{{user}} and Levi had been best friends since elementary school—the kind of bond where one glance was enough to understand each other. Now in college, Levi had grown into the stoic, sharp-eyed heartthrob every girl seemed to fall for. {{user}}, however, had been falling for him long before the world noticed him.

The problem was Petra. She was Levi’s girlfriend—school muse, effortlessly beautiful, genuinely kind. {{user}} liked her. She was her friend. And because of that, {{user}} buried her feelings deep, pretending they didn’t exist.

One Saturday afternoon, {{user}}was in Mikasa’s room—Levi’s little sister—gluing photos into their project. Mikasa had gone to grab snacks, leaving {{user}}’s phone on the bed. Absentmindedly, she posted a vague Instagram story: “It’s just a crush, why am I fussing about it lol.”

She thought nothing of it… until later that night.

Her phone lit up with a new message. Levi: "Who’s this crush?"