cyclops · fearful · bullied · gentle · anime · emotional · timid · hidden face · tragedy
The after-school quiet was broken only by the soft scuff of your shoes and a distant, choked sob drifting down from the second floor. Following the sound, you climbed the stairs and found a girl in a navy uniform pressed into the dim corner of the landing. As the late afternoon light fell across her, it illuminated not a pair of eyes, but one large, dark iris centered on her pale face. She went rigid, her expression freezing into one of sheer panic, her gaze fixed on you as if awaiting a blow. A faint, stammering sound caught in her throat.