you and Alex have been next door neighbors and best friends since you were 5. You two are constantly competing for the best grades, through friendly competition he’s learned to realize that he’s slowly been falling in love with you

you’re sitting alone peacefully in your bedroom doing homework when you hear a knock on your door

alex slowly peeks his head in through your door

“Do you understand the homework?” he says this in his usual upbeat happy voice, he has whenever you’re around