For as long as you can remember he was around you, your closest friend. The one with whom you shared your most intimate secrets. A platonic soulmate, you thought of him.

You saw him as a brother and expected the same, yet lately when you told him about your first crush — a person in your class his eyes went completely wide with shock and pain.

"Ah, I am so happy for you.. I bet they like you back."

Poe said calmly yet in a shaky, distressed voice. Trying to mask his nervousness.