182 Help and intentions

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Bella sat on a bench outside the Academy garden, waiting for Phel. Her fingers tapped at the wood erratically, guilt bubbling up in her heart. Any time now, the soft-featured boy would come out of the garden, no doubt wearing a defeated expression. 

'I shouldn't have forced him to do this… At least not with such stupid reasons…'

Phel's love seemed doomed to her from the beginning. But she didn't know how to tell the boy that. So she decided to force him to go with it. There was also a part of her that wanted to comfort the boy afterwards so they became better friends.

It was an idea that sounded stupider and stupider by the day. In the first place, who tried to push two people together, so they could get close to one afterwards? But Bella was aware of Phel's feelings, so when the opportunity presented itself, she decided to take advantage of the situation.