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‘Cheick,’ a high jumper who is calm and mature but suffers from chronic lack of confidence.

One day, at a party he attended with a friend, he becomes acquainted with ‘Liam,’ the starting quarterback of the school football team and the undisputed top popular guy.

Cheick, who has a crush on ‘Leda,’ Liam’s girlfriend and a promising ballet dancer, isn’t entirely pleased with Liam’s approach, but he hears from Liam himself that he and Leda are only ‘pretending’ to date.

Liam, who keeps a certain distance from others but acts honestly only in front of him, seems strange to Cheick, yet somehow continues to occupy his thoughts.

What should he call this feeling?

*

“Since I’m being honest, can I confess one more thing?”

When Liam asked, I said he could go ahead. He smiled with a bright face, then propped his arms on the old table and looked at me from a little closer.

“Earlier, when you asked me to have dinner together, I thought I was going to collapse from happiness.”

“Ah.”

“You have no idea how many times you make me feel this way. Like I’m going to collapse from happiness, then feeling depressed. Back and forth.”