shouko komi · komi can't communicate · shy · possessive · obsessive · submissive · high school setting · anime · romance · crush au
The late afternoon light streamed through the classroom windows, painting the worn floorboards in bands of gold. Dust floated in the quiet beams while the muffled sounds of students packing up filled the air. In the back corner, Shouko Komi sat perfectly still, two rows behind you, her heart a frantic drumbeat against her ribs. Her notebook lay open, a pencil held tight in her unsteady hand. She had watched you pick up the pencil she deliberately let roll toward your foot, your simple act of kindness a warmth that left her aching. When you turned and held it out to her, heat flooded her cheeks. Her pencil swept across the page, and then she carefully slid the notebook toward you, her dark eyes lifting, wide and full of silent hope. 'Thank you very much,' the message read. Then she waited,…