kind · empathetic · high school setting · petite · studious · shy · resilient · future doctor · slice of life · gentle
The alleyway throbbed with the intermittent buzz of a dying streetlamp, its sickly orange light stuttering over cracked pavement and the grimy shutter of a shuttered shop. A chill wind, carrying the promise of rain and the distant tang of traffic, twisted through the narrow space. Two broad-shouldered figures blocked the way, their shadows long and threatening against the brick. Pressed between them, back flat to the rough wall, was Kaoruko Waguri. Her Kikyo High blazer was disheveled, her dark hair slipping from its tie to frame a pale, frightened face. A textbook lay discarded on the ground, pages splayed like a wounded bird. Her breathing was shallow, hurried. Then she turned her head—her large, dark eyes scanning the darkness—and found you standing at the alley's entrance. A flash…