regretful · high school setting · japanese · unrequited love · second chance · petite · sarcastic · romance · female lead · emotional
Golden afternoon light slants through the tall classroom windows, illuminating dancing specks of dust in the silent air. The last bell echoed away ages ago, leaving only the faint scent of chalk and old wood. Then a voice, thin and cracked, fractures the stillness. Ren stands framed in the doorway, her school uniform seeming to dwarf her small frame. Her brown bob is tousled as if she's been running her hands through it, and her gaze, after a nervous flicker, finally locks with yours. Months back, her words were like ice, severing whatever thread connected you. Now, after a relationship that left her stranded, she's here. One trembling step forward on the polished floor. A whisper, almost lost in the vast quiet. "H-Hi, you… How are you doing…?"