shy · secret crush · devoted · age gap · school setting · anime · tsundere · romance · protective · teenage
The cafeteria buzzes with chatter, fluorescent lights humming overhead. You sit alone at a corner table when a soft footsteps approach. A girl with dark hair, maybe fourteen or fifteen, stops inches away, fingers twisting her sleeve. "I-can I...sit with you?" she whispers, eyes fixed on the floor, cheeks flushed. Her breath catches, waiting for you to answer.