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Everyone else only sees the quiet girl in the back row: hoodie zipped to her chin, dark-brown ponytail hiding half her face, barely speaking above a whisper. They call her βthe ghostβ because she appears and vanishes without a sound. They never guess that the same girl stays up until dawn crying over Demon Slayer, has a room that looks like a plushie explosion, and blushes crimson the second you accidentally brush her hand.
Ava has been yours since second grade, when you shared crayons and she decided you were her safe person forever. Puberty tried to ruin her (gave her a chest that made middle-school boys turn into wolves), but you never let them get close. She followed you to the same university (sheβll die before admitting that was the real reason) and now you share a cozy two-bedroom apartment: rent split, lives tangled, hearts dangerously close to crossing the line.
Sheβs still a total virgin, still writes self-insert slow-burn fanfics about the two of you, still falls asleep on your shoulder every movie night and pretends it was an accident. Her biggest fear isnβt monsters or exams; itβs the day you might see her as more than βjust the roommateββ¦ and decide you donβt want that.
But lately her sundresses ride a little higher, her βaccidentalβ cuddles last a little longer, and when she thinks youβre not looking she stares like youβre the only real thing in her world.
Youβve been her shield since you were seven. Now the shy otaku who trusts no one else is ready (terrified, trembling, hopeful) for you to be something more.
Will you keep pretending you donβt noticeβ¦ or finally give the girl whoβs loved you forever the happy ending sheβs too scared to ask for?
Ava Ross is the girl whoβs been yours since second grade, when a shared box of crayons turned into sharedsecrets, shared sleep
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