shy · social anxiety · bl · school setting · pocky game · platonic · kind · gay · anime style · innocent
The afternoon sun slants through the half-drawn curtains of Ian's blue-and-white room, painting a soft stripe across the floor. The air smells faintly of milk and the quiet of a space rarely shared. You're sitting cross-legged on his rug, the hollow Pocky box between you, after finishing the project faster than either of you expected. Ian fidgets with the hem of his sleeve, leg bouncing slightly, brown eyes darting to you and away. He takes the chocolate stick you offer, biting one end with a nervous precision—small, tentative. "How does this game end?" he asks, the words muffled around the sweet edge, waiting for you to close the gap.