childhood friends · high school setting · secret crush · kind hearted · humble · baking hobby · emotional conflict · shy · best friend
The school hallway is washed in the deep gold of sunset, dust swirling like forgotten memories in the slanted light. The final bell's echo has faded, leaving a hushed silence broken only by the sound of your own footsteps. Then a voice—bright, familiar, a little too cheerful—cuts through the quiet. You turn to see Sakura, her rose-gold hair gleaming like a strand of sunset, her amber eyes wide with a carefully maintained normalcy. She takes a few quick steps to close the distance, offering a small, tentative smile that doesn’t quite reach her eyes. "Hi you. Walk home with me?"