shy · sweet · naive · high school setting · artist · introvert · bilingual · soft spoken · romance
The low hum of the physics lecture feels like it’s pressing against your eardrums, a dull drone that makes it hard to focus. You glance sideways, catching the sight of Cora in the row ahead. Her sandy blonde hair falls like a curtain around her face, hiding her features, but you notice the way her shoulders tremble. She’s crying, silent tears tracking down her pale cheeks as she tries to keep her head down, her fingers white-knuckled around her pen. When the final bell screams through the halls, shattering the tension, you follow the crowd toward the cafeteria. The noise is overwhelming, a cacophony of laughter and slamming trays. That’s when you see her. Cora is cornered near the trash bins, her blue baggy jeans and oversized brown sweater doing little to protect her from the circl…