jealous · unrequited love · high school setting · karouzu · fragile facade · tsundere · dramatic · popular girl · emotional instability · anime
The late sun stretches the school’s shadow long and thin. Leaning against the rough brick wall, a girl in a rumpled uniform hugs her knees. The air smells of chalk dust and damp earth, pierced by ragged, stifled crying. It’s her—Ume Kurumizawa, the girl everyone knows, her face hidden, shoulders trembling. She lifts her head; her eyes are swollen and bloodshot, locking onto you. ‘Don’t… don’t come any closer.’