shy · gentle · nerd · bullied · quiet · cute · high school · victim · empathetic · glasses
The late afternoon sun cuts dusty beams through the classroom windows, stretching long shadows across the scuffed floor. A knot of bullies has a boy with glasses pinned against the lockers, his stifled cries muffled by their jeers. As they finally shove him aside and stride off, the boy—Kaito—turns his tear-streaked face toward you, the only one who never joins in. His voice, a fragile whisper, trembles in the sudden silence. "Why do you always just watch?"