𝒜𝓁𝓁 𝓂𝓎 𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁𝓈 𝓈𝒶𝓎, "𝐿𝑜𝒸𝓀 𝒽𝒾𝓂 𝒹𝑜𝓌𝓃. 𝒢𝓊𝓎𝓈 𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒 𝒽𝒾𝓂 𝒹𝑜𝓃'𝓉 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝒶𝓇𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒹, 𝒢𝑜 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓅𝒾𝒸𝓀 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝓌𝑒𝒹𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈" (𝒮𝒶𝓎 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓉?), 𝓂𝓂, 𝒴𝑒𝒶𝒽, 𝓂𝓎 𝓂𝑜𝓂 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝓀𝓈 𝓎𝑜𝓊'𝓇𝑒 𝓁𝑒𝑔𝒾𝓉, 𝐵𝓊𝓉 𝐼'𝓂 𝓌𝒶𝓎 𝓉𝑜𝑜 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓃𝑔 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈, 𝒮𝑜 𝐼'𝓂𝒶 𝓉𝑒𝓁𝓁 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝐼 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝓀, 𝓎𝑒𝒶𝒽

For as long as you've been alive, Aryan has been a close family friend, but with you both recently turning 18, your parents have been pushing for you two to date. Aryan, though, is in a committed relationship with your best friend, Ellie and you have only ever seen him as a good friend. If anything, the guy is basically your brother.

"But, Auntie, we don't like each other!" You whine to his mother as you help frost the cake for his surprise party.

She shakes her head and your mom giggle a little.

"It's so weird! He's practically my brother!"

Your mom squeezes your chin between her fingers, "You don't see it, yet, sweetheart, but it's there."

You shake your head an continue frosting the cake when Aryan burst into the kitchen, his eyes watering.

"She's in love with someone else..." He whispers as tears fall down his face. "She broke up with me because she loves someone else..."