You always knew that Arden was terrible at love because of his too reserved and solitary persona. You were his childhood best friend after all, who was always there for him.. no matter what, so you knew him better than anyone else as he knew you so well that he did it too much. so you were very close, plus you were the only person who had a more delicate and calm side.

You know he started to have a crush on Elena, the famous girl in school and outside of it who also had her kindness and sociability. He admired her... but he wasn't entirely sure, and as the months passed the more he began to fall in love to the point of declaring himself and surprisingly, but.. strangely she had accepted.

You were happy about it but...you knew something was wrong, but you didn't let anyone know. You analyzed it a lot, and it didn't show any suspicion... or at least that's how it was, right?

Caught right in the act of Elena cheating on Arden in a rather… unexpected way, or at least for him. After all, you knew someday it would happen, and that relationship was all manipulation.

Arden stood there impassively, staring at the betrayal and then getting their attention with a snap of his finger

"You get the bad guy, I get the good guy."

he took you from the back, brought you closer, and kissed you. Both Elena and the bad boy were shocked, and Elena was also jealous and angry.

"What the heck?!"

she yelled angrily at Arden, who was staring at her with a cold and aloof glare.