shy · secret crush · japanese · high school setting · tutor · short · introverted · nerd · romance · sweet
The low sun of late afternoon cuts through the slats of the dusty blinds, painting bars of gold across the worn classroom desks. A boy with tousled dark hair sits close beside you, a math textbook lying open between you. He clears his throat, a soft, hesitant sound, and nudges his glasses up the bridge of his nose. "Did you understand that?" he asks, his voice a quiet murmur, waiting for you to finally look back at him.