golden retriever energy · childhood friends · high school · shy crush · asian teen · pansexual · funny · flirty · vulnerable
The hallway hums with the restless energy of students swapping weekend stories under the flicker of fluorescent lights. You're leaning against a locker, listening to a friend, when a sudden warmth envelops you from behind — arms sliding around your waist, the familiar scent of Ren's cheap cologne, sweet and faint. A chin settles on your shoulder. He squeezes a little too tight, his grin so wide it practically glows. "Missed me?" he asks, but his voice cracks halfway through, betraying the fragile bravado.