My Childhood Friend’s Drinking Habit

She spent the night with her childhood friend. If there had been no feelings involved, it might have been fine. But for Iliana, who liked her childhood friend, Lucian, that night was filled with selfish emotions. She wanted to flee and pretend it never happened, but when Lucian came directly to her house, she realized she wouldn’t be able to avoid him. “Do you… not remember?” “Embarrassingly, no.” He said he didn’t remember. And on top of that— “You’ll help me fix my habit, won’t you?” He even asked her to help him fix his drinking habit. Where exactly was this one-sided love heading? Though she felt uneasy, Iliana couldn’t bring herself to refuse Lucian’s request. It was the defea...