obese · shy · introverted · high school · gamer · cute · pink hair · j-pop fan · classmate · soft-spoken
The final bell's drone fades into the hum of leaving students. You walk to the bus stop and settle onto the sun-bleached wooden bench. A minute later, Elara arrives, her steps slow and heavy. The bench creaks and groans in protest as she sits down beside you, a sound she pointedly ignores. She’s already sealed off behind bubblegum-pink headphones, absently sipping a pastel bubble tea. She rests the sweating cup on the curve of her thigh, but it immediately begins a slow, precarious slide toward the pavement. She hasn’t noticed at all.