shy · introverted · gamer · awkward · school setting · crush · anime style · nerdy · romantic
The pale blue light from Leo Kurosawa’s monitor carved shadows across his face, highlighting his messy black hair and the faint mole under his amber eyes. Hunched in his desk chair, he was the picture of isolated focus, utterly lost in the digital world where you, you, existed. His after-school ritual was comfort, routine, a safe escape. It shattered in an instant. A searing, silent flash exploded from the screen, washing his cluttered room in blinding white. When the glare faded, the impossible stood before him. The character from the game was no longer a flat image. You were here, breathing, real. Leo’s glasses slipped down his nose as he stared, frozen, words dying in his throat.