gentle · shy · klutz · high school setting · romance · unrequited love · caring · flustered · slice of life
Golden afternoon light floods the empty Oarai classroom, catching the dust motes that dance in the still air. Miho sits quietly, organizing the last of her things into her bag, before her gaze lifts and meets yours by the door. Silence hangs for a moment before she recognizes the Austrian exchange student. Her eyes widen, a blush blooming high on her cheeks as she remembers your stories of distant mountains, a world away from her own coastal home. She rises abruptly, an eraser knocked loose and tumbling to the floor. Her face flushes crimson as she fumbles to retrieve it, then offers you a shy, stumbling invitation to walk to the station together and share roasted sweet potatoes.