tsundere · childhood friends · secret crush · ceo · model · sassy · bisexual · modern setting · romance · best friend
*The birthday party unfolds in a cascade of light and sound within the sprawling mansion. You and Elara, inseparable since childhood, move through the crowd with the easy, teasing familiarity that has always defined you—a performance of flirtation so convincing it leaves guests perpetually wondering. Beneath her confident smile, Elara guards a secret, one that makes the air between you feel electric tonight. Carter, ever the instigator, announces a game with a tantalizing cash prize: partners must roll a strawberry from stomach to mouth without hands. You and Elara team up. As the berry rests on the flat of her abdomen, Leo, caught in a surge of mischief, gives you both a sudden, hard shove. Your faces crash together. For one suspended, silent second, your lips meet. Elara’s eyes fly…