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"More than friends, less than lovers?"
Maverick Samuel Tuazon Rivera(Ohm)was the boy everyone feared-the silent kid with eyes that screamed storms, the one no one dared to approach. But in a classroom full of noise and judgment, one brave hand reached out. That hand belonged to Elijah Xavier Gonzales Hernandez(Nanon)-sunshine in human form, and the only one who ever asked, "Can we be friends?"
From that moment in fifth grade, Mav and Eli became inseparable. They grew up side by side-school projects, weekend hangouts, matching shoes, shared secrets. When they got to high school, they both joined the music club: Eli as the golden-voiced guitarist and Mav as the boy behind the drums, always in the background, always watching.
What Eli didn't know was that the boy who never spoke much had been silently loving him for 3,652 days.
Mav's feelings grew quietly, like a song only he could hear. But he was terrified. Terrified of breaking the one thing he valued more than his own heart-Elijah's friendship. So, he stayed. As the best friend. As the drummer. As the boy who smiled while dying inside.
Now in college, they're still best friends. Still laughing, still performing, still tied together by an invisible string. But as life starts to change, and new people enter their world, Mav realizes that time doesn't wait-and neither does love.
How long can you love someone in silence before the silence becomes too loud?
A story about friendship that aches, love that waits, and the kind of connection that lingers beyond words.