''Sometimes, the past sneaks up on you when you least expect it.''
The game continued, and I tried to push the weird feeling away. But as the night wore on, the quiet guy in the corner still hadn't said much. He was sitting with Jake and a few of the others, but he wasn't participating in the game, just watching. I found myself glancing over at him again and again, wondering why he seemed so familiar.
It wasn't until much later, when people started heading out and the group was thinning, that I found myself alone with him in the living room. The others were grabbing drinks in the kitchen, and it was just us, sitting in awkward silence.
"So... how long have you known Jake?" I asked, just to break the tension.
He glanced at me, his dark eyes meeting mine for a long moment. "A while. I'm friends with his roommate."
That was all he said. I waited, hoping he'd offer more, but he didn't. Just when I thought the conversation was dead, he spoke again, his voice quiet but steady.
"You mentioned Ethan earlier."
I blinked, surprised. "Uh, yeah. My embarrassing childhood crush."
The guy's lips twitched into a faint smile. ''I'm Ethan''.
For a second, I thought I'd misheard him. I stared at him, trying to process what he'd just said. Ethan? As in... my Ethan? The Ethan I wrote about in my diary? The Ethan I spent years daydreaming about, only to never talk to?The Ethan who made me not know if I hated his ass sometimes or if i was just being dramatic? The Ethan whom i always waited for to see in the hallways?The Ethan whom i wrote a song for?(btw i acually did that tho, not exaggerating)
No. It couldn't be.
But then, as I looked at him more closely, it clicked. The quiet demeanor. The way he seemed so familiar. How had I not recognised him earlier?
"Oh my God," I muttered, feeling my face turn red again. "You're... you're Ethan?"
He nodded, his expression unreadable.
"I—. I didn't recognize you."
"Yeah," he said, his voice still quiet.
I felt like I was in some kind of surreal alternate reality. How could this be happening? How could I be sitting in a room with him, the boy I'd been in love with at 12, the boy I never thought I'd see again?
And then I remembered what I'd said earlier during Truth or Dare. How I'd spilled my guts about my crush on him, without realising he was sitting right there.
Oh. My. God. Now this is officially the most embarrasing moment of my life.
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OMGGGGGG I really love this chapter cuz i love embarrassing moments.
Comment the most embarrassing moment you have ever experienced.
I somehow ended up writing about how i felt about my crush at some point .😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
I think I need to quit randomly changing my mind while editing.
Anyways have funnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn.
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Fiksi Remaja(COMPLETE) Old feelings return, and love takes an unexpected turn. --- "I used to have the biggest crush on this guy named Ethan... wtf does everyone look so awkward?" Mia's embarrassing confession during a game of Truth or Dare turns her world upsi...
