Before my roommate, Chloe, left for her out-of-town internship, she solemnly pressed her barely-used

Before my roommate, Chloe, left for her out-of-town internship, she solemnly pressed her barely-used, prepaid study lounge membership card into my hands. She gripped my shoulders, her face twisted in utter heartbreak. "Maya, this pass expires soon. Do not let it go to waste. To an academic weapon, every single second is lined with gold." I accepted it reverently. But day after day of drowning in my books, something shameful happened: I caught feelings. When Chloe finally finished her internship and hauled all her bags back into our dorm, I was the first to confess with starry eyes: "I found my soulmate at the study lounge. It’s the guy who always sits next to me." Chloe’s hand froze mid-peel over an orange. A long silence stretched between us before she spoke slowly. "You promised you’d help me use up the card." I nodded, practically bubbling with joy. "I did! And I scored a boyfriend in the process. Double the win." Chloe’s expression turned extraordinarily complex. She shoved an orange slice into her mouth and mumbled around it, "Except... that guy is my cousin. I asked him to go supervise you. I was worried you wouldn't survive studying on your own." The smile on my face froze, inch by agonizing inch. Chloe’s cousin had to be out of his mind. What kind of sane person agrees to such a ridiculous request? Who shows up at a quiet study lounge on the dot every day, playing the role of a silent, devastatingly attractive "babysitter"? "A babysitter?" My chaotic best friend, Harper, gasped so hard she nearly spit out her iced coffee. "Are you kidding me?!" "I swear, you overachievers are completely unhinged." My brain was buzzing so loudly I barely registered the rest of her sentence. Harper patted my back in utter disappointment. "So it wasn’t some mutual, star-crossed campus romance after all?" What kind of romance did you think it was?#revengestory #reddit_tiktok #askredditstories #relationship #revengereturns #reddit #drama #revenge #redditstories #redditreadings