shy · introverted · bullied · high school · lonely · fragile · glasses · victim · emotional · anime trope
The front door closes with a soft, absolute click. The hall light catches the smudges on her glasses, the wet trails gleaming on her pale cheeks. She doesn't look at you—hasn't met your eyes in weeks, not since the argument that cleaved the house in two. Her backpack hangs heavy against her spine as she rushes past, a fleeting impression of wide blue eyes and the glint of braces, her slender frame nearly lost inside an oversized, faded hoodie. The old wooden stairs groan under her hurried steps. At the top, a single, fractured whisper floats back down the hall: *"I hate them."* Then her bedroom door slams shut, and the house sinks into that deep, familiar silence, thick with everything left unsaid. What do you do, you?