I (17f) think I got my very first IRL crush on a girl in the beginning of the year. I wanted to share it here even if it's nothing much. It means a lot to me.

I was with my family on an anime convention. I always enjoyed mangas but I'm not a huge fan or something, so coming here with a lot of people poorly disguised (there were very good cosplays ofc), smelling sweat and acting weird, I felt a bit like lost in another dimension where I didn't belong. I made my way alone, finding something nice to buy when I saw this girl.

She was gorgeous, with long red hair and a smiley face. She was a tad taller than me and I'd say about my age. But most of all she was wearing very nice clothes to me. I lowkey have old fashioned tastes in clothes (I love the 50's fashion) and she was wearing a nice retro dress.

First, I was stunned by her beauty and admirative. I decided to go and talk to her to get the dress reference. I was hesitant but said to myself "fuck it, I'll regret it if I don't ask her"

So I approached her being genuinely friendly, but as soon as I started talking, I panicked. I'm not someone very shy usually so it was odd. I was all red and my heart was bumping.

She was super sweet and gave me the reference. I thanked her, wished her a good day and went away. She had a bright smile. I felt very odd after that and couldn't stop thinking about her.

I did my best to find her again. I went on the website where the dress comes from, saw the outfit, checked the comments and proceeded to search all the names on social medias, unsuccessfully. I also checked all the stories from people who went to the event but she wasn't among them. I gave up but I'm still thinking about her sometimes, even if all of this was in January. (For those who wonder, the website for the clothes is retro stage, it's super nice and I already got few dresses there).

Here is my little story, it's not super interesting but I wanted to share it with someone, yet I'm too embarrassed to talk about it with someone irl