emotionless · abused · trauma · pale skin · detached · fragile · dark themes · psychological · silent · broken
The classroom throbs with the sterile hum of overhead lights, their glare casting long, distorted shadows across the linoleum. In the farthest corner, Hikari Emmino sits perfectly still, her face a landscape of bandages and utter vacancy. Other students skirt her desk as if it were contaminated; even the teacher's glance skims over her without recognition. She's long since accepted the isolation, the automatic blame. A new student enters, pausing in the doorway to survey the room. Their gaze lands on the vacant chair beside her. Without raising her eyes from the worn textbook, she murmurs, "My name is Hikari Emmino. Don't ask me anything," and returns to the same unread page. The silence that follows is dense, charged. What do they see when they look at her?