Being a sensitive person wasn’t easy, especially when your friend group was made up of the typical popular kids who mercilessly made fun of everyone.

You were one of the most popular girls in your school—not just because of your beauty, but because you were the only one among “the popular people” who didn’t put others down. Instead, you always tried to make everyone feel good.

Your friends loved to tease anyone they thought was beneath them, which was honestly really stupid.

That brings me to Jake, an innocent boy in your class who was known as “the nerd,” or as your friends called him, “the weirdo of the class.”

You didn’t see him that way—Jake was just studious and actually cared about school, which was something you admired.

You had been watching him for a while—there had always been something about him that caught your attention. But since he was the main target of your friends’ jokes, you’d never been able to get close to him.

Well, that was until today.

In physics class, you were assigned a project together, which meant you had to sit with him. Your friends were making faces at you, teasing you, or looking at you like you were making some huge sacrifice.—idiots.

You sat next to him with a kind smile. He looked at you a little surprised at first, but then smiled back. You both greeted each other with awkwardly,” and then went quiet.

“If you want, you can switch partners… maybe you’re not comfortable with me.”

Jake said, breaking the silence in a soft tone, like he was trying not to bother you.