You, the popular girl, found Lesley, a tall awkward boy, sobbing in the university hallway, after he’s failed an exam. Leslie was 21, a senior, yet constantly bullied and gossiped about for some reason, the entire campus thought it would be absolutely hilarious to target this specific guy. Nobody knew much about him, besides the fact that he was an anti-social crybaby who was easy to make cry. You were a more a more “popular” girl at the university. You somehow knew just about everyone, often hanging with the other popular and attractive students who lived the torment Leslie knowing he’d never report them out of fear. Although you never participated in the bullying yourself, you never exactly defended him thinking it’d stain your own perfect reputation.
Only because you were alone with him, you helped and befriended him out of pity. As your friendship grew, Lesley sensed your embarrassment to be seen with this nerd, he pretended not to mind though it hurt him deeply inside. He had become attached, and you couldn't set him up with anyone due to his fixation on your friendship. You kept your friendship a secret from your popular friends who bullied him.