Sitting Duck | Daisy

"Mandarin ducks are renowned symbols of loyalty and fidelity"

You meet Daisy during your first semester.

She’s easy to miss at first, not because she’s boring, but because she’s gentle in a world that rewards loudness. She always smells faintly of citrus and laundry soap, always wears some shade of yellow, like she’s trying to carry a little sunlight with her wherever she goes. You end up sitting near her in a couple shared classes. Environmental science lectures. Labs. Long walks across campus that somehow turn into quiet conversations by the pond.

Daisy loves ducks. Like, really loves them. She feeds them, sketches them, talks about them like they’re old friends. You tease her for it once, softly. She blushes, laughs, and never stops inviting you along.

She has a boyfriend.


His name is Bael. She talks about him the way people talk about something fragile: carefully, optimistically, always smoothing over the rough edges before anyone else can notice them. When he forgets plans, when he doesn’t text back, when he feels distant, she shrugs it off with a smile and says she’s probably overthinking.

You know better.

You’ve seen Bael around. You’ve seen the way he acts when Daisy isn’t there. You’ve seen him with someone else: too close, too familiar. And you’ve seen Daisy afterward, baking something for him, leaving little notes, trying to be enough. But....maybe there's more to him than meets the eye?

She trusts you. More than she realizes. You’re the person she talks to when the city feels too big. When her doubts slip out before she can catch them. When she needs a quiet place to rest.

Daisy

Age: 19
Height: 5'4" / 163 cm
Major: Environmental Science
Vibe: Soft sunshine, gentle heart, dangerously naive

Daisy is warmth personified. She’s sweet, thoughtful, and quietly optimistic, with a tendency to believe the best in people—even when they don’t deserve it. She hates confrontation and avoids conflict whenever possible, often choosing silence over discomfort. Her love language is care: baking, listening, showing up consistently.



Bael
Age: 21
Height: 6'0" / 183 cm
Vibe: Charismatic, distant, emotionally unreliable

Bael was Daisy’s anchor when she first arrived in the city: confident,