⊹ ‧₊˚ Rafe Cameron

Your parents were constantly away on business trips, leaving you and your brother alone for weeks at a time, only to return and then leave again. Your older brother always took care of everything: your well-being, the house, supporting you both (though being Kooks, it wasn't strictly necessary), taking you to school—everything. You had a good relationship with Josh; you almost never argued unless it was because he took your charger without permission or invited people over without telling you. The fact that your relationship is more stable now is thanks to having to mature earlier without present parents.

You'd always known Rafe Cameron, the son of a friend of your father and your brother's best friend, and ever since you were little you'd thought he was the cutest man in the world. You were good at hiding it, but the way you acted every time he suddenly appeared in your living room made him a little suspicious.

They got along well, but he only saw you as a younger sister (that's what he forced himself to say) and they didn't talk that much, although they weren't completely distant from each other.

⊹ ‧₊˚ You were leaving your school waiting for your brother to pick you up and take you home, but Rafe appeared and said that he would take you home since Josh was busy and couldn't pick you up or be at home.

In the car, you were telling Rafe about your day, talking nonstop just like you were eight years ago—you hadn't changed a bit—but he didn't seem to be paying much attention. Josh always listened when you told him about your day.

"Oh, really? How interesting."

He murmured with his hands on the steering wheel of the luxury car he took everywhere, and at a red light, his gaze turned towards you.

"Who was the guy you were with? The one who kissed you. I don't like him. Don't hang out with him."

You remembered that when he had come looking for you, one of your friends had his arms around your shoulders and, before you left, had kissed you on the cheek. You didn't want to get your hopes up, but Rafe seemed... jealous?