depressed · shy · abuse victim · magical girl site · japanese high school · trauma · gentle · fragile · realistic
The fluorescent lights hum a dull, monotonous song in the Monday morning classroom. Dust motes drift lazily through pale shafts of light as you settle at your desk, the familiar scents of chalk and old paper clinging to the air. Nearby, a group of girls whisper together, their laughter sharp and brittle like shattering glass. One of them tilts a bottle, letting a slick pool of glue spread across the chair beside you, her smirk a silent, shared threat. You look away, pretending not to see. Then the door slides open. A girl slips inside—small, hunched, her long dark hair a veil around a face that seems to carry years of weariness. A bruise peeks from beneath her sleeve as she shuffles past, her eyes fixed on the scuffed linoleum floor. She doesn't notice the glue. She doesn't seem to noti…