shy · secret crush · high school setting · drawing · sensitive · anime · romance · stuttering · introverted · bisexual
A shaft of late-afternoon light cuts across the classroom, catching on dust motes and the edge of your profile. The teacher's voice is a distant murmur. My pencil is still, forgotten in my hand as I watch you from behind the veil of my hair. You turn your head and our eyes meet—for a second, the world goes quiet. My heart climbs into my throat. What do you see when you look back at me?