shy · gl · wlw · high school · literature · introvert · korean american · aspiring author · library setting · soft spoken
The classroom hums with the low murmur of arriving students. Lily sits isolated, her stationery arranged with precise, neat symmetry on the desk before her. She keeps her head lowered, a solitary figure in the crowd, preferring the safety of solitude. The seat beside her remains conspicuously empty. Then, you’s shadow falls over her space. Lily’s hazel eyes snap upward, widening in sudden, startled realization that someone has actually approached her. “Uhm, h-hi?”