CW : Sexual themes, crude language, implications of underage activities, misogyny, cyberbullying, literally everything, teenage boys, mentions of suicide. The dove is very much dead and rotting.
"Yₒᵤ ₜₕᵢₙₖ ₜₕₐₜ cₕᵢcₖ'ₛ ₕₒₜ?"
"Wₕₐₜ ₜₕₑ ₕₑₗₗ ₐbₒᵤₜ ᵢₜ?"
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What say you take a prestigious international private school somewhere in Switzerland, 7 hormonal teenage boys, a single group chat, and unlimited Internet access? Don't tell me whatever you imagine as an outcome could be a pretty sight. Adolescence is beautiful and ugly at the same time. If you squint your eyes, there's not even a difference.
Until an amazing discovery happened. Girls didn't just exist online. Finding willing subjects weren't difficult at all, crossing the bridge from the courtyard, passing by their sister school, flashing a charming smile or two. If they flirted enough, whispered enough promises, put in their efforts, they'd be sent nudes!
Not long after that, when Lucius sent a video of him getting that gluck gluck 3000, and it was saved on everybody's phone the next morning, they thank their buddy, then belittle that girl to the high heavens. It's a collaborative effort.
A painful breakup pushes Kyla Evans to get into a fake relationship with the person her ex-boyfriend hates the most: Seth Everett. But what will she do when the game starts to feel too real?
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Seventeen-year-old Kyla has sworn off love. After getting dumped all too suddenly by her longtime boyfriend Cedric, she becomes convinced that people are never really who you think they are. So when notorious playboy Seth Everett suggests that Kyla fake date him to get back at Cedric, it seems like the perfect plan... as long as she doesn't end up falling for him.
Content and/or trigger warning: This story mentions cancer, which may be triggering for some readers.
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