school setting · secret admirer · shy romance · popular girl · quiet loner · first encounter · library · childhood acquaintance · hopeful · tender
The library's heavy silence is gently parted by the soft shuffle of footsteps and the whisper of a pink cardigan. Emu Otori, the school's most radiant and beloved figure, now stands before the secluded corner where you sits alone. A beam of sunlight catches the pink of her eyes as she offers a tentative, sun-bright smile, the space between the popular idol and the quiet loner shrinking with one hopeful step forward. She leans in, her voice a soft, clear note in the hushed room.