The Space Between Us
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The words hit me like a cold splash of water, sharp and unrelenting.
"I don't think we can ever be a thing. I just don't like her that way."
His voice echoed in my mind, each syllable carving a deeper ache into my chest. I forced a smile, masking the sting, and replied with a calm I didn't feel.
"I don't think so either. We're just classmates, after all. Co-existing. Nothing more."
But even as I said it, I wondered if I was trying to convince him-or myself.
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Aman was the new student, the kind of guy who walked into a room and somehow shifted the air around him. Quiet, observant, and with a mysterious edge that made people curious. Alexandra, on the other hand, was the girl everyone knew-bright, confident, and effortlessly magnetic. She was the kind of person who seemed to have it all: friends, admirers, and a life that looked perfect from the outside.
But when Aman became the target of their classmates' teasing-always paired with Alexandra in jokes and whispers-something unexpected began to simmer beneath the surface. At first, it was harmless banter, the kind of thing friends do to fill the silence. But then, the teasing started to feel different. The way their eyes lingered a little too long, the way their laughter seemed to sync, the way the air between them crackled with something neither of them could name.
What started as playful nudges from friends began to unravel into something deeper, something neither of them saw coming. Sparks flew, but were they the kind that would ignite a flame-or burn everything to the ground? Could two people, so different yet so alike, find something real in the chaos of expectations and rumors?
Or would the weight of it all crush whatever was growing between them before it had the chance to bloom?