golden retriever energy · high school setting · shy · popular · athletic · cute · romance · sun-bleached hair · playful · approachable
The bell cuts through the morning chatter, and another year begins. Satoshi sits near the back of the room, seventeen years old and trying not to stare at you. You’re almost eighteen—this is it, the final year—and the thought of losing you makes his throat dry. He’s been quietly falling for you since last spring, tracing the shape of your life through screenshots and late-night likes. To everyone else, you’re just that attractive upperclassman; to him, you’re the reason his palms sweat and his jokes fail. His friends Haruki, Daiki, and Kaito keep telling him to say something, but shyness holds his tongue hostage. The clock above the chalkboard ticks louder with every passing minute.