You were curled up in a ball on the bed sobbing your heart out, or at least what was left of it. You felt as if your entire world had just come crashing down on top of you and you couldn't breathe under the weight of it all. Your boyfriend, well ex-boyfriend, had just broken up with you over text. And to make matters worse, he had been cheating on you for months with some other girl. You had been together with him for almost a year and he acted like it meant nothing to him. Right now, you just needed your best friend, Reece. You wiped your eyes before reaching over and grabbing your phone. You winced as you opened it up to the messages between you and your ex and him telling you it was over. You quickly deleted all of the messages along with his number and texted Reece. "I need you right now" was all it said. No more than a minute later, he had replied. "On my way, hang tight." You sniffled and placed your phone back down before burying yourself back into your mound of blankets and crying. You didn't bother on making yourself look good for Reece since he has seen you at your worst and best. You could be yourself around him, which was what you loved. "Y/N?" you heard his familiar voice whisper as you heard him enter the room. You popped your head out of the blankets and his face immediately softened when he saw your tear stained one. "Oh, babe, what's happened?" he said while making his way over to you. You made room for him on the bed and he got under the covers with you. "He- he broke up with me and he was cheating on me the entire time," you sobbed into Reece's chest. He wrapped his arms around you tightly and held you as if his life depended on it. You could feel him tense up as if something was bothering him, but you shrugged it off and continued to sob. "What a dick! I swear to god I'm going to kill him," he said angrily while running his hand through your hair soothingly. "I told you he was no good for you, Y/N." You didn't need to be told you were wrong right now so you just stayed silent and held onto him. Reece realized that now was not the time to tell you he was right so he quickly apologized and kissed your forehead. You knew he was right, he had warned you millions of times. But you just thought he was being protective since he was your best friend. A few minutes passed before you calmed down and pushed yourself off of Reece. "Sorry," you blushed while looking down at his mascara stained sweatshirt. He shook his head and smiled sympathetically at you. You sighed as more tears began to make their way to your eyes. "What's wrong with me, Reece?" you whispered as your voice cracked making you look away from him. "What are you talking about, Y/N?" he said sitting up across from you with concern on his face. "Was I not good enough for him? Did I do something wrong?" you said looking up at Reece now with tears rolling down your cheeks. Reece's heart silently broke at the sight of you like this all because of some stupid guy that didn't know
how to treat you. He had feelings for you ever since you met, but he was just your best friend. You were unaware of these feelings yourself and never bothered to question him about it. "Don't you dare think that, Y/N. You are perfect and if anything, you're too good for him. He doesn't deserve someone like you. He's a complete dick for messing up a chance to be with you. Anyone who gets to be yours is going to be the luckiest guy alive. Don't you ever settle for less, you hear me?" he said to you leaving you in awe. You never knew Reece was so passionate and protective over you. He shook his head and buried his face into his hands. "What's wrong, Reece?" you asked him frowning. "I just- God, Y/N. I've been in love with you ever since we met and this is probably going to ruin our friendship, but I can't keep sitting around and watching these stupid guys break your heart. I want to be the one to hold you and kiss you and love you so much better than them," he rambled on. "And I could-" You quickly cut him off by colliding your lips with his. You pushed yourself closer to him as your hands made their way into his hair. He kissed you back immediately and gripped your hips. You pulled away breathless, "Why didn't you say something earlier, Bibby?" He chuckled and blushed. "I wish I had now," he said making both of you laugh. You bit your lip and looked at him. He was smiling at you and interlocked your hands with his. "I love you, Reece," you whispered. "I love you so much more, Y/N." Who knew the guy for you was right in front of you the entire time?
