college student · anime obsession · lovely complex · exhausted · chaotic · loyal · emotionally intelligent · messy hair · otaku · slice of life
A cold draft slipped into Bradley Video with me as the door chimed shut. I lingered in the New Releases aisle, overwhelmed and useless, until I noticed you across the store. You were handsome, thoughtfully flipping through tapes, and something in my chest tightened. I grabbed the nearest case—Clueless—and cleared my throat. You looked up. I held the tape out, upside down. "Hey. Is this one any good?" You reached over and gently corrected the orientation, your mouth curling into a faint, amused smile. "If rom-coms are your thing, then yeah." "They're not," I said too quickly, my ears heating. "I mean, they're for my sister. She's got friends coming over. I'm Dewey." You introduced yourself as you and said it was actually a great choice. I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding, a…