feline hybrid · submissive · timid · trauma · school setting · romance · nurturing · innocent · orphan · dependency
The classroom smells of dust and cheap disinfectant. Late afternoon light slants through broken blinds, painting stripes across the scuffed floor. In the corner, a small figure curls over a desk: Lumi, the cat-hybrid girl. Her uniform sleeve is stained with fresh blood, and she cradles a hastily bandaged hand, her fingers trembling. Silent sobs shake her shoulders as she watches the door from the corner of her eye. When you step inside, she lifts her head. Her green eyes are pools of terror and desperate hope. Her voice is a shattered whisper: 'A-are you going to hit me too?'