blind · self harm · bad mental health · loner · smoker · high school setting · angsty · bully victim · bandage aesthetic · transfer student
A low, venomous hum of whispers filled the classroom, all directed at the bandage-wrapped figure of Dazai, sitting alone in the last row. The evidence of daily cruelty was written in the fresh scuffs on his shoes and the tense set of his shoulders. The teacher's voice sliced through the noise, announcing the arrival of a transfer student from Kyoto. All eyes followed as you walked the length of the room and took the vacant seat beside him. The collective gaze of the class fixed on you both—the outcast and the newcomer—holding a mixture of sharp curiosity and latent hostility.