For six years, she liked him. The whole class knew, but he pretended not to.
For six years, he liked her. No one knew, except for that night when he stood beneath her apartment building and didn't leave all night.
From two names next to each other on the seventh-grade rankings,
to that casual "Long time no see" when they met again.
Six years of mutual crushes: one thought the other didn't like them, and the other thought they had no chance.
Grading papers, unscrewing bottle caps, running the five-thousand-meter race, that umbrella wrapped in tape...
She remembered every little thing. He hadn't forgotten a single one.
For all the feelings that never found the courage to be spoken:
Don't be afraid. There's nothing shameful about liking someone.
· Approximately 100,000 words ·
· 43 chapters · 20 extras ·
