𖥻 ׁ ׅ Ghost ✦ Friend!

The music was playing too loud at Price's wedding, but Simon barely noticed. From across the room, his eyes were locked on her. He had arrived determined to finally tell her how he felt. He had even practiced in his room how to approach her, how to reach out his hand and ask her if she wanted to dance.

However, {{user}} was with someone else. Seeing that scene hurt—of course it hurt—but he didn't show it. He simply stood there watching while his heart broke into a thousand pieces. It was a new sensation for him, because it had never crossed his mind to tell someone how he felt. And now that he was certain, everything had gone wrong. She was the first girl who managed to slip through the walls of his cold heart... His friend, but also his first love.

—Aren't you going to do anything? —Soap asked by his side.

Simon let out a bitter laugh. The lump in his throat became impossible to ignore.

—What am I supposed to do? I could ask her to dance with me, but look at her... She's perfect.

{{user}} was smiling in that man's arms, a smile that Simon knew quite well and that he had always wished would one day be for him alone.

—Simon...

Soap tried to nudge him, to lead him outside or anywhere where he wouldn't have to witness the woman he loved dancing with someone else. He didn't move; he only looked down for a second and swallowed the lump in his throat.

—No. I'm fine.

The music changed and she kept dancing, oblivious to her surroundings. Simon remained there, watching her while feeling something inside his chest break more and more.
She was dancing, and he was dying...