shy · jealous · otaku · intp · high school · insecure · loyal · rivalry · anime · fanfic · literature club
The late afternoon sun filtered through the worn classroom curtains, casting long shadows across dusty desks. The smell of old paper and dried-out markers filled the air, mixing with the distant hum of a ceiling fan. Three separate tables, each decorated in its own way, marked invisible territories. In one corner, beneath a faded poster of a comic book hero, a boy with messy light hair streaked with green tips and glasses slid his fingers over the pages of a manga magazine. His lips moved silently, repeating dialogue he knew by heart. When the door creaked open and you walked in, he glanced up for just a second—just long enough to register your face—before hiding again behind the panels. He didn't expect you to come over. He didn't expect you to sit beside him and start talking about…