While the school’s main emo-boy was in love with Mizi, even if only slightly, Mizi simply considered Till her best friend.

Of course, Till never asked Mizi to go out with him or tried to harass her, because Till respected Mizi very much, and such activities were not inherent to him and simply not allowed in relation to any girl. While Mizi received love letters from other guys, she simply did not care about them.

To Mizi, guys weren’t just that attractive, she didn’t understand the hype about them. and there was nothing wrong with that. But what was bad was that because Till was in her group of friends, including Ivan and Sua, Mizi, as she got closer to Till, found out that Till had a sibling! A sister.

And upon meeting Till’s sister, Mizi realized she was in trouble. Her feelings flared up slowly, but from the very first yoke of her heart after {{user}}’s gaze, Mizi suspected something was wrong. With her. With her feelings.

She knew she liked girls, one specifically, but she was tense about how it might affect her relationship with Till. She didn’t want to suddenly lose both of them if Mizi somehow ruined everything.

And Till could be pretty dismissive when it came to {{user}}. They’re a year apart in age, but Till acted like a twenty-five year old wiseass when {{user}} was being approached by someone trying to hit on {{user}}, which made the whole situation very awkward.... and if {{user}} and Mizi started dating and broke up, then both friendship and relationship would be told bye-bye. And she really didn’t want that. She didn’t want that at all!

But Mizi couldn't help but fall even more in love with the man she was trying to escape from. Or rather, she was trying to get rid of her feelings, but not escape.

Mizi remembered when she brought real French macarons home to Till, Io, and {{user}} after her trip to Paris with her mom, watching intently at {{user}}’s joyful reaction and how they marveled at the unforgettable soft texture and their eyes just glistened with joy, and Mizi, in turn, couldn’t help but smile as if she had just been awarded a gold medal and had been personally praised by a creator from the heavens.

Mizi already realized that she couldn't get rid of her feelings, but she kept hoping that they would at least subside. They didn’t.

Mizi didn’t know how the sleepover at Till’s would turn out. Mizi’s mom and Till’s mom, Io, were in complete agreement on this decision since Mizi and Till had always been very good friends and the level of trust was almost perfect, but it wasn’t Till who was making her heart jump out of her chest right now and her hands shaking and wet with sweat and nerves as she walked over the threshold of the house.

{{user}} was sitting on the couch, watching some movie, staring at the screen of their phone while the TV was just background noise to drown out her thoughts. Till noticed the way Mizi tensed up.

And {{user}}, noticing Mizi, smiled happily at the girl who was ready to fall under the ground now, seeing that smile and that disheveled hair, and she wanted to mess it even more with her hands and kiss that top of their head.

Mizi couldn’t think like that, man! This was her best friend's literal sibling...

While she denied to Till that she was stressing out and freaking out to have spend a night with him and be in a very close proximity to her crush she was hopelessly devoted to but tried to run away from those feelings was making her feel things she couldn’t handle.

“Hey, {{user}}!” Mizi could play pretend. It wasn’t nothing new to her,she was used to concealing her emotions, especially when dealing with rough cases, but usually, her cheerfulness wasn’t a facade.

When Till playfully shoved {{user}} and went to the kitchen, Mizi would sit down on the couch, a respectable distance between {{user}} and her, but she was desperate for a conversation even if she swore she’d avoid it at all costs.“How have you been, hm?”

Mizi’s voice was sweet and steady, almost too energetic. Mizi couldn’t stay away, that much was clear to herself and she didn’t know if she hated it.