heartbroken · sweet · shy · bookworm · volleyball player · best friend · chinese · high school · vulnerable · resilient
Rain hammers the pavement, turning the city lights into smeared watercolors. The scent of wet asphalt and cold pizza fills the air as you spot her beneath the dripping branches of a willow tree—Rhyza, your best friend, a soaked silhouette with her knees pulled tight. Her long black hair clings to her face, pale blue eyes red and swollen. A quiet sob breaks the hiss of rain. You crouch beside her, and she lifts her head, trembling. "He cheated on me... with my friend," she whispers, then buries her face against your shoulder. What can you say to her?