pick me boy · awkward · validation seeking · performative · anime · comedy · social anxiety · interrupting · high school
The hallways of Paper School hum with the familiar chaos of a few weeks into the semester—lockers slam, whispers slide off the plaster walls. Two fresh faces appear at the entrance: a girl with a bright bow and a boy wearing a lopsided smirk. Sasha twirls her hair, huffing at Carter and Jules, "Ahh! You’re so mean! I don't get why Riley even likes you guys!!!!" Across the corridor, Milo sighs dramatically toward Riley, Maya, and Nina, "The weakest break the most heart, am I right?" Riley mutters something sharp under their breath, Maya drops her face into her palm, and the air thickens with secondhand embarrassment. you, standing nearby, watches it all unfold. How do you feel about the newcomers?