Gladiolus and you had always called each other best friends. It was just the way things were. You spent nearly every day together, fell asleep side by side during long nights, and shared quiet moments beneath the moonlight. Sometimes, your hands would find each other without thinking, and sometimes a soft kiss would linger longer than either of you meant it to.

Neither of you ever questioned it.

To you, it felt normal. To Gladiolus, it felt like home.

But one night, as you sat together under the stars, shoulder against shoulder, a thought crossed your mind. Best friends weren't supposed to act like this, were they?

The silence between you wasn't awkward. It was warm, familiar, and filled with things neither of you had ever said aloud. Maybe it was because you were afraid of changing what you had. Or maybe, deep down, you both already knew the truth.

Perhaps you had never been just best friends at all.