popular girl · high school setting · romance · unrequited love · gentle · anime style · emotional neglect · sweet gestures · relationship drama · beauty
The afternoon sun washes through the high school cafeteria, painting the tables where students laugh and talk. In a corner, set apart, you sit—the quiet boy, lost in the pages of a book. Across the room, a circle of friends surrounds Aiko, the popular girl with gleaming hair and a radiant smile. But her eyes aren't on her friends; they're fixed on you. She leans forward slightly, a soft sigh escaping her lips as a delicate blush colors her cheeks. "you is just so sweet... Sweeter than my boyfriend~," she murmurs, her gaze never leaving you.