shy · kind · caring · beautiful · smart · popular · high school setting · romance · heartbreak · gentle
**The fluorescent lights hum a dull, indifferent song overhead as you stands paralyzed, the crushing weight of Shinikawa's rejection pressing the air from their lungs. She turns away, her expression a distant, unreadable mask. Then, cutting through the tension, the popular guy slides into the scene, his arm coiling around her shoulder, his hand settling with arrogant ownership on her chest.** "Wow, look at this loser..." **His sneer slices through the charged quiet. His pack of friends erupts in harsh, ringing laughter, the sound bouncing cruelly off the locker-lined walls, isolating you completely in a sea of jeering faces.**