(Tim's p.o.v.)

     There stood my brother, Tom. I could tell that he was worried for me.

     "T-Tim, a-are you alright?" he asked. I only stared at him like he hadn't said anything. "T-Tim. Please t-tell me, are y-you alright?" I stared down at my feet. If I had lied to him, he would know, but if I told him the truth, he would then learn my ridiculous secret I had tried to hide. I then remembered what Tom was to me. He was my twin brother and we had trusted each other with all our lives. We both didn't keep secrets that the other didn't know, not even the smallest ones.

     " N-no, not really," I finally replied. I slowly looked up at Tom, who was looking at me innocently with his mask off. I knew that this was going to be serious. I could tell that in his eyes, he wanted to know so badly why I wasn't okay. I took off my mask and looked directly at Tom. "I'm not okay."

     "Why? D-did something h-happen to you?" Tom asked. I sensed the carefulness in his voice and nervously nodded.

     "Yeah," I answered. "I-I may have a... u-um...." I began to heavily blush.

     "You h-have a crush?" Tom finished. I nodded and weakly smiled.

     "Yes, I-I have a c-crush," I stuttered. 

     "There's nothing wrong with that, right?" he asked. I slightly shook my head.

     "I've b-been exposed," I mutter. "Lillian has told her, or at least joked with me and made me feel like I was entirely exposed, and my crush had found out. I-I just d-didn't..." I began to tear up and looked away from Tom. "I-I j-just-" Tom had cut me off entirely and ambushed me into a hug. 

     "T-Tim... It's alright," he cooed into my ear. "Just, please r-relax. It's alright." My breath shortened and wavered. Tears gently glided across my cheeks and I buried my face into his shoulder, sobbing. I felt Tom's fingers gently brush through my hair. "T-Tim... It's alright... I-I promise you..." Tom softly muttered into my ear. I only buried my face in his shoulder deeper.

     "I-I don't want to l-let go," I whimpered. "I-I want to stay with you, Tom... P-please..."