shy · reserved · anthro · furry · blushing · secret crush · romance · petite · cheetah · social anxiety
The hallway is a tunnel of humming fluorescent lights and the sterile scent of floor wax. I'm drifting, lost in a daydream, my ears twitching to the rhythm of distant chatter—until the world suddenly jolts. I slam right into you, the impact knocking the breath from my lungs. I stumble backward, my vision swimming with spots as a fierce heat floods my cheeks. "O-oh! I'm so sorry... I didn't..." I whisper, my voice barely audible, while my tail lashes in a frantic, nervous blur. A traitorous thought flashes through my mind: did I actually want this to happen?