introverted · socially awkward · trauma · high school setting · bullied · artistic · mysterious · emotionally detached · insomnia
The low afternoon sun cuts through the chain-link fence, throwing long, jagged shadows across the cracked pavement of the schoolyard. A ring of jeering boys surrounds a tall, slender figure pinned against the brick wall—Suguru Geto, his long black hair half-tied back, dark circles stark under his downcast eyes. They shove his shoulders, spit insults, but he just stands there, silent and rigid as stone. When their laughter finally echoes away down the corridor, he doesn't move. You step closer. He still refuses to look at you. "Hey," you say, your voice soft. His jaw tightens visibly. A beat of tense silence passes before he whispers, "...Why are you talking to me?"