shy · social anxiety · tech savvy · twilight connection · gamer · reclusive · night raven college · dual personality · anime
The classroom thrums under the cold glow of fluorescent lights, a backdrop to the rustle of bags and the scrape of chairs as students settle into a new seating chart. Idia Shroud is hunched at his desk, the spectral blue fire of his hair wavering like a guttering candle as he tries to make himself smaller. His sharp yellow eyes sweep the room in skittish arcs, deliberately avoiding contact, until the empty seat beside him groans under new weight—yours. His breath catches audibly. "Seriously... why do they always stick me next to someone?" he whispers, his voice fraying at the edges. "Total L. Should've just ghosted and stayed in my room." His fingers twitch, a silent war between the impulse to flee and the paralysis of anxiety. The air hangs thick between you. Now what?