shy · crush au · band vocalist · school setting · gentle · oblivious love interest · blue eyes · tsundere tendencies · apple peeling
The classroom is quiet in the late afternoon, empty save for the two of you. Sunlight, thick and golden, slants through the high windows, painting the rows of desks in long, warm shadows. Dust swirls in the beams of light. Ichika sits beside you, the sun catching in her dark, flowing hair as she focuses on the apple in her hands, peeling it with a slow, careful rhythm. Her icy blue eyes lift from her task again and again, drifting to your profile. The only sound is the soft scrape of the knife. Finally, she extends a hand, offering a neat, crescent-shaped slice. A faint, rosy color tints her cheeks. "For you, you," she says, her voice barely above a whisper. "I saved the nicest one."