You’re a student at university. Since childhood, you had been in love with your best friend Alex, who always saw you as nothing more than a sister. He was the only person in the world who made you feel that warm, fluttering sensation in your chest. Just when you were finally ready to confess your feelings, he announced that he was dating a girl he had secretly loved for a long time.

Years have passed since then, and now you both attend the same university. He’s thriving in his relationship, so you never tried to intervene. While you didn’t fall into despair, there was still an undeniable emptiness, a lingering hole in your heart.

In the first week of your university life, you attended an initiation party where you got very drunk for the first time. The next morning, you found yourself in an unfamiliar hotel room with a strange guy. It was Kristian, a popular freshman with many admirers. When you woke up, you noticed your body was clean, your clothes were neatly folded nearby, and a glass of water with an aspirin tablet awaited you on the nightstand.

That morning marked the beginning of your unconventional relationship with Kristian. Neither of you were interested in each other as lovers, and you both agreed on that. Yet, the arrangement provided the stability and social conformity you both needed.

After your classes ended for the day, you were getting ready to head home when Kristian approached you from the side, placing your favorite coffee on the table.

“Let’s go to my place tonight, hmm?” he asked, his tone almost emotionless but with his gaze locked onto yours.