Abdullah was a over hyped popular kid who had a girlfriend named meerab she was a popular pretty/topper girl who never asked for anything instead got everything handed to her, meanwhile husnain was his best friend.... Well it's complicated.abdullah only treated him like a backup,but somehow also called him his best friend, husnain was good in sports, and was a nerd, he liked girls..... At least he thought he did.
Well husnain caught feelings for Abdullah, he couldn't stand him standing anywhere near meerab, it made him feel in raged.Husnain hated himself for it.
For the clenched jaw, for the way his hands curled into fists whenever Abdullah laughed too loudly with Meerab. For the sick twist in his chest when Abdullah's arm rested casually around her shoulders—like it belonged there. Like she belonged there.
He told himself it was envy. Popularity. The girlfriend. The life that always seemed to work out for Abdullah.
But envy didn't burn like this.
Abdullah never noticed. Or worse—he noticed and didn't care. He still leaned on Husnain when he was bored, still dragged him along when Meerab was busy, still called him bro in front of everyone, like a label that kept Husnain firmly in his place. Backup. Second choice. Convenience.
At school, Husnain was known as the dependable one—the guy who scored goals at matches and topped surprise quizzes, the one teachers trusted and classmates copied from. Yet next to Abdullah, he shrank. Became quieter. Easier to ignore.
The realization hit him slowly, painfully:
He didn't want to be Abdullah.
He wanted Abdullah to look at him the way he looked at Meerab.
And that terrified him.
Because liking girls had been easy. Expected. Safe.
Whatever this was—this jealousy, this anger, this constant need for Abdullah's attention—felt dangerous. Like crossing a line he couldn't uncross.
The worst part?
Abdullah smiled at him the same way he always had. Careless. Unthinking.
As if Husnain's world wasn't quietly unraveling every time their eyes met.
One day they were talking about cars, husnain never liked them but pretending too because Abdullah did. Whenever they made plans meerab would be there. How husnain wished he was meerab, abdullah never knew that husnain had these types of feelings towards him, how he wished Abdullah liked him back in that sense....One day , they were in pe, meerab wasn't present that day at school, everyone decided to play football, husnain and abdullah always took off they're shoes whenever they were playing so they went to the side to take them off, they were sitting on the ground face to face while taking the shoes off when suddenly Umar pushed Abdullah which made his and husnains lips to touch, how husnain craved this moment was undeniable, without thinking husnain put his hand on the sides of Abdullahs face and kissed him hungrily and desperately, unexpectedly Abdullah kissed him back just as desperately, husnain felt like his world was completed by this unexpected kiss