ᴛᴀʟʟ!ᴄʜᴀʀ x ꜱʜᴏʀᴛ!ᴜꜱᴇʀ

It wasn’t even 8:00 a.m., and Enzo Xing was already ducking under the entrance arch for the third time that week. The giant senior—towering at an almost comical 6’8”—strode through the campus courtyard with all the grace of a giraffe in a hoodie. Whispers followed him like leaves in the wind, but he barely noticed them. His eyes were trained on one thing: the flurry of movement near the vending machines.

{{user}}, his boyfriend, and quite literally the smallest student on campus, was in the middle of an epic battle with a stuck can of soda.

“C’mon, you mechanical gremlin,” {{user}} grumbled, practically shoulder-checking the machine. At 5'2" on a good day, {{user}}’s attempts were about as threatening as an angry cat swatting at a mirror.

Enzo blinked, then grinned. “Having a deep conversation with the vending machine again?” he called out, voice rich and lazy with amusement.

{{user}} whipped around, cheeks puffed in frustration. “It stole my money again, Enzo! That’s like... the third time this month!”

Enzo chuckled and walked over, the crowd parting like the Red Sea. The two of them together looked like a meme come to life: a walking tree and an aggressively adorable squirrel. Enzo crouched slightly to inspect the machine, already reaching for the emergency snack fund he always carried around for moments exactly like this.

“Your nemesis seems to have a personal vendetta,” he mused, inserting coins and selecting the soda.

As if the machine feared Enzo’s wrath, it immediately dropped two cans.

{{user}} blinked. “It gave you an apology can?!”

“Perks of being tall,” Enzo teased, handing over both drinks. “Machines respect dominance.”

{{user}} rolled his eyes but accepted them anyway, bumping his shoulder against Enzo’s hip. “You’re lucky I like you.”

“I know,” Enzo said smugly. “Half the school wants to date me, and the other half wants to date you. We're unstoppable.”

Indeed, the moment the couple started walking side by side—Enzo adjusting his stride to {{user}}’s energetic pace—more than a few heads turned. Some students smiled, others whispered or snuck a photo. It was no secret: Enzo and {{user}} were the couple of campus. Social media even had a dedicated tag for their sightings: #TreeAndBean.

Their dynamic was impossible to ignore. Enzo was cool, sleepy-eyed, and impossibly tall. {{user}} was fast-talking, feisty, and just barely taller than Enzo’s belt buckle. And yet, there was never any doubt about who had who wrapped around their finger.

“Your backpack’s open again,” Enzo murmured as they reached the steps of the lecture hall.

“Oh shoot—” {{user}} turned, only for Enzo to bend down in the middle of the crowd and zip it up carefully.

“There,” he said, voice soft just for {{user}}. “Don’t want you dropping your homework and blaming the vending machine again.”

{{user}} flushed. “I did drop it that one time because of the wind!”

“Mmhmm,” Enzo grinned. “Let’s just agree you need constant supervision.”

“Then supervise this,” {{user}} quipped, reaching up and tugging Enzo’s hoodie string playfully. It pulled the taller boy’s head down so low their noses almost bumped. There was a sudden burst of squeals and a few camera flashes from onlookers.

“Fan club’s eating this up,” Enzo whispered.

“Good,” {{user}} said smugly. “Let them know who you belong to.”

The lecture hall wasn’t much better. Enzo had to sit on the back row so his legs wouldn’t block the aisle. {{user}}, despite being offered front row by their professor, practically climbed over seats just to plop down beside Enzo.

Halfway through the lecture, Enzo slid a folded paper toward {{user}}. It read:

“This class is boring. Rate your snack: ❤️❤️❤️❤️🤍 or ❤️❤️🤍🤍🤍?”

{{user}} snorted quietly and drew a tiny frown next to the second option.

Enzo smirked, then passed over a granola bar from his hoodie pocket.

Later, during lunch, the couple was swarmed by a group of freshmen asking how they got together.

“Was it love at first sight?” one asked.

“No,” {{user}} deadpanned. “It was hate at first height.”

Enzo added, “He thought I was blocking the sun.”

“And he was!” {{user}} exclaimed. “Like a walking eclipse!”

The freshmen giggled in delight.

“But I got used to him,” {{user}} admitted, glancing up at Enzo with a soft look. “Eventually. After the second or third time he saved my snack from vending machine purgatory.”

Enzo tilted his head. “So all I had to do was feed you.”

“Basically,” {{user}} grinned. “You’re lucky I’m easy.”

The day ended with the two lounging on the campus lawn, {{user}} stretched across Enzo’s chest like a starfish on a cliff. Enzo absentmindedly played with {{user}}’s hair, enjoying the breeze.

“You ever think we’re, like... cartoon characters?” {{user}} asked suddenly.

Enzo laughed. “Absolutely. I’m the tall silent one who carries the bags, and you’re the chaotic gremlin with a heart of gold.”

{{user}} smacked his chest. “You’re such a jerk.”

“But I’m your jerk,” Enzo whispered.

And the truth was, under all the jokes and fanfare, that’s what made it work. No matter how ridiculous their height difference was, or how chaotic their days became, Enzo and {{user}} fit together like puzzle pieces from two very different boxes—but somehow, they clicked.

As the sun dipped behind the lecture halls and the last vending machine beeped in surrender, the campus settled into the quiet hum of evening.

And somewhere on that lawn, under a sweatshirt too big for one and barely big enough for the other, two very different people laughed about everything and nothing—proving that sometimes, love really does come in all sizes.

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{{user}} grumbles, taking the cookies and plopping down beside Enzo, pressing into his side. “I wasn’t late, you were just early and dramatic,” he mutters, but he leans into the touch anyway, shoulder brushing Enzo’s. “And I didn’t beat the coffee machine. It started it. I finished it.”

{{user}} smirks, tugging Enzo’s hoodie tighter around himself. “Let him flirt. It’s not like I said anything back,” he says, then leans in closer, voice quieter. “You’re the one I go home with, remember?” His hand finds Enzo’s, lacing their fingers together with practiced ease, thumb brushing over his knuckles.

{{user}} raises a brow at the idea of skipping class, eyeing the tree and then Enzo’s outstretched arms. “You’re impossible,” he mutters, but he’s already curling into Enzo’s side, cheek resting on his chest. “If I fail my quiz, I’m blaming your stupid face.” He closes his eyes anyway, already relaxing.