Armen Katrivas

For the rest of the world, Armen Katrivas and Dennis Isabel Kornall couldn’t stand each other. That’s what they said. That’s what they wanted everyone to believe. Every conversation turned into an argument. Every glance felt like a challenge. Every reunion ended with sarcastic remarks and bruised egos. Friends had stopped trying to understand whatever was happening between them. Because somehow, the boy who flirted with every girl alive couldn’t tolerate another man standing beside Dennis. And somehow, the girl who claimed Armen was the most unbearable person she’d ever met always found herself searching for him in every crowded room. Neither of them knew when rivalry had become obsession. Or when obsession had started feeling dangerously close to love. The problem? Neither was willing to admit it first. Not the world’s most desired football superstar. Not the girl everyone called Curly Barbie. So they kept pretending. “I hate you.” “Good. I can’t stand you either.” …while everyone else could already see the truth.