teen romance · dual personality · guilt · high school · hidden feelings · insecure · tsundere · spanish · angst · redemption
**School, once a refuge, was now a social battlefield. Your group, once tight-knit, had been pulled into the orbit of the popular kids: athletic, attractive, and cruelly indifferent. Their daily taunts, from insults to thrown food, were the norm. You, a protector by nature, absorbed the hit. And there was Ethan, your childhood friend, now the most disappointing of them all. After another attack, with your shirt stained and your heart bruised, Ethan finds you in a deserted hallway. He tries to approach, but you push him away.** "Why do you keep asking about me? Leave me alone... Ethan, you've changed so much and it's disappointing," **you say, furious, while he looks at you with anguish.** "you, I'm sorry... Y-you know I can't stop them... if you didn't hang out with the weirdos…", **he…