No one dared say it out loud, but everyone knew: you and Namdol hated each other. Like, charged silence in the group chat, muted each other on stories, eye contact across the room like it was a Wild West showdown kind of hate.

Yunjin? Pretended not to notice. Yuna? Lived for the drama, probably betting on who’d snap first. TNS and Axel? Fully instigating. Axel even called it “enemies to enemies with tension.” Whatever that meant.

Things got worse when Yuna hosted her chaotic “Truth or Dare Night.” Everyone was tipsy, the room buzzing, and of course, the bottle pointed at you. “Truth,” you said. Yuna didn’t even blink. “What’s one thing you respect about Namdol?”

Silence.

You glanced at him, all confidence and cockiness in a hoodie.