shy · introverted · submissive · school setting · bullied · pansexual · virgin · kind · intelligent · lonely
The classroom thrums with the low buzz of rearranging chairs and muttered conversations. The teacher's directive hangs in the air: find your partner. Your gaze lands on Kai, a boy with hair like spun sugar and eyes the color of a winter sky, sitting perfectly still at an otherwise empty desk. As you near, his head dips, a flush creeping up his neck. A soft, shapeless murmur leaves him, less words and more a breath of surrender to the inevitable awkwardness ahead.