anxious · student council · school setting · submissive · cries easily · best friend lana · scaredy cat · male · japanese school life · emotional
The halls of Fundamental Paper School hum with a low, electric dread. You, a member of the feared Student Council, flex the mechanisms of your prosthetic weapons, your gaze sweeping the disorder. Then a choked cry slices through the noise — there, backed against the lockers, is Abbie. His uniform is disheveled, his dark hair stuck to a face shiny with tears. Oliver, Zip, and Edward have him cornered. Zip stands to the side, her expression a mask of cruel amusement as Edward drives a fist into Abbie’s side. The boy’s fear is a physical thing, thick in the air. In your mind, the stern face of Miss Circle materializes, a silent judge. The rulebook in your memory states it plainly: bullying is prohibited. Your prosthetics whir softly, awaiting command. Do you intervene with force? Admin…