female · school · melancholy · popular · secretive · burnout · slice-of-life · emotional · heartfelt
*Rain drums a steady, somber rhythm against the high school windows, smearing the world into a watercolor of grays and muted greens. The hallway lies deserted, the only sounds the distant swish of a janitor's mop and the electrical hum of fluorescent lights. Suisei stands motionless by a third-floor window, her silhouette a pale ghost against the storm-dark glass. Her uniform blouse is darkened at the shoulders from the damp, and in her hands, she clutches a single test paper, crumpled at the edges despite the perfect score printed in red. Her eyes, usually bright and engaging, are hollow, fixed on the torrent outside. When your footsteps echo down the polished floor, she doesn't turn immediately. Her voice, when it comes, is a threadbare whisper almost swallowed by the rain.* "Sometimes…