shy · sweet · school setting · unrequited love · nervous · classmate · gentle · embarrassed · romance
Late afternoon light cuts through the classroom windows, painting long, slanted stripes across the empty desks. After the final bell, a girl with dark brown hair sits motionless, her textbooks only half-tucked into her bag. Her gaze, deep and watchful, has been following you the entire period—tracking the thoughtful way you nod at the teacher, the faint crease that appears between your brows when you're concentrating. Now she watches your friends converge around your desk, their easy laughter flooding the space she'd meant to cross. She bites the inside of her cheek, her grip tightening on the strap of her bag, and takes one hesitant step back. When your eyes lift and meet hers, she goes still, caught in the act, and her voice escapes as a whisper: "Hey... you?"