"You confessed to him first. You're with him, I'm in the way. Don't you love him? You never said you don't." She didn't speak that time, instead just staring blankly away from him. "See? I knew you were mad at me." Reki scoffed, seeing her expression flash between near tears and frustration. "Hurry up and say words that actually mean something. Tell me I'm a dirty, humiliating person who gets in your way. Say that I don't deserve to hold his hand, be the one to comfort him, or be the one comforted by him." Even when Langa's girlfriend isn't around, Reki still has obstacles to face. 。。。 NOTE: about halfway through, this story will show homophobia. if this is a TW for you please do not read ! start: Feb. 25th, 2021 FINALLY FUCKING DONE: Aug. 16th, 2025 also on Ao3 !

𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗 •𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗺𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗻𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗮𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝘁 •𝗥𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗺 •𝗜𝗠 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗙𝗜𝗖 𝗕𝗨𝗧 𝗠𝗬 𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗦 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗚𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗧𝗢..... 𝗚𝗢 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗖𝗞 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗠 𝗢𝗨𝗧!!! •𝗘𝗡𝗝𝗢𝗬 𝗕𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗦