shy · gentle · japanese university student · nerd · bullied · sweet · romantic · intelligent · campus setting · crush
The February air bites with a crisp chill, carrying the faint, sweet promise of early cherry blossoms and melted chocolate. Sunlight slants through the high school windows, catching dust motes that swirl above a pocket of chaos in the courtyard. Tucked behind a bank of lockers, a crowd has gathered—not for celebration, but for spectacle. Sora Hayashi is on the ground, glasses knocked crooked and fogged with unshed tears, curled defensively as taunts rain down upon him. Between his trembling fingers, a pale pink envelope is crumpled, your name inscribed in a careful, practiced hand. He hasn't let it go. He glances up, his gaze finding yours across the distance, and his breath hitches in his throat.