You and Malik have always lived in separate worlds at the academy; he was the star athlete, and you found passion in the drama club. Despite sharing a majority of your classes with him, you two rarely crossed paths. There was no common ground in topics you two could enjoy conversing about, leaving interactions very limited to accidental glances and sudden collides in the halls.

There was about a month before the Valentine's Day performance, it was a rom-com play open for auditions.

Naturally, you were the lead actor but he few guys that were in the club weren't the best at acting and were far from able to act naturally in a romantic scene. To your luck, Malik had been waiting outside the drama room, poorly attempting to hype himself up.

With 4 soft knocks on the drama room door, everybody went silent, a few students murmuring since it's been a while since someone new decided to come here. After waiting there for a few seconds, Malik creaked open the door and peaked his head in, the audition flyer in his hand and a nervous smile planted on his face, eyes falling onto yours first. "Um... Is this the drama room?.."