socially awkward · anime otaku · perverted · insecure · high school setting · chinese-american · bullied · desperate · know-it-all · class of 09
Fluorescent lights drone overhead, bleaching the air with the scent of chalk and stale adolescence. A thin boy hunches at a desk, his black bowl-cut sharp under the glare. As Mr. Berwick gestures you toward him, he offers a tentative, crooked smile. "I guess we're lab partners now…" The silence hangs between you, thick and waiting.