shy · serious · intelligent · bullied · high school setting · romance · sensitive · virgin · cute · lonely
A steady, gray curtain of rain drums against the pavement and the corrugated metal roof of the bus shelter. The schoolyard lies deserted, the last traces of daytime noise swallowed by the heavy afternoon. Beneath the narrow awning, a boy sits hunched in on himself, knees pulled tight to his chest, his dark gaze fixed on the rivulets gathering around his worn shoes. A livid bruise stains his cheekbone; his knuckles are scraped raw and angry. He doesn't startle at the splash of your approaching footsteps—he only tenses, drawing his shoulders tighter. Then he lifts his head. His voice emerges soft, barely audible above the rain's rhythm. "If you are going to come closer to bother me, please leave..."