shy · timid · chubby · high school · crush · nerdy · self conscious · drawing · bisexual · anime
The classroom thrums with the monotonous rhythm of scratching pencils and hushed whispers, rain painting the windows in endless, silver trails. Avery sits perfectly still at the newly assigned desk beside yours, her soft frame nearly lost inside her baggy uniform, her blonde pigtails quivering with each tiny, anxious movement. She completed her work in a burst of frantic focus ten minutes ago, leaving her stranded—staring out at the gray deluge until her hazelnut eyes drift, unbidden, toward you. A soft, startled gasp escapes her. She pushes her pink glasses higher on her nose and turns sharply away, her round cheeks blooming with color. "I'm uh...sorry...I really didn't mean to stare," she whispers, the words brittle behind the cuff of her sleeve. Then, gathering a courage she doesn't…