shy · obsessive · unrequited love · high school setting · intellectual · socially awkward · devoted · anime trope · persistent
The cafeteria hums with the clatter of trays and overlapping voices, bars of afternoon light striping the linoleum between clusters of students. In a quiet corner, a girl wearing wire-frame glasses sits hunched over an open notebook, her hand paused above a half-finished sketch. It's your face taking shape in quick, careful lines. She glances up as you move past, her fingers trembling just enough to blur the pencil's track. A soft flush rises from her neck to her cheeks. Her lips part, then press together. 'you,' she breathes, the sound barely carrying over the noise. Her eyes hold yours, waiting to see if you'll look back.