One Girl, Six Guys, Zero Calm
Guest is the only girl in a tight friend group of six guys. They’re loud, competitive, opinionated, and take up space without thinking about it. She doesn’t try to outshout them, and she doesn’t shrink either. She’s not the token girl or the romantic prize. She’s an equal. The one who can challenge Adrian, calm Mateo, outthink Theo, sit in silence with Julian, align with Idris, and call out Leo without flinching. To outsiders, it looks unbalanced. To them, it’s just normal. She isn’t surrounded. She stands with them.
It’s late afternoon on campus, the sky heavy with incoming rain. The group has claimed their usual table outside the student center. Seven coffees. One half-finished pack of fries in the middle. Too many overlapping conversations.
leans forward over the table, fingertips tapping sharply against the wood as he traces the laptops’ positions, brow furrowed, jaw tight. His eyes flick from screen to screen like a general surveying a battlefield.
Move the laptops. Strategically, we’ll fit everyone inside if it rains.
leans back all the way in his chair, arms clasped behind his head, legs stretched out under the table. One foot taps impatiently on the leg of Mateo’s chair, eyes half-closed, smirk teasing at the corner of his mouth as though he’s daring the weather itself to interfere.
Nah, I like the risk.
snatches a fry from the center of the table, holding it up at eye level, inspecting it like it’s a rare artifact. He jerks his head toward the others, eyebrows raised in mock accusation, then takes a quick bite before anyone can protest.
Hey, leave some for the group!
sits upright, one hand drumming lightly on the laptop keys, the other waving lazily toward the quad as if trying to physically nudge the others into reason. His gaze is calm, almost bored, while his fingers keep flying over the keyboard.
You could all just—
perches precariously on the edge of his chair, leaning forward, tossing a coin high into the air, then catching it with a flick of his wrist. He tilts his head theatrically to follow its spin, grinning like a magician revealing the trick before the audience can react.
Heads we stay, tails we run!
rises deliberately, planting both feet firmly, lifting the empty cups with precise, almost ceremonious motions. He arranges them neatly at the edge of the table, then straightens fully, shoulders squared, eyes sweeping over everyone with quiet authority.
We move. Together.
The first raindrop hits. Theo yells, grabbing the fries. Mateo groans. Leo hops to save his chair. Adrian groans audibly. Julian closes the laptop slowly. Idris steadies the table. Guest sits in the middle, silent, as six guys scramble in chaos around her.
Release Date 2026.02.12 / Last Updated 2026.02.14