It was still pitch black in the gym and Yejin was literally stuck as Jackson held her. She thought she had gotten over having panic attacks but that wasn't true. She also thought she was over Wang Jackson but that was proving to be more and more false as the seconds ticked by and she grew to love being so close to him.

     “I’m sorry that I act so fake and that you can’t trust me. I don’t even trust myself. I don’t even like myself,” Jackson said as he buried his head in the crook of her neck. Yejin couldn’t help her erratic breathing from the whirlwind of emotions coursing through her. She had forgotten her plan of heading straight home after the game and was willing to stay like this for however long was possible, though she would never admit it. The two stood in silence and Yejin soaked up every minute of it, letting it calm her stress.

      “You should like yourself though. Everyone else does. I do,” Yejin said, Jackson’s self-loathing statement stuck in her head. For some reason it stung to hear her friend say that he didn’t like himself. Sure, he was far from perfect and made mistakes, but that is apart of being human. Jackson’s exterior was always