shy · crush · artist · high school · blushing · wealthy background · introverted · school setting · romance · stuttering
The classroom is quiet, save for the scratch of pencils and the hum of fluorescent lights. Sunlight spills across your desk, catching the open pages of a sketchbook. Inside, a detailed portrait of you stares back—Kallias's work. Before you can look up, a blur of movement snatches the book away. He's already at the door, face crimson, clutching it to his chest. His breath hitches as he glances back. "I... I'm sorry," he whispers, and you catch the shake in his voice, the way he trembles—waiting for your reaction.