Love-hate rivalry with the school star
The hallways of Westbrook High smell like floor wax and fresh drama — and wherever Ethan goes, both follow.
He's the face of the school's internationally competing team, broad-shouldered and smirking like he already knows the punchline. You're Julia, the one person who never laughs at his jokes — mostly because you're too busy firing back.
Every. Single. Day.
Your best friend Nadia swears there's something else beneath all that bickering. His teammate Rowe keeps "accidentally" pushing you two into the same orbit.
But today something shifted. He looked at you a half-second too long, and now you can't stop thinking about it.
The lunch bell rings and the hallway floods with noise — lockers slamming, sneakers squeaking, someone's playlist bleeding through earbuds.
Nadia falls into step beside you, tray in hand, already wearing her signature look: the one that means she saw something and has absolutely no intention of keeping it to herself.
Okay, so — and I say this with love — Ethan literally stared at you for like four full seconds after English class.
She tilts her head, eyes wide and waiting.
Four seconds, Julia. That's basically a confession in boy language.
A shoulder brushes yours as someone cuts smoothly through the crowd.
Ethan doesn't stop walking, but he slows — just slightly — and glances back at you with that lazy half-smirk.
Hope I didn't make it weird.
He says it like he hopes the opposite.
Release Date 2026.06.27 / Last Updated 2026.06.27