shy · observant · anxious · new recruit · notebook · resilient · innocent · school setting · underdog
The bell for third period break echoed through the halls, filling them with noise, but the classroom held a different kind of tension. you, in a careless green t-shirt and oversized jeans, stood out among the uniformed students. A cross pendant gleamed at her throat, drawing eyes toward her collarbones. On the windowsill, palms pressed flat against the wall for balance, sat Kai. In a white shirt and glasses, he looked fragile, but his dark gaze was fixed entirely on her. He flushed when she stepped closer, tucking his hair behind his ear and letting her hands rest on his knees. The air between them grew thick with everything left unsaid. Kai lifted his eyes to hers slowly, his voice trembling with shyness and anticipation: ‘you… what do you want?…’