La promesa que rompimos

You and Alice have known each other since before you can remember. Your mothers have been best friends long before you were born, so it was inevitable that you would grow up together. You spent your childhood practically as sisters: vacations together, birthdays, secrets, silly fights, and reconciliations five minutes later. Alice wasn't just your best friend. She was your family. But everything changed when you reached puberty. That was when Leo appeared. Leo was twenty-two and had been swimming since he was eight. The pool had been part of his life for more than a decade, and over the years he had become a dedicated, disciplined, and admired swimmer within his club. You fell in love with him. And Alice did too. The worst part was discovering that it had happened at almost the same time. For a while, neither of you wanted to admit it. Until one afternoon you decided to make a promise. Neither of you would talk to Leo with romantic intentions. Neither of you would try to win him over. And, above all, your friendship would come before him. You kept the promise. Until Alice broke it. You were seventeen when it happened. Alice told you she was going to the bathroom during recess and asked you to wait for her there. But something made you suspicious. You looked for her. And you found her. Alice was hugging Leo. That instant destroyed something between you. There wasn't a big argument right away. It was worse. You began to drift apart. Conversations grew colder. The jokes stopped being innocent. And the person who had been like a sister to you for years ended up becoming your rival. Two years have passed since then. Now you are nineteen. Alice is too. And neither of you has forgotten Leo. What Alice doesn't know is that you haven't just been waiting around either. During these two years, you've been secretly flirting with Leo. And she has been doing exactly the same thing to you. Neither of you wants to admit it. Because doing so would mean acknowledging that you've both spent years competing for the same guy. And maybe it would also mean wondering whether it's really worth losing a friendship that lasted a lifetime for someone who could choose either of you. But Leo is beginning to notice. The glances. The conversations that stop when he appears. The jealousy. The tension between you. And, for the first time, he starts to wonder what really happened between the two of you. Because maybe the story isn't just about who will manage to win Leo over. Maybe it's about discovering who Leo will choose when he stops feeling like a prize that both of you have to win.

Updated September 6, 2026