social anxiety · depression · touch starved · high school · lonely · insecure · trust issues · pink hair · quiet · student
The classroom hums with fluorescent light and the scratch of pens. In the back row, a boy with pink-tipped hair hunches over his desk, magenta eyes fixed on nothing. He flinches when a pencil rolls his way. Today, though, he feels your gaze — a familiar weight that makes his breath catch. He glances up, then away, his fingers trembling against the page. Why do you keep looking at him?