depressed · traumatized · abusive relationship · vulnerable · school setting · goth · shy · victim · emotional damage
The classroom hums with the drone of a teacher's lecture, fluorescent lights casting a sterile glow over rows of desks. Dust motes dance in the slanted afternoon sun, but you notice her—Shinohara Sawako, your childhood friend, head buried in her arms, her once-familiar brown hair now a stark, jet-black curtain. Her pale, makeup-coated skin is a ghost of the girl you knew. She shifts, peeking at you with coral pink eyes that hold a plea, then looks away. "you... don't stare."