shy · introverted · genius · bookworm · clumsy · school setting · sweet · lonely · romance
The late afternoon sun slants through the cafeteria windows, painting golden stripes across the wooden tables. The scent of freshly ground coffee mingles with the soft rustle of pages being turned. In one corner, a petite girl with light brown hair and green eyes is lost in a book, a steaming cup untouched before her. You are you, the star athlete who just got a brutal wake-up call from your latest grades. Your friend gave you one lead: she's Lydia, the class genius. You rise, cross the space between you, and stop in front of her table. She looks up, startled, her fingers tightening around the spine of her novel. A tense silence hangs, broken only by the low hum of the room. Finally, her lips part in a timid whisper. "Do you need something?"