Sun's pov:

Friends. When was the word created? What is a friend? Who is a friend? What is a friendship? There are many questions regarding this word and the answer was simple.

A friend is someone who stays by my side no matter what, who teaches me what is wrong or right, who is happy when I'm happy and would cry with me in my hard times. Someone who'll help me go through every part of my life, who'll listen to me and love me like my family.

Everyone loves their friends but is it friends if my heart beats very fast when I come near them? Is it just friends if he makes me nervous? Friends will tease me, flirt with me. It's normal. But are we friends when I want him to take those flirting seriously?

How do I understand if we're more than just friends? How do I distinguish it? And more importantly, how do I accept it?

Me and Ayan had been friends since the very beginning. But there's always more to it. The day I met Ayan in front of the school in his hoodie, I felt butterflies. Because Ayan looked hot.

I never knew what that feeling meant and ignored it until Ayan started teasing me about it. Ayan probably just said all those to mess with my mind but nonetheless, he succeeded in doing so. I had been thinking about those since the day Ayan began to bring them up. "You've been following me everywhere. Are you into me, prefect?" "Do you really want to know what I talked to them about or just want to spend some alone time with me?"

Ayan kept throwing those flirty remarks and I couldn't deny that I liked it. So much that it shook my mind. It shook my mind to the point where I had forgotten my main motive, the motive to find out why Ayan decided to join the school in the middle of the semester.

Next thing I knew, I had become Ayan's everyday companion. Students around the school were gossiping about how close I and Ayan seemed and it had affected me a lot. Especially my reputation as the head of the student prefects.

Everything made me question. Question my actual relationship with Ayan, what he actually thought of me but I was scared. Scared to admit, scared of the world, scared of his rejection.

But Ayan continued his way. He continued teasing me, flirting with me, bothering me, chasing me everywhere. He's so annoying. I always found him annoying. Annoying because he thought he was always right, annoying because he thought he could do whatever he wanted without caring about others, annoying because... because he annoyed me.

The other day in judo class, there was a test but he didn't focus on the class. He just stared at me the whole time. He kept trying to distract me so I'd fail the test but I gave my best to not lose focus and passed. I tried my best to not look at the sweat dripping from his forehead. Not only because I knew he was messing with me but also because I cared, I cared about what other people, especially the judo teacher would think, unlike him.

Ayan always frustrated me. He'd never take no as an answer. He'd keep pestering and teasing me until I agreed to do what he wanted. Those frustrating doe eyes, his catch phrase, "Are you scared of me?" Always made me fall for it.

But I was probably just overthinking. Someone like him always had a group of people after him, admiring him, hitting on him then why would he pay any attention to someone like me?

He's always like this. With everyone. He even argued and frustrated the teachers multiple times but I didn't understand why he wanted to keep me close. I didn't chase him anymore then why did he become the one chasing me? Was it just to mess with me? Could be. Someone like him could do anything just for a bit of fun. For example, arguing with the teachers.

But I couldn't avoid him anyways. He knew all the tricks to keep me in his watch. In only three months, he had already understood my whole personality. He probably had dated a lot of people, that's why.

Sky's pov:

Akk had just left my apartment a few minutes ago. And the minute he walked away, a big smile took over my face. Why on earth was he that cute?

Dad asked me earlier about me and Akk's relationship. He was probably just concerned about me. The thing with my last friend had hurt me a lot. He probably just wanted the same to not happen again.

But the truth was even I didn't have any idea of our relationship. Though Akk might think of me as but I never thought of him as my enemy or rival. We were just two people who shared different opinions on different topics, that's all.

But he couldn't really be my friend either. From the day I met Akk till now, it had been me taking Akk to places and trying to get closer to him. Even though Akk did start chasing me first, it was obvious that he had an ulterior motive. But friendship goes both ways. He never made any effort, I did.

And there came more than friends, which was basically impossible. With how much low self-esteem Akk had and how much he cared about other people's opinion. It wasn't possible for us, so called rivals, to be more than friends.

The relationship between us was complicated. It was not as easy to simply describe in one word, there was more depth to it. Relationships go both ways. That's why unrequited relationships existed. Because they didn't go both ways.

It's probably what we could call this as well. An unrequited relationship. Where one person hates the other while the other... likes him.

Before I joined Suppalo, I was a mess. My mental health, physical health, my whole life was going downhill. Until I met him. He helped me go through everything without doing anything at all. Without realizing it, my life got a lot better.

I admit that I hated the sun at first. But slowly, I was starting to realize its importance in my life.

But if the time is not right, it's not right. I'd do anything to just stay by Akk's side. Doesn't matter whatever he thinks of me. Him thinking of me was all I wanted but feelings are the only thing a human being can't control.

Didn't matter how strong or bold I seemed, I still couldn't control my feelings. I wanted more but I had to wait anyway, until he was ready, until the thought of us being enemies ran out of his head. But till then, would it be too late? Would he find someone better to lean onto? Would he ever give me a glance putting aside the boundaries of friendship and rivalry?

To Be Continued.....

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A/n: Do you understand what they're feeling? I purposefully dedicated this chapter to just their point of views because I wanted to try my best to explain their feelings and confusion as a teenager. There are a lot of background to what they're feeling and what's holding them back. I'll bring them out in upcoming chapters.

What do you think? Are those feelings valid?