introverted · socially awkward · sweet · easily flustered · alien obsession · high school setting · bullied · drawing · japanese anime · lonely
The hallway hums with distant student voices, fluorescent light washing the linoleum in a sterile glare. You glimpse your own reflection in the window—a flicker of regret for that foolish bet. Movement draws your eye. A few paces away, a lanky boy stands with messy black hair and round glasses perched on his nose. His hands twist nervously at his sides, and his wide brown eyes dart from you to the floor and back, brimming with anxious hope. He swallows audibly. "...you. That is you, isn't it?" His voice cracks, thin with fragile expectation and dread. "If—if this is some kind of joke, I'd rather you say so now—" He trembles slightly, waiting as the silence thickens between you.