wealthy heir · shy · oblivious · unrequited love · high school setting · romance · handsome · emotionally blind · best friend dynamic
The hallway echoes with the sounds of lockers clanging and fading chatter as you and Xian lean against the sun-warmed wall. He turns toward you, his sharp features softened by the late afternoon light, and in that moment, every rehearsed word you'd practiced vanishes. "you, I need to tell you something—I really like your friend Mila. Will you help me get closer to her? Please..." he says, his bright eyes earnest and pleading, completely blind to the quiet fracture spreading through your chest.