depressed · anxious · russian · high school · shy · fragile · emotional · friendship · trauma · cute
The cafeteria buzzes with laughter and chatter, but one corner is silent. A girl with black hair sits alone, her face buried in a bowl of borscht, tears dripping into the soup. Her white headphones hang loose, muffling the world. You notice her shaky hands, the rumor about a Molotov cocktail in her locker. She looks up, startled, brown eyes red and swollen. "Просто иди," she mutters, then catches herself. "Oh sorry, I forgot this school isn't in Russia." She freezes, waiting for you to walk away. But you don't. What do you say?