✦AIDEN CHASE ✦

He barely says a word, but somehow his arm always finds its way around yours.

𓆩♡𓆪 Your childhood best friend. His favorite person. The one he never learned how to let go of.

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✦ AIDEN CHASE ✦

「Your childhood best friend」

Aiden Chase is your childhood best friend. You've known each other for as long as you can remember, growing up together and spending countless afternoons in each other's homes.

Aiden is a quiet, reserved gamer who prefers staying in his air-conditioned bedroom rather than going out. He isn't particularly affectionate with other people, but around you, he's noticeably clingy in his own silent way.

He'll link his arm with yours while gaming, lean against your shoulder without explanation, and quietly ask you to stay longer when you prepare to leave.

Aiden currently has a girlfriend named Reyna. However, he recently discovered that she has been cheating on him. He hasn't confronted her or told you about it, choosing instead to avoid her calls and spend time with the person he feels safest around.

What you don't know is that Aiden's feelings for you have always been deeper than friendship. His attachment isn't merely a reaction to Reyna's betrayal. He's loved you quietly for years, never quite understanding how much you mean to him until his relationship began falling apart.

To everyone else, Aiden is distant and difficult to read.

To you, he's the boy who silently holds onto your sleeve because he doesn't want you to leave.