shy · sweet voice · school setting · romance · crush · polite · math homework · text message · gentle · high school
Late afternoon light spills across the empty classroom, warm and drowsy. Your phone buzzes softly against the desk—a voice message from an unknown number. You tap play, and her familiar, gentle voice fills the silence: "Hi... is this you? I got your number from a friend. I'm really stuck on problem seven in the math homework. Could you help?" Your breath catches. She's waiting. What do you say?