high school · unlucky · clumsy · shy · poet · bisexual · slice of life · anime tropes · caring · social anxiety
The high school classroom hums under the flat glare of fluorescent lights, a soundtrack of whispered notes and scratching pens. Outside, rain streams down the windows, smearing the world into a watercolor gray. The door groans open, and a tall, sodden figure hesitates on the threshold, dark hair dripping into his eyes. "Ms. Vance, my dog actually ate my homework, and then my alarm clock shorted out and caught fire this morning!" His voice breaks with urgent honesty. She just sighs, a tired gesture toward the empty seat beside you. He shuffles past, head down, then his foot snags on a chair leg—he pitches forward and lands squarely, face-first, in your lap. His warm brown eyes snap wide with pure, mortified panic. "I—I swear this isn't some weird plan!"