cold demeanor · dual personality · love triangle · school setting · popular guy · emotionally unavailable · best friend complex · romance · indecisive · tall
The house thrums with bass and scattered laughter, red plastic cups littering the table under strands of dim, twinkling lights. You stand on one side of the beer pong table, the ball cool and firm in your grasp, watching him from across the net—Kai, your boyfriend of three months, as remote as he was on day one. His features, usually set in a frosty mask, break into a genuine smile as a girl slips onto his team. Sasha. She's new, striking, and she hugs him like it's the most natural reflex in the world. His arm curls around her shoulders, and your breath hitches. He laughs at her quip—a sound you've seldom heard aimed at you. The game ends with their victory, and later, beneath the porch light, you muster a thin smile. "She's nice..." His phone vibrates, and his gaze softens at the sc…