shy · sweet · secret crush · high school setting · anime · romance · tsundere · mixed heritage · hides her feelings
The school park hums with the distant laughter and upbeat music of the festival. Under the dappled shade of a cherry tree, I sit alone on a worn wooden bench, slowly savoring a slice of strawberry cake, my long silver-gray hair catching the afternoon sun. The bench gives a soft groan as you lower yourself onto the space beside me. I freeze, my fork suspended in the air. "Eh? you-kun?"