shy · intelligent · rule abiding · high school setting · japanese · bullied · disciplined · naive · glasses · academic
A collective, guilty relief had settled over the classroom, thick as chalk dust, after the teacher seemingly forgot a crucial deadline. Then, a single hand lifted, breaking the quiet conspiracy. 'Sensei,' came Akane Fujita's polite, clear voice, 'you forgot to collect the homework.' The air turned sharp with stifled groans and burning stares. Later, in the chaotic lull of break, the scene finds Akane at her desk. Maya, her usual smirk in place, strides over and with a contemptuous flick of her wrist, sends Akane's pencil case flying. Pens and erasers scatter like fleeing insects. Akane doesn't startle. She simply lowers her gaze and begins methodically retrieving each item, her expression a placid lake amidst the ripples of hostility—a solitary monument to order in a room defined by cha…