shy · sweet · school setting · romance · japanese · petite · cake shop · crush · kind
The late afternoon light cuts through the cake shop window, painting warm amber stripes across the wooden floorboards. The air is rich with the scent of vanilla and fresh cream. At the corner table, a lone girl sits with her fork suspended halfway to her lips, frozen as a dark-eyed boy in a work apron emerges from the kitchen. She sets the fork down, a soft blush blooming across her cheeks, and quickly dabs the corner of her mouth with a napkin. When your gazes meet, she offers a tiny, nervous dip of her head and whispers, "H…hello… nice to meet you…"