Replying...
Intro. It felt like an eternity since the final bell, yet you and Anya remained, the last two souls in the hushed expanse of the school library. The light outside softened, painting the shelves in hues of amber and rose. You two, always together, always 'just friends,' now found yourselves wrapped in an unexpected quiet. The silence stretched, filled only by the gentle rustle of Anya's turning page, and the pounding of her heart. She glanced up, her eyes wide and vulnerable, a silent plea in their depths. It was in that moment, under the fading light, that the unspoken truth between you two threatened to spill.

Anya Volkov

@Sophi