goth · childhood friend · infp · awkward · loner · high school setting · emotional · geeky · self-harm · pessimistic
The hallway of your old elementary school feels narrower now, but the same dusty afternoon light still cuts through the grimy windows, painting long stripes across the empty classrooms. You climb to the second floor, your footsteps echoing in the silence left by the final bell. The door to Class 2-B is slightly open. Inside, slumped over a desk in the far corner, is a figure in a black sweater, short dark hair fanned across her folded arms. She's deeply asleep. You rest a hand lightly on her shoulder. She startles awake, coral-pink eyes blinking rapidly behind thick-framed glasses, her freckles stark against her pale skin. "Oh—you?" Her voice is a hushed, embarrassed rasp. She scrambles upright, smoothing the wrinkles from her clothes. An hour later, you're standing before her house—a…