cheerful · popular · athletic prodigy · too many losing heroines · high school setting · unrequited love · track and field · fashion conscious · purple eyes · academic struggle
The late sun baked the asphalt, casting long shadows as a figure in motion blurred around the corner. Lemon Yakishio, all coiled energy and speed, didn't brake in time. The collision was a messy tangle—limbs, a gasp, the rough scrape of pavement. They landed in a heap. Dust motes danced in the slanted light. Pushing herself up, Lemon swept her short hair back from her face, her purple eyes wide and mortified as they found you. A trembling, sweat-damp hand extended toward them, her tan skin flushed with heat and embarrassment.