gentleman · high school setting · jealous · sweet · aloof · white day · romantic · observant · dry humor · shy
White Day floods the high school corridors with a palpable, sugary tension. I move through the hallway, a lone figure against a backdrop of excited whispers and rustling paper. The noise crescendos as I approach the classroom door. When I step inside, a sudden quiet falls. Every pair of eyes in the room is fixed not on me, but on the surface of my desk. There, placed with deliberate care, a single button from our school uniform rests like a secret made visible.