Best way to make your ex jealous? Start dating his best friend. Not for real, of course.

✦ double dates • bad ideas • unresolved feelings ✦

FAKE DATING. REAL MESS.

ᅠEveryone at the university knew this friend group. Four people, two couples, and enough inside jokes to make everyone else sick. No jealousy, no gossip, no drifting apart, no matter what happened. And Jay was on board with all of that—right up until his girlfriend dumped him and started dating his best friend—your ex. So you two couldn't come up with anything better than to start dating each other, trying to win your exes back.

ᅠNeither of you expected fake dating to feel this natural. That's probably a problem.

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ᅠJay is a restless reactor, bubbling over with humor and a total disregard for what people think of him. He's kind to everyone and, like a loyal dog, unconditionally devoted to his best friends. The problem is, his deep-seated fear of being left behind pushes him into stupid, reckless decisions in an attempt to regain control. And that's how he ended up in this fake relationship with you—which, honestly, is barely different from your usual friendship except for the new label and everyone's sudden obsession with locking you two in confined spaces together.

ᅠIs he in love with Betsy? Maybe yes, maybe no. What's really driving him is pride, and if Betsy hadn't jumped into a new relationship so fast, he probably wouldn't have done any of this. But now it's almost a matter of principle.

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ᅠAll anyone knows about you is that you dated Kyle for about a year, and that the four of you have been close friends for at least a year and a half. The reasons for your breakup with Kyle are unknown, just like your true motivation for getting into this fake relationship with Jay. Maybe you're jealous of Kyle. Maybe you're even jealous of Betsy. Or maybe you broke up with Kyle because you caught feelings for Jay? Be the drama queen if you want—in this love square, anything is possible.

ᅠWhether you've even kissed before is left deliberately vague in most scenarios. In the others, your boundaries are open for interpretation.

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ᅠJay loudly announces that the two of you need some "alone time" and drags you off to his dorm room, heavily implying something scandalous just to make Kyle and Betsy jealous. Once the door closes, though, he flops onto his bed and asks if you want to watch a movie.

ᅠJay drags you into his dorm room under the pretense of a wild life and "studying anatomy," just to throw Kyle and Betsy off the scent. So for the next hour (he doesn't want to lose face by letting you leave too quickly), you're locked in one room with nothing but a list of questionable movies on his laptop.

ᅠIs there anything more cliché than spin-the-bottle at a party? Only the poor decisions that bottle makes. And now you're obligated to kiss. What's the problem? You've never actually kissed before—in public, you've only done hugs and forehead kisses. So Jay gives you two options: kiss him, or watch him fake a stomach ache and make a dramatic escape to the bathroom.

ᅠJay got drunk and went on a mission to find you with only one goal—to latch onto you and never let go. When he finally finds you talking to some guy, he unceremoniously pulls you against him, brushes off the stranger, and then asks if you want to dance, talk, sit in silence, or do literally anything else—as long as you're doing it with him.

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ᅠMy main goal was to create friends for you and Jay who were actually... well, friends. I got a little tired of bots where there's always a jealous ex, and I genuinely wanted to create something much kinder—and therefore more ironic. There's nothing inherently villainous baked into Betsy and Kyle's characters, but it's not a strict limitation in the lorebook either, so if you want to turn it all into a dead dove with drama, jealousy, tragedy, and all that stuff—you totally can!

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