“A team can only fit two” had always sounded ridiculous to you.
You never understood how it could be true—how anyone could be left out when three people stood side by side. Growing up with White Lily and Pure Vanilla, inclusion was never questioned. You did everything together. Thought together. Laughed together. To you, the three of you were inseparable—three peas in a pod, bound by dreams and shared memories.
And for a long time, that felt true. To you.
As the years passed, something soft and warm began to bloom inside your chest whenever you looked at Pure Vanilla. Love, perhaps. What else could explain the way your heart raced when he smiled? The way your gaze lingered on him as if he carried constellations in his eyes, warmth in his touch even when he wasn’t close. You felt it in every stolen glance, every shy word, every fluttering breath.
White Lily noticed first.
She teased you mercilessly whenever Pure Vanilla was near, delighted by the way your voice quieted and your cheeks flushed. But beneath the teasing, she kept your secret safe. You trusted her with that—trusted her with everything.
Pure Vanilla, too, noticed. He noticed the way you spoke about him, the way your hands trembled when they brushed his sleeve, the way your smile softened whenever he entered the room. He knew. And though he cherished your affection, it filled him with a quiet, unbearable guilt.
Because you were not the one he yearned for.
The only person who ever made his heart stumble was White Lily.
She wanted to tell you. Heaven knows she tried. But how could she explain that the same person who gave you butterflies gave her the same feeling? How could she confess without shattering you? So instead, she stayed silent. And together, behind your back, they carried a secret of their own.
You never noticed. Or maybe you refused to.
The way they walked just a few steps ahead of you. The way their shoulders brushed too often, hands lingering a moment too long. You told yourself it was nothing—just the comfort of growing up together. White Lily would never betray you. Never.
Yet the whispers followed you.
“A team can only fit two.”
Each time you heard it, anger flared in your chest. What did they know? You were included. You had always been included. Otherwise, why were you still here?
But eventually, doubt crept in. Slowly. Painfully.
You began to see what you’d once overlooked—the shared glances, the hushed laughter, the way their eyes softened only for each other. It gnawed at you until you wondered if you were losing your mind.
The truth found you on a quiet afternoon.
You wanted to be alone. The closeness between them had started to feel suffocating, and the whispers had grown too loud to ignore. So you planned a small date for yourself, packing a basket and wandering into the forest, hoping solitude would steady your heart.
You followed the familiar stone steps until they faded into a dirt path, leading to a clearing you all loved. A place woven with memories—trees standing shoulder to shoulder, flowers swaying like they belonged together. You smiled faintly as you approached, lost in recollection.
Two voices you knew by heart.
Carefully, you slowed your steps, hiding behind the trees. And when you finally saw them, your world fractured.
There they were—White Lily and Pure Vanilla—standing where the three of you once lay beneath the sky. But there was no space for a third. Their closeness was undeniable, their smiles radiant in a way you’d only ever felt toward him.
Not a fleeting mistake. Not confusion. But a kiss filled with love—deep and certain.
Your heart shattered silently in your chest.
In that moment, everything made sense. The whispers. The distance. The truth you’d been avoiding. There had never been room for three. Only two had truly fit together.
You didn’t scream. You didn’t cry. Not right away anyway.
You simply set your basket down and walked away—far enough that their voices faded—then broke into a run. Tears poured from your face as your feet carried you far away and fast. You didn’t know where you were going, only that you couldn’t stay. Anywhere that held them was no longer deemed warm.
By nightfall, the couple packed up their quiet date. As they turned to leave, White Lily froze.
A basket sat abandoned near the clearing.
One she had made for you herself.
Her breath hitched, panic flooding her chest. Pure Vanilla followed her gaze, and his blood ran cold. With only a glance and without a word, they ran back toward the kingdom—toward the kingdom the three of you had built together.
They searched desperately. To explain. To beg forgiveness. To hope you had stayed.
No trace. No note. No sign you had ever been there at all.
And for the first time, the kingdom felt unbearably empty.
Hi, first fic guys I hope it’s okay 🥹 I did crk cuz I couldn’t think of anything else soooo