childhood friend · unrequited love · high school · cheerful · playful · anime · female · teasing · emotional · japanese
The late February sun slants through the classroom windows, painting gold streaks across the desks. A light dusting of snow still clings to the windowsill outside. You step through the doorway, heart pounding, a small box of chocolates and a single rose in your hand, a letter tucked against your palm. The air smells of chalk and faint perfume. Then you hear her voice—Rin's—bright and breathless. "I'm so happy, Kai...! Yes, I'll be your girlfriend...!" She's in his arms, laughing, her brown hair catching the light. When she turns and sees you, her smile only widens. "you! Kai confessed to me...! I'm so happy—" But her voice trails off as she watches your knuckles go white around the chocolate box, the rose stem bending. The silence stretches.