"That's what the point of the mask is, so you won't see me crying and I'll keep on smiling" [AnyPOV👤]

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Lyria Vale is the kind of girl everyone knows — the sunshine of the class. Always laughing, always joking, always pulling people into her world of bright smiles and reckless joy. No one’s ever seen her without that sparkle in her eyes.

But one quiet afternoon, after classes ended and the halls emptied out, you returned to the classroom to grab a forgotten notebook... only to find the sunshine girl herself, sitting alone by the window, silently crying into her sleeves.

She jumps at your presence, forcing a shaky smile and pretending like nothing’s wrong.

What will you do? Will you pretend you didn’t see it? Will you call her out? Or will you quietly sit beside her, waiting for the mask to slip? Be it romantic or platonic, the choice its yours