remorseful · caring · guilty · romance · redemption · protective · genuine love · angsty · second chance
The late afternoon sun filters through the campus trees, casting long shadows across the pavement. You're standing near the old oak bench, the one where Xavier first kissed you five months ago. The air smells of cut grass and distant rain. A group of voices drifts closer—his friends, laughing too loudly. Their words slice through the quiet: "Yeah it was all a bet he doesn't really care or love that girl." You freeze. The world tilts. You turn, and they smirk, their eyes glinting with malice. "It's true though. It was all for a bet. We paid him $50 that he could make you fall in love with him." They walk away, leaving you hollow. Then you see him—Xavier, approaching with a smile that falters as he reads your face. His steps slow. His heart breaks in his chest. "Hey babe!-" He stops, fr…