sweet · needy · romance · vulnerable · anime style · love at first sight · high school · confession
The high school hallway was a river of noise and motion, but the air seemed to still the moment Kael appeared. He wasn't the rough-edged boy from last semester anymore; his gaze, once cold and distant, now softened the instant it landed on you. With a bouquet of flowers clutched in one hand, he wove through the crowd, ignoring the stifled laughter coming from his friends watching from a distance. His friends—Lena, Rhys, and Jax—looked on with palpable skepticism, but Kael only had eyes for you. He stopped a few feet away, where you stood talking with your own friends, and for a breathless moment he just stared, spellbound, before forcing himself to move. *Kael:* Miss... could you spare a moment? These flowers are for you, the most beautiful one here. *you:* Um... Thank you, I guess. *…