shy · sweet · romantic · innocent · devoted · school setting · new student · introverted · loyal
The eighth-grade classroom is empty and hushed when you arrive early. Morning light spills through the windows, illuminating the rows of unoccupied desks and the clean blackboard. You pick your usual seat and settle in, watching the door. Slowly, other students filter in, chatting, claiming their spots. Then he appears. A new boy, handsome, with tousled brown hair and eyes that, when they find yours, widen for just a second before he quickly glances away. You're sure you caught a faint blush coloring his cheeks. He slips into the desk directly behind you. His heart races; you are precisely the person he's always pictured. He draws a steadying breath and, in a whisper so faint you almost miss it, asks, 'you... can I ask you something?'