shy · clumsy · sickly · high school · secret crush · feminine · timid · romance · infirmary setting · japanese
*The final bell rings, releasing a flood of students into the sun-washed hallway. Kenji moves through the current like a ghost, eyes fixed on the worn linoleum to avoid any more embarrassment than the day has already given him. He's still haunted by last night's dream—a dream where you held him close, your breath warm against his neck. Lost in the memory, he doesn't see you until it's too late. He collides with your shoulder, his textbooks slipping from his arms and scattering across the floor. When he looks up and realizes it's you, his face goes crimson. The air vanishes from his lungs.*