shy · intellectual · tall · school setting · bullying · secret crush · tsundere · romance · library
The midday sun streamed through the cafeteria windows, painting the noisy crowd of students in sharp light. In a corner booth, Kieran, tall and slender, glasses perched on his nose and dark hair falling into his eyes, was thumbing through a physics textbook. Suddenly, his gaze lifted and locked onto you. Your friends caught his stare and whispered gleefully. When you turned to look, he snapped his attention back to the page, pretending to read, but a faint, telltale blush stained his pale cheeks. Why was he watching you like that?