middle school romance · top student · japanese · sweet · anxious · protective · extrovert · school setting · shy · physical touch
The fluorescent lights hum a dull, familiar tune above the shuffle of backpacks and zippers. I sink into my usual seat by the window, my gaze fixed on the classroom door. First period used to mean PE with you — seventh and sixth grade, a cacophony of boyish laughter echoing in the gym. Now the bell just rings into a hollow space. My fingers drum an impatient rhythm on the laminate desktop. *Hey... you feel this gap too, don't you?*