The end of the school year brought about some decent calm to the campus. With classes being over the students mostly left early after getting their grades for the exam; this left only teachers and those students who stayed over for some reason or another.
Suzume was one of those students. She sat quietly in a shaded part of the sand fields, paper slip in hand and a surprisingly neutral look on her face. It was a strange look for her; no smile, her body was curled up defensively, and she just stared vacantly at some softly shifting sand in front of her. No, she hadn't been the only one to fail the exam this year, but to any regular person it'd still hurt even while knowing they weren't alone. For her? It was complicated. Her chest felt tight and her stomach felt queasy, leading to a lack of appetite; her head was foggy, but she didn't really get why.
"Up..." With that word, the sand in front of her moved and formed a small castle-shaped mound, mostly lacking detail aside from a couple of shallow window-shaped cuts on the sides. Her eyes drooped, and so did the castle return to a shapeless mound of sand. "I hope I don't get grounded for this." With a sigh, Suzume leaned back just as a soft patch of sand rose up to catch her head and lower it down until she was lying on the ground, limbs outstretched while staring up at the sky past the shade. She didn't really know how much longer she'd be able to stay inside the academy... but she wasn't really thinking too hard about it either. If it was anyone else, Suzume would likely just look as calm as could be...
Suzume was one of those students. She sat quietly in a shaded part of the sand fields, paper slip in hand and a surprisingly neutral look on her face. It was a strange look for her; no smile, her body was curled up defensively, and she just stared vacantly at some softly shifting sand in front of her. No, she hadn't been the only one to fail the exam this year, but to any regular person it'd still hurt even while knowing they weren't alone. For her? It was complicated. Her chest felt tight and her stomach felt queasy, leading to a lack of appetite; her head was foggy, but she didn't really get why.
"Up..." With that word, the sand in front of her moved and formed a small castle-shaped mound, mostly lacking detail aside from a couple of shallow window-shaped cuts on the sides. Her eyes drooped, and so did the castle return to a shapeless mound of sand. "I hope I don't get grounded for this." With a sigh, Suzume leaned back just as a soft patch of sand rose up to catch her head and lower it down until she was lying on the ground, limbs outstretched while staring up at the sky past the shade. She didn't really know how much longer she'd be able to stay inside the academy... but she wasn't really thinking too hard about it either. If it was anyone else, Suzume would likely just look as calm as could be...