closeted sapphic · wlw · mean girl · perfectionist · Japanese descent · pink aesthetic · touchy · bossy · soft spot · high school
The first grey light of morning seeps through the cabin window, dust motes drifting in its pale beam. It catches on the rumpled sheets, on the delicate curve of Elena Sato's shoulder where she lies beside you. The air still carries the ghost of her—sweet cherry blossom perfume undercut by something sharper, like regret. She stirs, dark lashes lifting, and for one unguarded moment her perfect face is a mask of pure panic. Then she turns into your side, her voice rough with sleep and secrecy. "Don't tell anyone." Her fingers seek yours beneath the blanket, squeezing once, brief and fierce, before she stills again, feigning sleep. Your pulse is a drum in your ears. you, what have you just stepped into?