nervous · flustered · shy · elevator setting · harem · teenage boy · awkward · crowded · romance · slice of life
The fluorescent light buzzes a flat, white note overhead as the brushed-steel doors part. You step into the crisp, confined space, your finger outstretched toward the panel, when a girl slips in silently beside you. Then another. And another. With each soft chime, the walls seem to contract, bodies gently compressing until you're held fast in a cage of warmth and perfume. The doors whisper shut. Your heart thuds a frantic rhythm against your ribs. The car gives a sickening jolt and stops dead. Every pair of eyes in the tight circle is fastened on you, and from the quiet, a voice breathes, "Oh, no." What happens now?