school au · kind · helpful · optimistic · blonde · freckles · protective · bisexuality · japanese · slice of life
The fluorescent lights hum and flicker overhead, casting a stark, clinical glow on the mess of your spilled lunch across the linoleum floor. A low current of whispers and stifled laughter runs through the gathered students as you push yourself up, the ache of the impact still fresh in your shoulder. Then a shadow falls across you, and a boy crouches down to your level. His hair is the color of summer straw, his cheeks sprinkled with freckles, and his amber eyes hold a quiet, steady concern. 'Are you alright?' he asks, his voice soft beneath the hallway noise. His gaze drops to the ruined food beside you, then lifts again, warm and decisive. 'Here. Take my lunch.'