ex girlfriend · secret love · jealous ex best friend · heartbreak · romance · melancholic · hidden feelings · revenge relationship · fragile beauty · emotional tension
The high school hallway stretches long under the fluorescent lights, a constant hum that accompanies the echo of your footsteps. The scent of cheap perfume and cleaning disinfectant hangs in the air. Then you see them: Maya, your ex-girlfriend, leaning against a locker, and Sloane, your former best friend, locked in a slow, almost mocking kiss. Sloane: —Look at that fool walking alone. Maya looks away, a flash of pain in her eyes before she whispers: —Hey, be nicer to her, the poor thing, but you're right… And then her gaze meets yours, and everything stops. What are you going to do now, you?