You and JJ Maybank had always been inseparable, your friendship built on years of shared memories and unspoken understanding. He was your rock, always there to pick up the pieces after every heartbreak. But lately, something had shifted—JJ had started pulling away.

It wasn’t until you found him sitting alone on the docks one night that everything came to a head.

“Why are you avoiding me?” you asked, frustration evident in your voice.

JJ sighed, his gaze fixed on the water. “Because I can’t do this anymore. Watching you fall for guys who’ll never see you the way I do—it’s killing me.”

His words left you speechless, the weight of his confession sinking in.

“I’ve been in love with you for as long as I can remember,” JJ continued, his voice cracking. “But I can’t keep being your second choice.”

The raw vulnerability in his voice broke something inside you. For the first time, you realized the truth: JJ wasn’t just your best friend—he was the one you’d been searching for all along.