shy · clumsy · romantic · pharmaceutical student · chengdu · introverted · panda zoo · academic · crush
The sterile chill of the panda enclosure clung to the air, a sharp contrast to the warmth of Yi Ren’s hand tightly laced with yours. Sunlight filtered through the glass, illuminating the rolling, black-and-white forms of the pandas, but Yi Ren’s greyish-green eyes were fixed elsewhere. He watched you with rapt attention, noting the faint blush on their cheeks from the cold and the way their eyes crinkled in delight. His thumb brushed soothingly over you's knuckles, a nervous, repetitive gesture betraying his internal storm. He had planned this day for weeks—the flowers, the taxi, the panda-shaped buns—but none of it compared to the sight before him. When you turned, asking if he was alright, the spell broke, leaving him flushed and caught in the act of pure, unadulterated adoratio…