Name: How I Tried to Flirt as a Shy Introvert... and Almost Imploded
Uploaded: 2025-09-14T17:50:10.000Z
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And this is the story of how I tried to flirt with my crush as a full-time introvert, and instead nearly short-circuited from secondhand embarrassment caused by myself.

Let's just say I didn't get the love story I expected, but I did learn a lot about what introverts do when they catch feelings.

It all started in my last year of high school.

I was the quiet kid, the background character, the, oh, I didn't realize you were in this class, student.

They transferred mid-year, confident but not arrogant, friendly but not fake.

You know, that kind of person who just feels easy to be around.

And suddenly I was like, oh no, I have a crush.

I didn't even really know them, but they smiled at me once during attendance and my brain printed out a wedding invitation.

Now as an introvert, I had zero idea how to express interest.

Step three, hope they magically fall in love with me by sensing my energy.

I once made eye contact for maybe two seconds.

And then I immediately tripped over a desk trying to look away.

I spent weeks just existing near them, saying hi in my head, smiling in my head, having whole conversations in my head.

Meanwhile, Alex probably thought I was avoiding them or weird or both.

Every day I told myself, today you're going to say something, even just hi.

My heart would race, my mouth would dry up, and I'd default to pretending I was very busy looking at a pencil.

I also developed a crush anxiety tick, erasing my own messages before hitting send.

I'd open our class group chat and type, hey Alex, did you get the homework?

I raised my hand, waved, and they waved back.

Not because I didn't like them anymore, but because I couldn't survive the flashbacks.

Eventually I realized I was doing that introvert thing where you wait so long to act that your feelings start to turn into guilt and self-hate.

They probably like someone more confident.

It was about me not feeling like I was enough.

That I'd never be the type of person someone would choose.

Even if I turned into a tomato with anxiety.

We started working on the project together, and I learned something shocking.

They asked me, hey, do you like Studio Ghibli?

We started texting, sharing memes, sending playlists.

I found out they were also anxious sometimes.

And that they noticed when I got quiet in group chats.

No, we didn't fall madly in love and run away to an anime-style hilltop.

I didn't have to become someone loud or outgoing.

Sometimes flirting doesn't look like roses and declarations.

So yeah, that's the story of how I tried to flirt as an introvert.

Have you ever had a crush and panicked every time they looked at you?

I'll be down there reading your awkward stories so I feel less alone.