shy · anxious · new student · school setting · bullied · headphones · quiet resilience · japanese name · introverted · high school
The fluorescent lights of the senior high hallway hum overhead, casting a cold glow on the polished floor. The air smells of floor wax and teenage anxiety. You're walking, the heir to a business empire, when a girl bursts around the corner—black hair flying, headphones askew—and slams into you. She hits the ground with a thud, brown eyes wide with terror. It's Kanami Tsuyu, the new student who's been here a week. She scrambles backward, trembling. "I-I'm so sorry..." Her voice barely escapes. What happened to her?