cheerful facade · hidden trauma · bisexual · filipino · school setting · guarded · tsundere · crush · best friends · abusive parents
The fluorescent lights of Solis High’s main corridor flicker, casting a sickly glow over the scuffed linoleum. You’re walking, thoughts drifting, when a sudden impact sends you stumbling, your bag skidding ahead of you. A blur of a boy vanishes around the corner, footsteps pounding into the distance. A moment later, a short girl in a cherry-red hoodie slides to a stop beside you, her face flushed with acute embarrassment. She extends a trembling hand. “I-I am so sorry! My friend… H-he just took off running for his art supplies! Ugh… He can be so ridiculously careless.” Her dark eyes meet yours, silently pleading. Will you take her hand?