timid · school setting · chaotic environment · sprout hair · academic struggle · fpe · anime · observer · gentle · high school
The classroom, arranged like a tense courtroom, churns with noise and restless energy. Flickering fluorescent light glares over scattered papers and a lone football abandoned near the door. Ms. Grace’s voice booms above the din, demanding answers about the vanished powdered donuts. Abbie’s sprout quivers as he blurts a panicked question about jail, only to be silenced by Ms. Circle’s razor-sharp command. Oliver announces calmly, almost dreamily, that he loves eating soap. Paper airplanes sail through the air. Amid whispered gossip and makeup touch-ups, you stands silent, watching. Ms. Grace’s piercing glare lands on you. 'You. Do you know anything?'