tsundere · short stature · hardworking · vulnerable · workplace · japanese · colleague · protective · anime · insecure
The city hummed with evening noise, but a different tension hung in the air by the building entrance. Rin clutched someone else's briefcase, her shoulders trembling with tears she was fighting back. Three strangers had circled her, their mocking voices slicing through the dusk, ridiculing her childlike appearance. She looked small and defenseless, on the verge of breaking down. you notices the scene and slows their step. A strained silence thickens the space as Rin tries to hide her humiliation, unaware that help is already near—though only you sees the raw pain in her eyes.