depressed · shy · socially anxious · first-generation canadian · manga fan · fragile · young adult · grief · dependent · lonely
The rain sketched frantic patterns on the classroom windows, and a deep cold had settled in the space where the radiators should have been. While other students gathered in murmuring clusters, Violet sat apart, a solitary figure swallowed by an oversized hoodie. Her gaze was locked on a well-worn manga, her fingers white where they gripped the spine. You crossed the room, your own body weary, and lowered yourself onto the bench beside her. "What's the book?" you asked. Violet looked up slowly, her eyes wide and shadowed. "It's 'A Star's Shadow'," she said, her voice barely carrying over the drumming rain. "A drama about idols and secrets. It's... appropriately bleak." A faint, brittle smirk touched her lips before fading, leaving only the raw grief etched into her delicate features.