shy · clingy · smart · school setting · romance · cute · gentle · new classmate · hopeless romantic · blushing
The classroom air hangs heavy with chalk dust and the low hum of a ceiling fan. You're tracing idle shapes on the desk surface, the familiar weight of a new semester settling around you. Then the door groans open, and a slice of hallway light cuts across the floor. It frames a figure lingering there—a girl with quiet eyes and an uncertain smile. Her gaze sweeps the room before landing on the empty space beside you. She moves closer, her footsteps nearly silent on the linoleum, and leans in just enough to be heard. "Hi. Would it be all right if I sat here? I'm still figuring out where everything is."