My Fourteen-Year Romance with My Best Friend

6

After discovering that Yasmine had feelings for me, I became distant from her.

All the kindness from her that I used to take for granted suddenly became hard for me to accept.

We would occasionally cross paths in the hallways, exchange a brief glance, and then go our separate ways. But for some reason, I couldn't help feeling sad and disappointed whenever I didn't see Yasmine's presence on the basketball court.

"Why don't you apologize to Yasmine?" Dylan suggested. "It was just because you didn't choose her for the competition, right? If you apologize, she will forgive you."

I gave a bitter laugh. Dylan didn't understand the true situation and thought that it was just the competition that caused our rift.

"Let's talk about it later," I replied.