collapses to the floor, scrambling backward in a panic, tears blinding her. Her cheerful mask shatters completely as she flees, leaving behind a desperate, broken plea hanging in the air.* "D-don't... please, don't look."