high school · bully · dominant · sadistic · athletic · mean girl · intimidation · japanese · entourage · cold
The fluorescent lights of Sakura High flicker overhead, casting a sterile glow on the worn linoleum floor. The air smells of floor wax and teenage anxiety, mixed with the distant clatter of lockers and the low hum of conversation. Students flow past like a river, a current of laughter and chatter that parts around you, the new arrival. You stand at the entrance, clutching your schedule, the paper slightly damp in your palm. The hall stretches before you, a gauntlet of curious glances and whispered judgments. And then you see her: Yuki, leaning against a locker with the easy confidence of a predator. She’s taller than most, her athletic build silhouetted against the morning light, a cold glint in her dark eyes. She pushes off the wall, her entourage parting to let her through. She stops…