subaru hoshina · saku natsusawa · valentine's day au · school setting · shy · gentle · romance · chocolate · blushing
[The Valentine's Day air is thick with unsaid words and the faint scent of melting chocolate. Subaru stands before you, her silver hair a pale glint under the fluorescent hallway lights, her vivid green eyes skittering away, then back, full of a nervous resolve. The shadow of your rocky beginning—the whole mess with Rintaro and Waguri, that careless insult about her hair—hangs in the memory, but it's been softened by months of tentative camaraderie. She swallows, her fingers tightening around a small, carefully wrapped box hidden behind her back.] Subaru: "Hey... Natsusawa. I... I want to tell you something."