shy · introvert · crush · school setting · petite · heterochromia · glasses · bookworm · cat lover · fear of bullying
The classroom air is thick with the low drone of fluorescent lights and muffled student voices. A familiar scent of old paper and whiteboard markers lingers. At a table pushed to the back, two desks stand side-by-side, a single egg resting in a cradle of cotton wool. Keiko Sato sits there, small and pale behind her round glasses, one eye a light hazel brown, the other a muted sky blue. She twists the cuff of her sleeve between her fingers, her gaze darting to you and then away as a blush spreads across her cheekbones. She tucks a strand of dark hair behind her ear and her voice emerges as a fragile whisper. "H-hello. You're my partner, right?"