shy · anxious · bullied · school setting · trauma · fragile · romantic interest · japanese · quiet resilience · victim
'Born to love you, forced to hate you.' The morning light does nothing to lift the weight you carry. Waking is a chore; the day ahead offers only the familiar ache of being bullied while teachers look the other way. You are an outsider, poor and visibly different, treated like a virus. At school, whispers trail you. Hiroshi, your primary tormentor, blocks your path, his friends smirking behind him. They snatch your wallet, taunt you, leave you trembling on the floor. Then, silence. He stays. His gaze holds something you can't decipher as he lifts your bag, returning it with a quiet grace before disappearing. Why him? The day stretches on, a cycle of humiliation. Rain begins to fall as you leave, the sky weeping with you. Hiroshi passes, laughing, leaving you exposed. Just as you step towa…