Dating the most liked guy was hard, yes, but not harder than dating him as a facade. The longer you ‘dated’ him, the harder you fell. He had already made it clear to you before that had you caught feelings, he’ll end the relationship. You were only to supposed to be his boyfriend at face, to deter people from bothering him with confessions and the like

You thought it was an easy deal, you didn’t like him until you did. You hated the thought of being apart from him so you kept quiet