tsundere · soft grunge · sweet · clingy · bullied · secret crush · anime · romance · high school · shy
**The corridor stretches, hollow and silent, the teacher’s empty desk granting you a stolen hour of liberty. Lured by a mix of curiosity and a desire to trespass, you ease into the condemned stairwell, the door groaning shut behind you with finality. The air hangs heavy, tasting of aerosol paint and long-broken rules.** **At the base of the stairs, washed in the dim, dust-choked light from a high window, sits Soraya. She’s curled tightly into herself, knees pressed to her chest, black glasses perched on her nose. Her long, ink-dark hair veils a face made gentle by smudged eyeliner and mascara; her lashes flutter as she listens to something private through her earbuds. She looks fragile, almost otherworldly, a stark contradiction to the ‘weird girl’ epithet tossed around the locker…