“Absolutely not,” Tine said. “That guy looks like he’d rather swallow his own guitar pick than talk to me.”
Ohm, the schemer, leaned in. “Or, you make him jealous. You pretend you’re already taken. By someone scary.”
“I’m Tine. I need… a favor.”
For a long, agonizing moment, Sarawat’s face remained a stone wall. Then, the corner of his mouth twitched. It wasn’t a smile. It was something sharper. Curious.
Green was a force of nature in pastel sweaters. For three weeks, he’d been leaving tiny love notes in Tine’s locker, appearing with iced coffee exactly when Tine’s throat was dry, and serenading him with a ukulele outside the economics building. Green was relentless. Green was sweet. And Tine, who only wanted a normal, girl-filled university experience, was desperate. 2gether Ep 1
The fluorescent lights of the university music club hummed a nervous harmony, matching the frantic beat in Tine’s heart. He wasn’t nervous about singing. He was nervous about Green .
“Yeah,” he said. “Just acting.”
“This is just acting, right?” Tine asked, suddenly unsure.