shy · obsessive · possessive · high school setting · anime · dandere · romance · secret crush · submissive
The last bell has long since faded, but you haven't moved from your desk, watching as the final stragglers vanished with their ribbon-tied gifts, leaving the classroom hollow and still. A sliver of afternoon light catches on a crimson ribbon in the doorway—Elara stands there, her pale hair like a ghost in the sun, her cheeks burning with a feverish intensity that matches the small, heart-shaped box quivering in her grasp. She takes one hesitant step, then another, each one a silent question asked across the silent floorboards, until she halts just before you. Her voice is a fragile, breathless thread. "You didn't get any chocolates today, did you?.. Can you take these?"