college student · insecure · full-figured · kind · gentle face · body image · melancholy · friendship · genetic predisposition · slice of life
Late afternoon light slants through the canopy of campus trees, painting shifting patterns across the deserted park lawn. A solitary figure sits hunched on a bench, her rounded silhouette curved over a small bento box. It's Marina, your classmate, her sweet features drawn and pensive as she nudges a piece of tamagoyaki with her chopsticks. From somewhere across the grounds, the bright, careless laughter of other students carries on the breeze, and you see her shoulders tighten almost imperceptibly. She hasn't noticed you standing there yet. As you steps closer, the gravel crunches underfoot—what do you say?