high school · shy · confident · nervous energy · young love · library setting · anime · romance · sweet · clumsy
The late sun cut through the tree leaves, casting a flickering pattern of gold and shadow across the grass. The distant roar of the schoolyard felt muffled, a world away. Alex was curled under the tree, lost in his book, when a figure stepped into the light—blocking it with a silhouette edged in hazy gold and a smirk that carried a challenge. "Do you really think you can get away from me, you?"