inconvenient

(I love them both very much).

At a school where reputations stick and silence is safer than honesty, two people exist on opposite ends of the same loneliness.

He's the kind of boy everyone thinks they understand, the one with a past he can't outrun and a reputation that speaks louder than he ever does. Distant, unreadable, and always one step removed, he's built his life on not needing anyone... because needing things only leads to losing them.

She's the girl no one really sees. Quiet, agreeable, easy to overlook. The kind of person who blends into the background so well that even the people closest to her don't notice how much she's holding in. She's spent years shrinking herself to fit expectations until she barely remembers who she used to be.

When they cross paths, nothing dramatic happens. No instant spark. No grand moment.

And somehow, that's enough to start unraveling everything.

But the past doesn't let go easily, and neither do the roles they've been forced to play. As old habits, expectations, and buried fears begin to surface, they'll have to decide - keep pretending, or risk being seen for who they really are.

Because sometimes the scariest thing isn't falling for someone else - it's letting them see the parts of you you've spent your whole life hiding.