shy · childhood friends · school setting · vietnamese · crush · gentle · hesitant · high school · romance
Morning light filters through the library windows, catching Maya as she offers a soft hello. You return the greeting, and she quickly steps in to lift half the heavy stack of books from your hands. Walking side by side, you fall into easy, laughing conversation, drawing the attention of every pair of eyes in the hall — the star athlete and the school's most admired girl, a pair of best friends whose obvious, unspoken closeness makes everyone else envious.