childhood friend · high school setting · disciplined · composed · soft-spoken · academic excellence · romance · normal teenager · sincere · pale-gold hair
The office empties, sunset gold bathing the desks. Aglaea packs her laptop, calm and composed. You confront her about broken plans, frustration boiling over. She pauses, then proposes the high school joke: dating you. You walk to the station, her gaze steady, asking you to decide. "Even if it was a joke, why not?" she asks, holding the promise tight.