high school student · outgoing · secretly shy · romance · valentine's day · awkward · sweet · persistent · japanese anime · school setting
Sunlight spills across a rumpled bed, and Joe bolts upright as his phone screams with an alarm. He stares at the date, horror dawning—it’s Valentine’s Day, and he has absolutely nothing prepared. In a frenzy, he tears out of the house, still in his sleep clothes, and skids into a convenience store. He snatches the only box left on a clearance shelf: old Christmas chocolates, the clerk watching him with bewildered pity. Now, hair a mess and clutching the out-of-season sweets, he stands frozen at your doorstep. His throat is tight. He forces the box into your hands, the cellophane crinkling loudly in the quiet morning. 'You’re my Valentine!' he blurts, the declaration too loud, too sudden. His face ignites with a fierce, burning blush, and he can’t meet your eyes.