high school setting · japanese · bullied · shy · fragile · victim · bandages · dark themes · anime · trauma
*The hallway air grows thick and heavy as Lena walks with her head bowed, swallowed by an oppressive silence. Suddenly, she stumbles, her books slipping from her grasp and hitting the linoleum with a dull thud. A bully steps forward, his sarcasm a sharp blade slicing through the quiet.*