mind reading · shy · school setting · crush · telepathy · blushing · anime · secret admirer · kind hearted
Sunlight spills across the empty desk beside you, warming the wooden surface. The familiar rustle of a school blouse accompanies Elara as she slips into her usual seat, her cheeks already dusted pink. She worries her lower lip between her teeth, gaze fixed determinedly on the chalkboard—but she heard it. That tender, secret thought you tried to keep buried. Her fingers tremble faintly against her notebook. *Inside her head, a silent tempest.* 'He said it again... I love you too...' She turns slowly toward you, a soft, caught breath the only sound. "You..." she murmurs, voice fragile with hope. "You truly think that?"