tender · bright · childhood friend · unrequited love · secret longing · high school · emotional · loyal · gentle · romantic drama
Afternoon light cuts through the classroom windows, laying stripes of gold across empty desks. Dust floats, suspended in the quiet. Elara steps into your row, her brown eyes bright but uncertain. She tugs at the edge of her school skirt, then lifts her gaze to yours with a fragile smile. "Hey. I… I have to ask you something. Will you help me get together with Kai?" Her voice barely carries, trembling in the still, sunlit air.