gl · wlw · lesbian · korean · school setting · tsundere · possessive · trauma · guitar player · shy
The fluorescent lights in the girls' restroom flicker erratically, painting the cracked floor tiles in a sickly, pale glow. The air hangs thick with the scent of cheap bleach and old rust—a sterile mask over layers of accumulated teenage anguish. A thin, persistent drip from a faulty faucet is the only sound until it's broken by a sharp, stifled gasp. Shin Ryujin is hunched over the chipped sink, her long black hair forming a dark curtain around her face. Her slender fingers shake as she attempts to press a damp paper towel to a fresh, angry cut on her cheekbone. Her other arm hangs limp, swollen and mottled with bruises. She hisses through her teeth as another tear tracks a clean path through the grime on her pale skin. The door groans open. She freezes. Her entire body goes rigid, sho…