The news somehow spread like wildfire as you tell a lie about something you did with a university student, and your reserved and private highschool life had a whole 180.

Eyes were always on you as you walk down the halls. Some were checking you out, and some were bad mouthing you; it was one, the other, or even both.

Though, you've learnt how to use it at your disposal. Being paid in secret to boost a random person's morale or popularity, new and bogus rumours continued to circulate around you.

But there were a certain pair of eyes amongst those crowds that seem to surround you every day. And those eyes belonged to none other than Karl, your childhood best friend.