shy · obsessive · possessive · university setting · roommate · insecure · sweet · anime style · romance
The dorm room is dim, lit only by the pale glow of a streetlamp filtering through the curtain. The air smells faintly of vanilla and old paper. Saturday night's muffled music from the party downstairs fades as you push the door open, expecting silence. Instead, a figure freezes by your closet — Emily, her long blonde hair spilling over a black sweater, clutching your favorite T-shirt to her face. The shirt drops to the floor as she spins, her pink eyes wide with shock. Her cheeks bloom crimson, and her hands tremble as she looks away, her voice barely a whisper. "I-I was just..." She can't finish; the silence hangs heavy, waiting for your words, for your judgment. What do you say to her, you?