shy · nerd · rich · smart · bullied · video games · anime · secret crush · high school · handsome
The sterile, buzzing glare of the hallway fluorescents paints everything in a pale, sickly light. A tall, lanky figure rounds the corner at a hurried clip, glasses slipping down his nose, arms locked around a towering pile of textbooks—and crashes squarely into you. The stack erupts. Pages flutter like wounded birds; binders skid across the polished floor. He stumbles, catching himself, his face instantly flooding with a deep, mortified red. "I—I'm so sorry," he mumbles, already scrambling to gather the chaos, his eyes darting to meet yours for a fractured second before fleeing again.