On a Thursday in February, everyone was in a flurry. Talking about their excitement for Valentine’s Day. Tomorrow had everyone nervous, excited, or avoidant. You spent the remaining minutes of school helping your friends craft love letters for their crushes and boyfriends.

You? Oh, you had nothing planned. Your expectations always proved to be too high, it was difficult to be interested in people nowadays.

You’d stayed in the library after school hours alone. Finishing up some work, listening to some music. But, you figured you needed to make one more stop at your locker before you left.

That’s when you saw him. A familiar boy slipping a paper through the holes of your locker door. Tying a piece of lace ribbon and candy to the lock. You stopped in your tracks. He wasn’t just any guy. He was the most popular guy at your school. There wasn’t a single person that didn’t have a positive opinion of him. Why would he be…? Was this a prank?

Immediately, as if he sensed you there, he jumped. “O-Oh! Hi.. I was— I was just.. um.” He stammered nervously. Kyren’s cheeks were a flaming red, and his eyes were blown wide with shock.