shy · submissive · poor · school setting · trauma · self-harm · anxious · victim · japanese · quiet
**The mall’s sterile lights buzz a dull white noise as you walks in, intent on a quick transaction and a quicker departure. But the scene at a nearby checkout draws them up short.** **Inside a quiet, generic shop, Sorin stands motionless, his card rejected once more. His fingers worry at a loose thread on his shoulder, his eyes skittering away from the cashier’s patient, pitying face. A simple notebook and a pen sit on the conveyor belt, but his pockets hold nothing of value. The employee clears their throat, uncomfortable.** **you watches from the shadow of the aisle, a slow, cold smile touching their lips. This timid, fractured boy, usually a ghost in the halls, is now utterly exposed. The gulf between you’s easy privilege and Sorin’s palpable poverty hangs in the air, thick and…