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The Smile That Didn't Reach Their Eyes

ผู้เขียน: Nyra Vale
last update วันที่เผยแพร่: 2026-08-02 14:18:46

The first five minutes weren't bad, actually. It was the ten after that reminded Harper exactly why she'd spent most of high school skipping parties like this one.

Nobody told her to leave and nobody laughed in her face, but people looked at her a certain way, starting at her shoes and working up to a smile that never quite made it to their eyes. She drifted toward the drinks table hoping to disappear into the crowd for a minute. No luck.

"Harper, right?"

She turned around. A blonde girl she ha
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  • My Fake Boyfriend Is My Biggest Rival   Jealousy Has a Name

    Harper knew something was off the second Luca stopped talking.Not just stopped talking—Luca never just stopped talking. He was the kind of person who had opinions about everything, even things that didn’t concern him in the slightest. Especially things that didn’t concern him. So the fact that he’d been sitting across from her in the library for almost twenty minutes without a single sarcastic comment felt… wrong.He hadn’t even complained about her notes. That alone was suspicious. Harper looked up from her colour-coded chaos. “Are you actually studying or just pretending for my benefit?”No answer.She narrowed her eyes. “Luca.”He blinked like he’d forgotten she was there. “What?”“You’ve been staring at the same page for ten minutes.”“I’m thinking.”“That’s what you say when you’re not thinking.”He finally looked down at the book, but it didn’t feel like he was reading it. “I am thinking.”“About what?”A pause.Then, quieter: “About what you’re doing.”Harper frowned. “I’m stu

  • My Fake Boyfriend Is My Biggest Rival   Caught Looking

    Harper stayed where she was, staring at Luca while he stood a few steps away with his football bag hanging off one shoulder. For once, she had nothing sharp to say. That alone threw her off.Usually it was simple. He said something, and she fired back. He smirked, and she rolled her eyes. He pushed; she pushed harder. It was a rhythm she knew without thinking. This wasn’t that.Luca was looking at her like she wasn’t just background noise. Like she had caught his attention and he hadn’t decided what to do with it yet. Harper shifted on the bench.“Why are you staring at me?”Luca blinked, then looked away toward the field. “I’m not.”“You are.”“I was thinking.”“About my face?”He glanced back at her. “Unfortunately.”Harper frowned. “What is that supposed to mean?”“I don’t know.”He rubbed the back of his neck. He actually looked unsure. That was new. Luca Hayes didn’t do unsure. He didn’t do awkward either, but here he was, both. Harper tried not to smile.“You really don’t know?”

  • My Fake Boyfriend Is My Biggest Rival   Almost Honest

    Harper had planned to leave after the clinic ended. That had been the sensible thing to do, especially after spending the morning discovering far too much about Luca Hayes and the fact that he apparently had an entire personality he had never bothered showing her. She had already picked up her bag and was halfway toward the gate when one of the little girls came running after her, holding a football against her chest with both hands.. “Harper, wait!” Harper turned around.“What happened?”The girl pointed toward the field. “Coach Luca said we need someone for the passing game.”Harper looked over at Luca, who was standing near the cones talking to two of the children. The second he noticed her looking, he smiled. It was small, almost smug, and Harper immediately knew he had nothing to do with the invitation. “You need someone?” she called.Luca nodded. “Apparently.” “You have twelve children.” “They voted you in.” Harper looked at the little girl beside her. “Did you really?” The gir

  • My Fake Boyfriend Is My Biggest Rival   The Question I Couldn't Answer

    Harper stared at the little boy like he’d just asked her to solve a maths problem in front of the whole school. Her mouth opened, then closed again. Nothing came out. She could feel her face getting warm. And judging by the way Luca was very clearly trying not to laugh, he noticed.The boy just stood there, patient as anything, completely unaware he’d just made things ten times worse than any rumour or school gossip ever had. Harper shot Luca a look, silently begging him to step in. He just raised his eyebrows like, Your turn. Of course it was her turn. It always somehow became her turn when Luca was involved.“We’re friends,” she said finally.The boy looked between them. “But you hold hands.”Harper looked down.Oh.Luca’s hand was still holding hers. Not tightly, just… there. Like it belonged there. Warm from the sun, fingers loosely curled around hers like it was the most normal thing in the world. Her stomach did something annoying.“Sometimes,” she said quickly.“Why?” the boy a

  • My Fake Boyfriend Is My Biggest Rival   Coach Luca

    Harper had never seen Luca without an audience. Someone at school was always calling his name across the hallway, asking about the next game, wanting a picture, wanting his attention, wanting something from him. People seemed to know where he was, even when he wasn’t playing football. One of the many things that irritated Harper about Luca Hayes was that he had somehow become the kind of person who could walk into a room and change the volume of it without saying anything. So when she saw him on Saturday morning, standing on a cracked patch of grass in an old black T-shirt, muddy trainers and a whistle hanging crookedly around his neck, she didn't recognise him at first. She had been sent to pick up a package from the community centre because her mother had forgotten to collect it, and she was already regretting agreeing to go when a familiar voice carried across the field.“Good. Again.”Harper stopped beside the gate. Luca was kneeling in front of a little boy who couldn't have been

  • My Fake Boyfriend Is My Biggest Rival   The Girl Who Said Yes

    Fiona’s message sat in the group chat for less than a minute before people started replying, but Harper didn’t see any of that yet because she only felt the shift first, like something in the air had changed before anyone bothered to explain it. The hallway didn’t sound the same anymore, not with the usual laughter bouncing off the lockers, because now people were watching instead, whispering in small clusters, glancing at her and then looking away too quickly as if they didn’t want to be caught doing it. When Harper turned toward the lockers, Fiona was already gone, which somehow made it worse because it meant whatever had started wasn’t even visible anymore, just spreading quietly without her.Luca noticed her expression immediately. “What?”“Nothing.”“You always say that when it’s something.”Harper adjusted her bag strap tighter than necessary. “Fiona doesn’t like me.”“She didn’t like you before.”“I think she hates me now.”Luca glanced sideways at her like he was considering s

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