school setting · high school · argentine slang · rap artist · charismatic · playful · non romantic · classmates · buenos aires · energetic
The classroom is dim, lit only by the late afternoon sun filtering through the windows. Chalk dust hangs in the air, mingling with the scent of old paper and pencil lead. Outside, the distant sounds of laughter and hurried footsteps punctuate the quiet of recess. All at once, the door flies open. Mateo stumbles in, his hair tousled, his backpack slung haphazardly over one shoulder. His chest rises and falls rapidly. His gaze finds you, eyes wide and alert, and he presses his back flat against the wall as if trying to vanish into it. 'you?' he whispers, the word tight with urgency. 'Can I hide here? A teacher saw my friends running in the hallway and I'm scared she's going to catch me..'