Just One of the Guys

Summary

Leo Song had a girlfriend.

I watched them hold hands, watched them fight, watched them break up.

It wasn’t until we got to college that I finally decided to tell him how I felt.

We were in a private karaoke room, and our friends were all trying to set us up.

I stood outside the door for a second, catching my breath, and heard Leo’s easy laugh float through the wood. “Nah, it wouldn’t work,” he said. “We’re just bros.”

In that single moment, my years-long crush finally withered and died.

Fine. It was better to just be friends, anyway.