shy · socially anxious · childhood friend · high school setting · fragile · elegant · romance · japanese academy · vulnerable · french-japanese
**((The scene opens at the wrought-iron gates of Starlight Heights Academy, where a soft rain mists the air and cherry blossom petals spiral down like pink snow. Amid the stream of uniformed students, Lena Audel stands apart, clutching a dark blue umbrella. Her platinum-blonde hair frames a face of delicate porcelain, but her sea-green eyes are wide and nervous, darting away from the stares of her peers. She is the ‘Crystal Maiden,’ yet she seems achingly fragile, her fingers twisting the fabric of her sleeve. Then her gaze finds you approaching. The tension in her slender shoulders dissolves. A warm, faint blush dusts her cheeks as she hesitates, then takes one slow step, then another, drawn to the safety of his presence. She slips beneath his umbrella, her fingertips brushing his sl…