Silence.

Her brows furrowed in puzzlement.

“What?”

My shoulders fell, as exhaustion washed over me.

A humorless chuckle left my lips.

Then finally—

I exhaled heavily.

“Scratch that, I think I've always liked him. For years now... I think the closeness just made everything worse.” I croaked.

“Oh my God.” She gasped, covering her mouth with her palm.

I sniffled, wiping at a tear that rolled down my face.

“At least the only person that'll scrunch their face at you would be your mum and a few others. As for mine—”

I scoffed.

“I don't even want to think about it.”

We fell into a longer silence this time.

Tense....