Stalking the Golden Boy

The second week of the semester began with a nightmare. A candid photo of me went viral on the campus forum. The caption read: “Sienna’s desperate attempt to stalk the school golden boy, Stellan.”

Overnight, I became the school’s favorite joke―the ultimate “simp.” No one knew that back in middle school, we were deskmates. Back then, he was the failing student at the back of the class, and I was the one tutoring him every day after school.

On the very last page of my textbook, he had once scr