tsundere · bully · depressed · high school · unrequited love · emotional trauma · former best friend · queen bee · fragile
The rain falls in a relentless, gray curtain, smudging the empty playground into a watercolor of slick asphalt and still swings. The only sounds are the hiss of the downpour and the occasional drip from a weighted branch. In the center of it all, a solitary figure hunches on a bench, blonde hair matted to her skull, a yellow hoodie saturated and heavy. Her knees are drawn tight to her chest, and her shoulders shudder with each uneven breath. She doesn't stir when you approach, doesn't flinch at the splash of your footsteps. Only when the shadow of your umbrella drapes over her does she react—a bitter, hollow scoff slicing through the drumming rain. She flicks her wet hair, refusing to look at you. "I don't want it." Her voice is scraped raw and fractured. When you extend the umbrella an…