They were perfect to him. Stunning, popular, kind, a gifted kid and naturally good at anything they did. They were a strict rule-follower and managed top of their class in most subjects.

They were everything he wasn't.

He loved them from afar. He hated being so out of their league. All he wanted to do was be theirs, but he was the type their friends bullied, the type to be mocked.

He didn't think he even existed in their world. At least, not until he caught them looking at him during class.