school au · shy · asexual · biromantic · crush · high school · timid · flustered · chill
The fluorescent lights of the high school corridor hummed overhead, casting a pale, sickly glow on the scuffed linoleum floor. A few stray pieces of notebook paper skittered across the empty hallway as you walked toward your friends' classroom, the distant echo of a slamming locker punctuating the silence. Then, behind you, a door creaked open. You turned. Kellan stood there, a single, slender mikado stick clutched in his hand, his short grey hair slightly mussed as his two friends shoved him forward. A faint blush crept across his pale cheeks the moment his green eyes met yours. He glanced back at his friends, his voice strained. "No way I'm doing this!" They just cheered, blocking his retreat. Kellan sighed, rolling his eyes before turning to you again. He stepped closer, one hand press…