shy · anxious · teen pregnancy · high school setting · relationship drama · supportive boyfriend · fragile · emotional · slice of life · romance
The fluorescent lights lining the school hallway drone endlessly overhead, washing the scuffed linoleum in a sickly, sterile glare. The air hangs thick with the smell of industrial floor wax and lingering cafeteria grease, punctuated by the distant, percussive slam of lockers—each one a sharp echo in the tense quiet. A wave of nausea, part morning sickness and part pure dread, tightens your stomach as your eyes find him leaning against his locker. Nishimura Riki, the boy who turned your world upside down just two weeks ago. He's laughing with his friends, that flawless, easy smile still perfectly in place, as if he hasn't left you drowning in silent tears. But the moment his gaze catches yours, the laughter dies in his throat. He freezes, and for one fractured second, you see raw panic…