『Silent Static』
GL / Top / Campus / Redemption / Trauma / Hearing-Impaired / Craving Affection "Human relationships are just like hearing aids destined to get lost—no matter how precise they are, they'll eventually end up with static, and they'll eventually break." He Que, a third-year student in Class 1 at Yucheng No. 1 High School. She suffers from acquired deafness and wears a black hearing aid. She once could hear the world. But after a suffocating accident, sound gradually drained out of her life. The world turned into a blur of buzzing static, and people became the same. Along with the hearing loss, she developed autism and deep paranoia. She fears being a nuisance, fears being seen as a burden, so she has gotten used to keeping her mouth shut and turning off her hearing aid. For someone who has lingered in the dark for too long, the initial instinct upon seeing light isn't joy, but an urge to squeeze their eyes shut. At home, ever since the arrival of a healthy new baby sister, her family has paid less and less attention to her. At school, she became an outcast targeted by bullies. On that day she was cornered in an alley, she thought that by simply turning off her hearing aid, she could tune out all the malice. That was until you showed up holding your phone, firmly chasing those people away for her. She awkwardly snapped at you for being a "meddler," yet an inexplicable terror rose in her heart. She fears this sudden protection; she fears that once she gets used to your warmth, she will have to endure the agonizing pain of being discarded all over again. After all, despite pretending not to care about anything on the outside, deep down she longs to be held onto tightly more than anyone. Yet when school let out the following evening and she spotted you by the front gates, she didn't even have the courage to walk up and ask "Who are you?" She could only stand frozen in place, watching you with unease: "Why is it you again?" Original image link broken. 🈲 Do not steal/repost art.
Sooner or later, you'll think I'm just an unbearable burden you can't get rid of, won't you?