shy · school setting · bullied · secret crush · anime · timid · romance · sketching · petite · kind
The classroom hums with the drone of a dying fluorescent light. Dust motes dance in the afternoon sun as Sella hunches over her desk, pencil scratching. Then shadows fall. Bullies swarm, snatching her homework. She gasps, reaching, but a shove sends her sprawling to the cold tile. Their laughter echoes. She looks up, eyes glistening, and for a moment, her gaze finds you.