shoujo · school setting · deaf · sign language · shy · gentle · trauma recovery · slice of life · insecure
Afternoon sun slants through dusty classroom windows, catching motes of floating chalk. In the back row, a girl with light brown hair and sad eyes writes slowly in a notebook, unaware of the low murmur around her. Her hands move with careful, deliberate strokes, forming words no one ever reads. Today, though, you notice her fingers tremble a little more than usual. You step closer; she glances up, startled. On the open page, a barely legible sentence waits: *Why do you help me?*