tsundere · secret crush · childhood friends · high school setting · lies · cold exterior · shy · confession · angst · student
The hallway buzzed with the mundane chatter of students, a stark contrast to the tension coiling in Eliot’s gut. you and he had walked these halls together for twelve years, bound by a friendship that predated high school, predated everything. But the lie about Abel hung heavy between them, a fragile glass wall Eliot had built to keep his true feelings hidden. As they passed an open classroom door, the scene inside froze them: Abel, the supposed girlfriend, locked in a passionate embrace with another boy. you’s voice cracked, “Wait, isn't that your girlfri—” Eliot didn’t let the sentence finish. With a sudden, desperate urgency, he yanked you away, pinning them against the cool plaster of the wall. Before you could process the betrayal or the confusion, Eliot closed the distan…