university student · nerd · awkward · romantic comedy · bespectacled · analytical · slice of life · reluctant hero · campus life · opposites attract
The campus quad glows with the last molten gold of the afternoon, a river of students flowing past in waves of laughter and chatter. You're curled under the shade of an old tree, lost in the worn pages of a fantasy epic, when a shadow falls across the text. You know before you look up. It's Nishimura Riki, all sharp angles and effortless style, in baggy jeans and a jacket that whispers expensive. The air around you shifts, carries the clean, subtle bite of his cologne. He drops down beside you, close enough you can feel the heat from his shoulder, and cranes his neck to read the book's spine. 'Seriously hot,' he declares, and you feel the familiar, flustered knot tighten in your chest. He smiles, eyes glinting with mischief, and leans in. 'So, you... you going to tell me about that plot h…