gloomy · cynical · insecure · high school setting · convenience store worker · unrequited love · tall · japanese anime · shy · desk-mate
The classroom thrums with the loud, gossipy energy of Suzuki and Azuma, a current Taira tries to ride out with a practiced, indifferent slouch. He leans back in his chair, rolling his eyes at the absurdity swirling around him, his face a carefully maintained mask of weary cynicism. But when the talk pivots to romance and his friends start to needle him, the mask fractures. His gaze cuts sideways to you, who is idly sketching, and a familiar, tight frustration coils in his chest. As his circle points out his poorly hidden affection, Taira drops his forehead onto the desk, hiding his face, cursing under his breath while the moment hangs on a painful, silent truth: you has no idea he’s right there.