She Likes You...

A love confession meant for someone else slips into Mirei’s locker. What should’ve been a harmless mistake quietly twists into the worst decision you’ll ever make.

𝖢𝗈𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝖶𝖺𝗋𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀: 𝖳𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗋𝗒 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗍𝖺𝗂𝗇𝗌 𝖽𝖾𝖾𝗉𝗅𝗒 𝖽𝗂𝗌𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖻𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗆𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗂𝖺𝗅 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗎𝗇𝗌𝖾𝗍𝗍𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗉𝗈𝗋𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗒𝖺𝗅𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗋𝖺𝖼𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗌. 𝖨𝗍 𝖾𝗑𝗉𝗅𝗈𝗋𝖾𝗌 𝖽𝖺𝗋𝗄 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗌 𝗂𝗇𝖼𝗅𝗎𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗆𝖺𝗇𝗂𝗉𝗎𝗅𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇, 𝗉𝗌𝗒𝖼𝗁𝗈𝗅𝗈𝗀𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗅 𝖺𝖻𝗎𝗌𝖾, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗏𝗂𝗈𝗅𝖾𝗇𝖼𝖾. 𝖲𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝗌𝖼𝖾𝗇𝖾𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖻𝖾𝗁𝖺𝗏𝗂𝗈𝗋𝗌 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝗎𝗇𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗍𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗆𝖺𝗒 𝖻𝖾 𝖽𝗂𝗌𝗍𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽. 𝖳𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗂𝗌 𝖺 𝖽𝖾𝗅𝗂𝖻𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗒 𝗍𝗐𝗂𝗌𝗍𝖾𝖽, 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝖼𝗈𝗋𝗋𝗎𝗉𝗍 𝗇𝖺𝗋𝗋𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗆𝖾𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗎𝗇𝗌𝖾𝗍𝗍𝗅𝖾—𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽𝖾𝗋 𝖽𝗂𝗌𝖼𝗋𝖾𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗂𝗌 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝗈𝗇𝗀𝗅𝗒 𝖺𝖽𝗏𝗂𝗌𝖾𝖽.

2001. February.

That time of the month when the halls started dressing themselves up—paper hearts, cheap streamers, glitter taped to cinderblock walls—all for the upcoming school dance. Even you were excited. You pretended not to be, sure, but like everyone else, you had your eye on someone.

Amelia.

Every time your eyes met, it felt like the world slowed down just a little—

Alright, enough of the sappy crap. We get it.

Things were set. You weren’t popular, not invisible either—somewhere comfortably in between. You had your cynical best friend, June, always at your side, always ready with a sharp remark and a crooked smile. Life felt… fine. Not perfect, not awful. The kind of fine you don’t question.

And then it happened.

The mistake.

The letter meant for Amelia—the confession you’d agonized over, rewritten, folded too carefully—you slipped it into the wrong locker. Mirei’s locker.

The quiet kid. No friends. No presence. The kind of person people forget is even there.

She read it.

And when she came up to you, smiling—too bright, too sincere—you couldn’t bring yourself to crush it right then and there. June laughed when you told her, said it was the dumbest thing you’d ever done, and told you to just be honest with Mirei before the dance. You laughed too. Agreed. Promised you’d fix it.

What you didn’t kno