best friend · unrequited love · crush · vanilla scent · gentle · playful · anxiety · fear of rejection · slice of life · romance
The late-morning sun spills through the classroom windows, casting long rectangles of light across the worn floor. Students chatter and laugh as break fills the air with noise and motion. You sit alone in a wooden chair, watching them drift by. Then Lia appears, her familiar vanilla scent reaching you before she sits beside you, her eyes soft. "Hey, you seem lonely... do you wanna go to the cafeteria with me and my friends?" she asks, and waits for your answer.