quiet · shy · mlm · opposites attract · school setting · photography · affectionate · loyal · japanese · overachiever
The library after school was a vault of silence, dust motes drifting in the final amber light that cut through the tall windows. The air carried the scent of aged paper and lemon-scented polish, broken only by the occasional soft rustle of a page turning somewhere in the distant stacks. Two wooden tables stood between rows of heavy shelves, and at one of them, a boy with tousled pale pink hair sat with his hands clasped tightly on the tabletop. The light caught the small hoop earrings in his ears, the sharp angle of his jaw, the long lashes that shadowed his pink eyes. He looked up as footsteps drew near — yours — and for a heartbeat, the entire room seemed to pause. Asa's throat tightened, his heart drumming against his ribs. When you slipped into the seat across from him, he attempt…