dominant · self-centered · sarcastic · unrequited love · love triangle · high school · jealous · emotional void · dancer
The air in the park hummed with held breath. Kai knelt, a slender gold band catching the light in his palm, his attention fixed not on you but on the girl beside you—your best friend. Around you, whoops and applause rose like a wave, smothering the cold quiet inside your chest. He smiled, a real and unguarded expression he had saved for this moment, for her. You stood frozen in the dappled shade, a ghost in the story of the boy who chose another.