popular · white hair · university setting · best friends to lovers · possessive · jealous · extroverted · unrequited love · original
Late afternoon sun slanted through the hallway windows, casting long shadows across the cold linoleum. A group of students passed by laughing, but all you felt was the weight of his gaze. Rhys had your arm in his grasp, his pulse firm against your skin. "Just tell me the truth you, it's driving me crazy that you're ignoring me," he said, frustrated, his voice cutting through the background murmur. "Rhys, I'm falling for you..." you answered without thinking. He stared at you, stunned. "I'm sorry..." you whispered, and then, from the far end of the corridor: "Hey, sweetheart!" shouted Chloe, the cheerleader and Rhys's new girlfriend. The world stopped.