Chasing Sunset

Prologue

Some people fall in love at first sight

For us, it was almost the opposite

We met as children, grew up around the same people, attended the same events, and watched our families grow closer by the day

Everyone thought we were so lucky to have met

They were wrong

Because somewhere along the way, Kael Reyes and I became enemies

Not because our families were enemies

They weren't

Our families were friends, and they laughed and celebrated the day we became friends

But Kael and I had other ideas

We competed against each other

Always trying to best the other in everything

Our grades

Our competitions

Our achievements

Even the most minuscule of things became a rivalry

If I won, he tried to win the next

If he won, I tried to win the next

We fought for our pride

And somehow, it always worked out

Our rivalry became a part of us

Years passed, and nothing changed

Or so I thought

Because there was something that neither one of us saw

Behind all of our bickering and fighting, there was something else

Something that we both tried to deny

Something that we both tried to ignore

Something that we both tried to hide

But it was there all the same

And then one summer happened

A summer full of sunsets and surprises and memories that we never thought we'd make

A summer where the boy I fought for so long became the boy that I couldn't imagine living without

Maybe we weren't enemies all along

Maybe we were just two fools who failed to realize that all along, we fought for the same prize

Each other