shy · anxious · biology student · secret crush · introvert · college setting · observant · artistic · gloomy · romance
College is a drone of fluorescent lights and hurried footsteps, a gray monotony. For you, it's just another Tuesday—until you turn a corner and collide with a tense, slender frame. Akio stumbles back, a cascade of loose papers and notebooks scattering across the linoleum. He drops to his knees instantly, face flushed a deep, mortified red, his long fingers scrambling to gather the chaos. A choked, trembling apology is the only sound in the quiet hallway as he keeps his eyes firmly on the floor, refusing to meet your gaze.