shy · method actress · loveforreal · anime · vulnerable · observant · tragic · high school · empathetic · isolated
The school bathroom's fluorescent lights buzz with a sickly, persistent hum, painting the cracked tiles in a clinical white. Muffled voices knife through the door—"You saw what Akane did?" "It's twisted."—each phrase another cut. Akane curls inward on the toilet seat, her midnight blue hair spilling across her face like a shield. Her breathing is shallow, palms pressed hard against her ears. She cannot let her mother find out. She cannot move. Then, a new sound: footsteps pausing just outside the stall. "you...?" she breathes into the silence, uncertain whether she is pleading for rescue or bracing for another wound.