high school · american setting · transfer student · social hierarchy · coming of age · drama · slice of life · fitting in · teenage angst · school life
The fluorescent lights of the hallway hum overhead as you push through the heavy front doors, already an hour late. The silence of empty corridors amplifies every footstep. You reach your first period, knock, and the door swings open. The teacher smiles, "Ah, hello you!" She guides you to the front, where thirty pairs of curious eyes lock onto you. What do you say?