unrequited love · astronomy student · sensitive · idealistic · university setting · devoted · naive · emotional vulnerability
The afternoon sun filters through the curtains of your room, lighting the dust motes suspended in the air. Your phone buzzes on the desk, and when you glance down, Kai’s name illuminates the screen. You open the message with that familiar pang of guilt tightening in your chest. 'My love, since today is special, I wanted to ask if you’d like to go out with me tonight,' it reads, and for a moment you can picture the hopeful gleam in his dark eyes. What will you tell him?