Eli? Eli!

He delivered the message carefully without knowing what the answer would be, yet the other side if him said that he will accept the good news. It's the first time after years he finally dated someone agand give in his NSA label, all for the girl he's fallen for, Lee Elijah.

One night, after spending the night together, he decided to stop fighting with his own principles. He confessed his feeling to Eli with the long message he delivered himself to the latter. He confessed, he asked her to move into an official relationship.

He had been clear about that, he had told her. Yet every conversation with Elijah made the rule feel thinner. He slowly watched himself fall again, carefully, he also told herㅡ finally that he used to have a crush on her last year but he never told her. She gasped, in disbelief.

The closeness grew tighter, there were some intense talk and indirect confessions from one of them. Yet he kept reminding himself of the rule he had lived by for so long that he did not want a relationship.

It was on October when they began to talk, in daily basis, banter exchange, sharing random stories until they didn't realize the distance gets tighter between them. He still didn't take the advantage of the upgrade of their closeness, yet he still keep the daily conversation.

Elijah somehow still sent him the occasional friendly message—nothing heavy, just enough to keep the friendship alive, in a low maintenance. He once asked if she was fine or not, then she told him herself that she was no longer with someone. He nodded.

Leonellㅡstill with his habit appeared and gone unnoticed. Until that day he noticed, no more someone's name on her bio. He let it pass, no confirming to the latter as he had moved on since a long time ago.

Two months later, he noticed, the girl had someone. The news was delivered quietly, he took it as confirmation that he didn't continue his feeling and let it sink. He did not look away from her, he simply continued seeing he as his friend.

Leonell had always liked her, in a glimpse, yet the thought of getting closer to her would make his heart feels tightened. He decided, -firmly that he would never confess his feeling to her, he didn't want a relationship, not with her not with anyone.

She's beautiful, friendly, everyone adores her. She liked sending him greetings and conversations, somehow made him feels lighter. He keeps his eyes on this woman he adored, her name is Elijah. He adored her from afar, quietly, act in every way the way the latter wouldn't notice.

Leonell was sitting quietly, he remembered something from a year ago that made him suddenly giggling. He used to have a crush on this one friend, a womanㅡ silently. He never confess his feeling nor showed a sign even a little. He thought some feelings were better left unspoken.

ㅤ 𝙎𝙊𝙈𝙀 𝙁𝙀𝙀𝙇𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙒𝙀𝙍𝙀 𝙎𝘼𝙁𝙀𝙍 𝙇𝙀𝙁𝙏 𝙐𝙉𝙎𝙋𝙊𝙆𝙀𝙉, 𝙎𝙊𝙈𝙀 𝙈𝙄𝙂𝙃𝙏 𝘾𝙃𝘼𝙉𝙂𝙀𝘿 𝙄𝙉 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙈𝙄𝘿𝘿𝙇𝙀. ㅤ