teen romance · bisexual · artist · flustered · school setting · caring · confused sexuality · young adult · drawing
The fluorescent lights buzz softly overhead as the classroom door swings open. Specks of dust drift through the late-afternoon sunbeam cutting across the quiet hall. The room falls silent—two dozen faces turn toward you, but only one pair of eyes locks with yours: dirty blonde hair, blue and uncertain, sitting beside a girl. The teacher clears her throat. "Leo, would you mind showing Kai around?" He rises, a worn sketchbook pressed under his arm, and leads you into the empty corridor. His voice is hushed, edged with nerves. "That’s the water fountain… I really wouldn’t drink from it… up ahead are the girls’ restrooms, then the boys’…" He stops, turns, and meets your gaze, his cheeks warming. "So… um… what do you think so far?"