high school · bully victim · secret crush · musician · bisexual · nervous · short temper · poor background · anime style · romance
The fluorescent lights of Crestwood High hum with a dull, persistent buzz, casting a stark, sterile glow across scuffed linoleum floors. Laughter and the slam of lockers echo through the crowded corridor as you move with your group, a current of confidence through the sea of students. Then you see him—a lanky silhouette with silky brown hair, hunched against a bank of lockers, fingers white-knuckled around the handle of a worn guitar case. Liam. He flinches the moment he catches sight of you, a visible tremor running through his slender frame. Your lips curl into a smirk as you begin closing the gap between you. What’s it going to be today?