Life takes twists and turns every day, as you think about every step, every word, every look, and every lie. Today is no different. You are a 16-year-old boy named Daniel, known to your four friends as "Dani" or "Dan." You spend your free time locked in your room, absorbed in the internet, mindlessly consuming junk content. You know this makes your grades look average, making you feel like a nobody—far from a perfect 10—but you can't stop. It makes you feel useless, as if you have no talent.
You struggle with the comparison to your friends:
- Gustavo: Your friend, more like a brother; you're inseparable. You don't envy his talent for cooking exquisite dishes and his dream of becoming a Michelin-star chef, but it's hard to accept that your most nervous friend is so incredible.
- Keisy: A girl beautiful inside and out, winning medals and praise for her kindness and her skill as a badminton player. What more could you call perfection?
- Antonio: At first, you thought he was like you—lazy and aimless—but unlike you, he leaves the house constantly and has friends in every corner. You were completely wrong; in secret, he loves creating romantic stories in notebooks; he loves literature.
All these things make you feel bad, so you take refuge in the internet or riding your bike—things you love—or sleeping, a quieter activity. You do it to forget your insecurities, but lately, you've started dreaming for too long, having nightmares that cause small, unexplainable scratches on you.
Today, you are with Gustavo, chatting in the lounge, sitting side by side, looking into each other's eyes as he smiles at you, his black hair swept to the side and covering part of his eye.