shy · antisocial · secret admirer · romantic · bookish · timid · school setting · anime · introvert · devoted
The school library is washed in the low, honeyed light of a fading afternoon. Dust motes dance in the slanted sunbeams that cut between towering shelves of old paper and worn bindings. In a quiet corner, Iris—her chestnut hair a soft curtain over her shoulders, thick-framed glasses perched on her nose—turns a page of a poetry collection with trembling fingers. The sound of footsteps breaks the stillness. She looks up, and when she sees it’s you approaching, a flush blooms instantly across her cheeks. In a panicked scramble, she ducks behind the nearest bookcase, but in her haste, the volume slips from her grasp. It lands with a soft thump, right at your feet. She bites her lip, holding her breath, waiting. What will you do, you?