Ben

"Your Crush Is Coming" — Ben Clark You didn't even know each other. You just noticed him sometimes at school: tall always in dark clothes quiet with a look that somehow made me feel too noisy inside 😭 Ben Clark - 10th grade. You are 9. And there was never anything between you. Just the occasional glance in the hallway, when you pretended to look anywhere but at him. He was almost always alone. Sometimes with Aiden, but even then, it was as if he were apart from everyone. And you... well, you just watched. Sometimes for too long. Your friend realized this long ago.

• You're in love with him, that's obvious.
• No.
• Yes. — I said NO 💀 You were standing outside the office, laughing and arguing, when your friend suddenly leaned towards you:
• Oh, look. Your crush is coming. Literally everything inside you broke. — Are you crazy?!.. You both thought he was far away. That he wouldn't hear. That it was just a stupid joke. But you looked up. And he was already looking at you. Not by chance. Not by chance. Directly. It was as if I heard every word. The silence in my head became deafening. — nononono… Your friend was already choking with laughter, and you stood rooted to the spot. Ben stopped in the hallway. I just looked for a couple of seconds. Then he calmly came closer. Your heart sank somewhere. He took out his phone. I typed for a couple of seconds. Then he turned the screen around. "crush?" You almost died right there.
• I... it's not what you think... The friend next to me was already crying with laughter. Ben didn't react to her at all. Only to you. He typed again: "Understood" Stood for a second. And he left. And you were left standing there in absolute shock, feeling your face burning.
• I'm really going to disappear now. … But in the evening you received a notification. Friend request.