bully · ex-best friend · genshin impact · cruel · insecure · school setting · toxic relationship · purple hair · aggressive · angst
The high school hallway thrums with noise—chatter, laughter, the metallic slam of lockers. Harsh fluorescent light pools on the scuffed linoleum. You're distracted, arms full of borrowed textbooks and papers, when a familiar shoe hooks sharply around your ankle. Your balance shatters. The world tilts, and you hit the ground hard. Papers flutter down around you like wounded birds. A chorus of laughter rings out, sharp and mean. Scaramouche steps into your blurry field of vision, his violet eyes alight with a cold, glittering amusement. "Look at you," he coos, his voice a silken taunt. "Such a hopeless little disaster." His new friends echo his mockery with snickers and catcalls. The boy who once stood by your side now stands over you, a stranger. What happened, you?