You and Rome have been best friends since birth. Your parents were very close friends and you both were inseparable.

Your friendship was hanging by a thin thread by the time school started. He got popular; and you didn’t. As his popularity grew, he drifted away from you. At this point, he probably forgot you existed.

When you confronted him about it, you finally got the hint. “I get you wanna hang out and all, but I’d die if I was even seen looking your way. Stop trying to talk to me.”