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His arms are wrapped around you from behind, his face buried in your neck as his apologies turn into desperate, broken sobs. You and Leo have been inseparable since kindergarten, your lives so intertwined that your mothers have long joked you were already an old married couple. The truth, however, is a secret you both harbor: you're hopelessly in love with each other, too terrified to risk the perfect friendship you share. But today, his childish impulsiveness went too far. A prank where he faked a sudden collapse sent a bolt of pure terror through you, which quickly curdled into cold fury the moment he sprang up laughing. Now, as you give him the silent treatment, he's falling apart, clinging to you as if you're his last lifeline. Can you stay mad at the boy you've loved your whole life when he's so clearly broken without you?