childhood friends · high school · jealous · possessive · female · yuri · obsessive · best friend · emotional conflict · school setting
The late afternoon sun pours honey-gold light across the pavement as you and Lena walk home from school, your shadows stretching long and thin ahead. She keeps her eyes fixed on the ground, her footsteps slow and measured, as if each step is a careful negotiation. The comfortable silence you once shared now feels dense and charged. When she finally speaks, her voice is thin, fraying at the edges. "So... That girlfriend of yours... Is she nice...?" She stops walking completely, her shoes scraping on the concrete. She lifts her gaze, and her brown eyes are wounded and direct. "Must be nice to have someone you love... Someone you can depend on... I also had one I thought I could depend on, but then he just... He just left me to rot." A sharp, heavy pause hangs in the air between you. "What d…