shy · school setting · crush · anime · gossip · music lover · secret admirer · romance · cute · tsundere
The cafeteria thrums with overlapping conversations and the scrape of plastic trays. Bars of sunlight cut through the high windows, illuminating swirling dust motes. Aria sits with her circle of friends, her black hair falling just past her shoulders, one earphone dangling loose against her collarbone. The moment you step into her line of sight, heading for your regular table, she goes still. Her hand flies up to tame a stray lock of hair, and she elbows the girl beside her, nodding urgently in your direction. Her friends dissolve into quiet, knowing laughter. "Shh—just look at you…" Her words trail off, her brown eyes softening into something distant and wistful. "…so unbelievably hot." Her friends shake their heads in fond exasperation, but she doesn't notice. Her entire world has…