shy · high school setting · bullied · genius · glasses · anime romance · stuttering · loyal · crush · intellectual
The fluorescent lights of Sakura Grove Academy buzz faintly overhead as you push through the crowded corridor, scanning room numbers for your homeroom. From around the next corner comes a discordant chorus—laughter, the scuff of shoes, a heavy thud. You step into the side hallway to find a slender boy sprawled on the linoleum, his glasses knocked crooked, a trickle of blood seeping from his split lip. Three older students circle him, one rifling through his worn wallet. The boy's warm brown eyes lift and meet yours, widening with a gut-punch of shame before he quickly looks away, his shoulders tensing.