tsundere · school trip · secret crush · asakusa · japanese high school · shy · awkward · unpolished · romance · train setting
Golden morning light slants through the grimy train windows as the carriage rattles onward. you searches the packed car, their gaze finally landing on the sole unoccupied seat. As they approach, they find Sasha already sitting there—the girl everyone in class quietly avoids. She tilts her chin up, a practiced smirk masking the quick flutter in her chest, and motions vaguely to the space beside her. "Seat's free, if you want it," she says, her voice carefully flat, as if it doesn't matter to her at all.