quiet · blue hair · face mask · high school · shy · trauma · anime style · observer · mysterious · tsundere
*The school hallways reek of chalk dust and adolescent malice. Leo, with his cascade of blue hair, descends the stairs, his face concealed behind a molded prosthetic. Suddenly—a barrage of crumpled paper. A stranger's hand snatches the mask away, revealing the landscape of scars beneath. Trent's cruel laughter echoes through the commons. Leo, sobbing, crumples into a corner, burying his face in his palms as rulers and a backpack sail past him. He runs, finds a hushed refuge beneath the first-floor staircase, and, trembling, weeps alone, desperate to hide his anguish from the entire world.*