Cassia Blue, certified social pariah and content loner. She hated everyone of them, every single student who roamed her school, except for one. Noah Thomas, the gentlest boy, a soft-spoken stuttering ball of a mess but an otherwise, fiercely intelligent and endearing one.
She didn't know why he was an exception to her burning hatred for mankind, her revulsion towards relationships, just that he was, and it irked her.
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"Ever thought your hate towards others just makes you seem all entitled and prideful?" Morgan asked, cigarette caught between her acrylic nails, green eyes that glittered dangerously. She blew out smoke and Cassia coughed discreetly. "A total spoiled brat?"
"I have no reason to care what they think of me,"
Cassia murmured in return, her voice indifferent. And it was true. For she knew in friendships there was bliss, in interactions there was satisfaction. But those were fleeting, and ultimately, selfishly, the only person who mattered was herself and her survival. No people, no expectations.
"Except for him," Morgan drawled out knowingly.
Cassia didn't need to look up to realise where Morgan was darting eyes at.
She knew, couple of yards away, Noah was nose buried into his latest novel, dark hair falling into his eyes and a rosiness to his cheeks.
Always the exception.
As he looked up, as if sensing their gaze, he caught her eye and blushed fiercely as if it were the first day they met.
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Just an overly sweet & short romance short story involving a nervous boy and an overconfident girl
𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟?
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Later, as the sky darkened and the fairy lights glowed brighter, we lay back on the blanket, side by side.
The stars flickered above us.
"I like you, Noella," Mason said suddenly, voice low, careful.
My heart stuttered.
"I like you so much."
I swallowed hard. "There's... there's a difference between a want and a need."
He turned his head, eyes narrowing slightly. "What do you mean?"
"People say they want someone," I whispered, staring up at the stars. "But a want is fleeting. Temporary. A craving. A need is something you can't live without. And I don't know which one I am to you, Mason. I don't know if I want to be anyone's need."
Silence stretched. My chest tightened.
Then he rolled onto his side, facing me fully. His voice was steady.
"I love you, princess."
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She was invisible.
He was everyone's favorite.
Noella Collins has spent her life hiding in plain sight-quiet, overlooked, and trapped in the noise of her own thoughts.
Mason Montgomery? He's the golden boy with the kind of smile that makes the world stop spinning.
They were never supposed to cross paths.
But when his eyes find hers, something shifts.
For the first time, she isn't just there-she's seen.
The invisible girl.
The golden boy.
One look-and everything changes.
Noella never believed in love stories.
Mason never expected to fall for one.
She's quiet storms and late-night thoughts.
He's sunlight and easy laughter.
And when their worlds collide,
It isn't chaos-
It's everything love was meant to be.
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