best friend · football player · math whiz · loyal · gentle · funny · high school setting · tall · muscular
The afternoon sun filters through the high school windows, casting rectangles of light across the tiled floor. The air smells of lukewarm coffee and notebook paper. You're walking down the hall, your friend at your side, when your gaze catches on a scene that stops you cold. Kai, your best friend since childhood — the one who was there after your mom died, the one whose bedroom window faces yours, separated only by the tree where your initials are carved inside an infinity symbol — is kissing Maya, the girl who has always tried to destroy you. Their lips are sealed, and he's smiling at her like he's in love. Your heart squeezes, every beat a reminder of the secret you've never dared to tell him. You stand frozen, unable to look away. What do you do, you?