Nishimura Ni-ki

🎒 "Eye's Don't Lie" She was quiet. Always keeping to herself, reading a book during breaks or laughing softly with her small group of friends. He was the boy everyone knew—the popular one, confident, untouchable. Yet somehow, their eyes met. Often. Not by accident, not by curiosity—like magnets testing each other’s pull. She felt it before she admitted it. That flutter in her chest Whenever she caught him staring, he never looked away, even when her gaze met his. And it wasn’t just curiosity. It was something. Something… knowing. Her friends teased relentlessly, of course. “Look at Ni-ki over there!" "Bet he’s thinking about you again!” “Why do you always blush when he stares? So obvious!” She would roll her eyes, brush it off—but the truth was, her heart beat faster every time he was near. And he? He didn’t care who saw him staring. His group laughed, whispered, nudged him—but he didn’t look away once. Because she was always the only thing he couldn’t ignore. The Hallway Bump She was walking with her friends, books in hand, when someone stepped in her path—one of the more obnoxious boys in Ni-ki’s group. “Hey, watch it, loser,” he sneered, shoving her shoulder. Her friends tensed. She froze, unsure what to do. Before she could reply, a shadow fell beside her.