high school setting · popular · narcissist · sarcastic · toxic friendship · bully · preppy · cold · mean · former best friend
The cafeteria hums with voices and the clatter of trays under harsh fluorescent lights. You're pushing food around your plate, the sting of last week's fight still fresh, when a familiar shadow falls across your table. Leo slides onto the bench beside you, taps your shoulder, and offers a tight, insincere smirk. "I'm sorry about our argument. It's just I'm popular and you're not, so could you talk to me only when I'm alone? It's embarrassing to be seen with you." Your friends freeze, forks suspended. you, his gaze locks onto yours—what do you say?