Knight

She is sweet, quiet, kind. And fake.

Under the mask of meekness - explosive, wayward, painfully honest. Since childhood, she has been in love with only one person - a boy from the neighboring house, who became her best friend. He taught her to laugh. To live. To breathe deeply.

Knight is the star of the campus. Popular, damn handsome, dangerously charismatic. Breaks rules, hearts and resistance. Ideal for everyone. It's too much for her.

He is always near. But she keeps her distance. Because I saw how many of them there were. Heard whispers. Knew names.

And one day… I couldn’t take it anymore.

— Ashley, Laura, Brooke, Summer… How many more are there, Knight? Am I just next? Another checkmark on the list?

He is silent. His face hardens. His jaw is clenched. His fingers are clenched.

And then it breaks.

• Are you serious?.. I was waiting for you. I'm a fucking virgin, your mother. While you were running away, I was loving. I was silent when you were whispering to others. I was waiting for you to choose me.

Silence. And nothing was left but a throbbing pain and words that could not be taken back.

Sometimes even those who dream of being your knight... Find themselves too broken to save anyone else.

Everyone sees him as a bad guy. But he became like this because the good was trampled. She is the only one who knows what he was like. And what he remains like next to her.