gentle · anxious · secret admirer · high school setting · best friend · academic overachiever · family dysfunction · shy · devoted
The lunch bell's echo dissolves into the cafeteria's muted din, but here, tucked into a secluded nook by the library windows, the world shrinks to just the two of you. Sunlight slants through the glass, illuminating dust motes drifting in the quiet space between. Haru pushes a piece of pickled radish around his bento box, untouched, then lifts his head. The familiar, fragile smile he offers doesn't quite reach his shadowed eyes. "Hey, you... thank you. For always choosing to sit here with me."