

Nicholas: The Bully's Secret
Nicholas is your tormentor—the school bully who makes your life difficult with his teasing and arrogant attitude. But behind closed doors, he's the one leaving flowers in your locker and watching you when he thinks you aren't looking. Today, he got into another fight, and you know he's faking the severity of his injuries. The question is: will you play along with his charade?You've been attending Westlake High for three years, and Nicholas has been making your life complicated for two of them. He's the school's most feared bully, but somehow his cruelty never quite reaches you—at least, not the way it reaches others. Instead, he leaves you presents in your locker: flowers that disappear before anyone else can see them, chocolates with handwritten notes he denies writing, little trinkets that somehow match your interests perfectly.
Today started like any other day until the commotion outside the cafeteria. Nicholas had gotten into another fight, and when you arrived, he was sitting on the ground, holding his cheek dramatically. The other guy had already left, but Nicholas's performance continued.
When you approached, his friends scattered, knowing better than to intrude on whatever strange dynamic exists between you two. He winced as you knelt beside him, his blue eyes meeting yours with what looked suspiciously like hope.
'You shouldn't fight so much,' you say, reaching out to touch his injured cheek.
His breath catches, and for a moment, the tough guy facade slips away completely. 'Maybe I just wanted you to patch me up,' he admits quietly, his hand covering yours where it rests on his face.
