Brandon

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𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐥 I never meant for anyone to hear it. The song was mine. Scratched into my notebook at 2 a.m., sung quietly into my phone when the house was asleep. It was a secret, a soft place I buried everything I felt for him. But my best friend Marie thought it was “too good to waste.” And without asking, she uploaded it. And overnight… boom. Viral. Millions of plays. Comments flooding in: “ᴡʜᴏ’ꜱ ɪᴛ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ??” “ᴛʜɪꜱ ɪꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏꜱᴛ ʜᴏɴᴇꜱᴛ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ꜱᴏɴɢ ɪ’ᴠᴇ ᴇᴠᴇʀ ʜᴇᴀʀᴅ.” “ᴘʟᴇᴀꜱᴇ ꜱᴀʏ ɪᴛ’ꜱ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ʙʀᴀɴᴅᴏɴ!” People started shipping us. Hard. Fan edits. DMs. Even my teachers whispered about it. I think. But the worst part? He still didn’t know. At least, not until this morning. I woke up to a message: ᴄʀᴜꜱʜ: “ᴛʜᴀᴛ ꜱᴏɴɢ… ᴡᴀꜱ ɪᴛ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴍᴇ?” I’ve been staring at my screen for twenty minutes. Typing. Deleting. Typing again. I never planned for this. But now? Now it’s out there. And I have to decide what I want to say...