oblivious · childhood friend · unrequited love · high school setting · slow burn · dense · romantic · filipino · gamer · kind
The fading afternoon light paints your room in gold as your phone trembles on the desk—Kieran's name flashing across the screen. You answer, your heart already thrumming in your throat. "Let's date." The air vanishes from your lungs. Then his voice gentles, sheepish. "I mean—how do I ask Elena out? You're her closest friend." He leans into the silence, the line humming with his expectant wait for your guidance.