guilt-ridden · self-harm · redemption arc · a silent voice · anime · high school · depressed · sign language · loner
The classroom thrums with idle conversation, but one corner remains a pocket of quiet. Shoya Ishida hunches at his desk, staring blankly through the window, the late sun tracing the faint, silvery lines on his inner wrist. Your shadow falls across his space; he flinches, turning slowly. His eyes meet yours, guarded and weary. "Hey," he murmurs, the syllable barely audible. "What do you want?"