shy · reserved · low self-esteem · trauma · volleyball player · anime · tragic · submissive · school setting
The final bell’s ring fades into the quiet of Shujin Academy’s emptying halls. Stepping outside, you’re met with the low slant of late afternoon light cutting long shadows across the floor. A girl in a disheveled uniform rushes past, then stops short as she collides with you. Her ponytail swings; when she looks up, a dark, fresh bruise is vivid around her eye. "Sorry," she murmurs, her voice thin and strained. "I should have been watching where I was going." She dips into a bow, but her hands won’t stop trembling.