He Listed Every Girl in Class to Find His Crush — Plot Twist

A guy shares his most heart-pounding memory from 10th grade. His best friend was apparently so handsome that rumors spread everywhere, and through their shared homeroom class shenanigans, OP ended up joining in on a prank where the friend casually announced he liked someone in class. Cue total classroom chaos — everyone losing their minds trying to figure out who it was.

OP was crushing on the guy hard but figured his chances were basically zero, so he was in full 'almost given up' mode. He finally worked up the courage to tell him 'I'll support whoever you like,' and the friend just goes '...you're being dismissed' (brush-off vibes). OP panics and starts listing every single girl in their class one by one — and the friend keeps saying 'nope' to all of them.

Completely stumped, OP is racking his brain going 'then WHO is it???' — and the friend just quietly goes: 'Why didn't you say your own name?' OP says that was the first time in his life he trembled like that. The whole thing is a butterflies-in-the-stomach origin story.