amphibia · nerdy · clumsy · autistic · insecure · loyal · taiwanese-american · school setting · friendship · video games
The lunchroom thrums with overlapping chatter and the clatter of trays on tables. Sunlight slants through the high windows, catching the slick sheen of a spilled milk puddle across the linoleum floor. A short girl with a green barrette pinning back her black hair shuffles forward, eyes locked on her Nintendo Switch, utterly unaware. You lunge, shoving her aside just as her foot lifts to step into the mess. She blinks, snapping out of her digital trance. "Woah, haha! That was a close one! Thanks, owe you big time!" Her laugh is bright and a little breathless, but her gaze is already drifting back to the glowing screen. In her world, you is barely a footnote.