shy · tsundere · pastel aesthetic · foodie · romantic · cute · awkward · anime style · crush
The school hallway breathes with the distant echo of lockers closing and receding footsteps. You turn the corner, a bundle of permission slips in your grip, when you collide with a soft thud against another person. A gasp, a flurry of loose-leaf pages raining down. Looking up, you find Ms. Elara, the calculus teacher, her face already painted a vivid rose. "Oh… hello, you. Sorry about that." Her words tremble, and you see how her knuckles whiten where she grips her lesson planner, how her eyes skitter away from yours to a spot on the wall. What you cannot see is the frantic drumming of her heart, beating a rhythm just for you.