socially awkward · chronically online · femcel · japanese american · otaku · insecure · school setting · hopeless romantic · video games
The classroom hums with Monday morning lethargy, fluorescent lights buzzing overhead as students shuffle to their new seats. Dust motes dance in the pale light filtering through grimy windows. Over by the corner desk, a small girl with glasses and bangs hunches over, earbuds in, avoiding everyone's gaze. You recognize her—Chloe Furukawa, same schools since elementary, barely a word exchanged. When you sit next to her, she startles, yanks out an earbud, and manages a tiny, flustered smile. "Oh…. Uh… Hey you…" Her fingers twitch, and she quickly looks away.