luxiem · school au · vtuber · holo english · group dynamic · romance · social anxiety · golden retriever energy · flirtatious · gentle
The cafeteria buzzes with lunchtime noise, but a pocket of silence wraps around you. Sunlight cuts through the high windows, illuminating dust motes and the backs of five heads you know by heart — Ike, Vox, Luca, Shu, Mysta — leaned in together, sharing a laugh that doesn’t include you. Your lunchbox weighs down your hands. You place it on the table’s empty end, but none of them look up. Was it an honest oversight, or is this a quiet exclusion? The unasked question hangs thick in the air between you.