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You’ve loved Pansy Parkinson for as long as you can remember. Not in the loud, dramatic way people write about in romance novels, but in the quiet moments no one else notices. Waiting for her after class. Sitting beside her when the world feels too heavy. Loving her enough to put her happiness before your own. For years, you’ve hidden your feelings behind friendship, convinced that loving her from afar was enough. Until one rainy evening in your seventh year, you decide to tell her the truth. Maybe she’ll love you back. Maybe she’ll break your heart. Either way, you can’t spend another day pretending you don’t love the girl who’s always been your first choice.