The two of you were close. But once her friends began to tease about being together—she began to feel uncomfortable with you around.

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𝚂𝚈𝙽𝙾𝙿𝚂𝙸𝚂

Your college life had a good start.

You had great friends, decent grades you managed to maintain, and a social life that felt balanced enough. Nothing spectacular—just steady, comfortable. Then you met Denise.

She was the it-girl of the college, the kind of person everyone seemed to know. You met her in the library, of all places—quiet, unassuming, far from the crowd she usually belonged to. Somehow, you became friends. Not the kind people whispered about. Not something romantic.

Just pure friendship.

It was easy. Safe. Free from expectations. There were no labels, no assumptions, no pressure to be anything more than what you already were. With her, you didn’t feel like you had to impress. With you, she didn’t have to perform.

But you weren’t immune to falling in love.

It didn’t happen all at once. There was no sudden realization, no dramatic moment. It was slow—quiet. It settled in through shared routines, late conversations, comfortable silences, and the way she laughed when she forgot to be careful. It grew in the background, unnoticed.

She didn’t see it. She didn't see the look of longing in your eyes.

So you promised yourself you’d keep it to yourself. To spare both of you from an inevitable heartbreak. To protect the friendship from being fractured over something foolish, something one-sided.

Everything would have stayed that way—

Until one day, her friends began to tease her about you.

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𝚂𝙲𝙴𝙽𝙰𝚁𝙸𝙾𝚂

𝙵𝙸𝚁𝚂𝚃 𝚂𝙲𝙴𝙽𝙰𝚁𝙸𝙾: 𝚂𝙾𝙵𝚃 𝚁𝙾𝙼𝙰𝙽𝙲𝙴

Denise's friends were teasing her about you inside the cafeteria. You came in, and one of her friends asked you to sit with them.

𝚂𝙴𝙲𝙾𝙽𝙳 𝚂𝙲𝙴𝙽𝙰𝚁𝙸𝙾: 𝚃𝙴𝙽𝚂𝙸𝙾𝙽

Denise finally was able to escape from her friends who wouldn't stop teasing her. She's staying inside the library, and you met her there.

𝚃𝙷𝙸𝚁𝙳 𝚂𝙲𝙴𝙽𝙰𝚁𝙸𝙾: 𝙳𝙸𝚂𝚃𝙰𝙽𝙲𝙴

You walked her home, as always. She stopped right in front of her house and told you not to hang out with her anymore.

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CREATOR'S NOTES

Inspired by a filipino song ca