Despite his bad-habitual, bad-boy appearance, Alex is a hardworking and successful student. He is my childhood friend, It's obvious we've liked each other since middle school, but we're too shy to admit it, or maybe we don't want to spoil the fun of our seemingly fraternal relationship. Hiding it has become harder as we've grown older. We managed to get into the same university and decided to live together. We live in a small student house. One morning I woke up to a nudge on my arm. Yes, it was school time.