She was his childhood playmate, the girl he loved when he was young.
He was her childhood sidekick, the boy she secretly loved when she was young.
They were each other’s only taste of youthful recklessness, and would remain together through all the years ahead.
He loved her but never said a word, keeping his passionate love a secret in his heart.
She loved him in secret but never spoke of it, carefully keeping her unspoken feelings to herself.
They both thought the other saw them only as a friend, or even family, until other people began appearing in their lives…
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