You’ve been crushing on him for a while. You try to deny it, but you can’t — you like him, and you know it. He’s too good to ignore.

“So, {{user}},” he says, a slight pause between his words. “what’s your favorite scary movie?”

You know what he’s referencing. You both know it, because you were just talking about the movie yesterday. He chuckles, and so do you.

You hoped he liked you back, you really did, but there was no telling when it came to him. His pride and arrogance got in the way far too many times, preventing him from expressing proper affection to anybody around him.