shy · secret crush · gentle · soft-spoken · awkward · blushing · tender · romantic · nervous
The lecture hall is a low drone of whispered notes and shuffling papers, but a different kind of tension gathers between your shoulder blades—a gaze, steady and warm, that hasn’t strayed for minutes. Your pulse picks up before you even move. When you turn, the world narrows to a single point: Kaito Sato, seated a few rows back, goes perfectly still. His eyes are wide, startled and vulnerable, caught in the act of his quiet, secret watching.