We Said We Were Friends

Series Summary

At Westbridge University, eight students from different faculties somehow end up becoming the campus’s most inseparable friend group.

They eat together, skip lectures together, fight loudly in public, and act like they’ll stay this close forever.

Everyone else envies them.

But friendships become dangerous when feelings start changing.

Aiden Vale, a second-year Fine Arts student, can’t stand Rowan Mercer — the cold, sharp-tongued Sports Science senior who always looks annoyed by his existence. Their conversations are mostly insults, sarcasm, and arguments that leave the rest of the group exhausted.

Rowan thinks Aiden is immature, reckless, and way too expressive.

Aiden thinks Rowan is emotionally constipated and impossible to read.

So naturally, they keep ending up beside each other anyway.

Between late-night convenience store runs, group projects, campus festivals, accidental jealousy, and moments that feel far too intimate for “just friends,” the line between hatred and attraction slowly begins to blur.

Meanwhile, the rest of the group is just as chaotic.

Luca Moretti, the dramatic architecture senior who flirts with everyone for fun, becomes strangely attached to Theo Bennett — an awkward first-year literature student who blushes every time Luca breathes near him.

Kai Adler documents the group’s disasters like it’s a reality show, while Elias Hart quietly watches over everyone from the background, pretending he isn’t soft for the loudest person in the room.

Vincent Hale acts like the unbothered older brother of the group, but notices every crack forming between his friends, while Noel Rivera understands everyone’s feelings a little too well… except his own.

What starts as a messy university friendship slowly turns into something heavier: unspoken love, silent loyalty, late-night confessions, and the terrifying realization that maybe they were never “just friends” to begin with.

Because the closer they become, the harder it gets to pretend nothing has changed.

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Character Details

Aiden Vale

Age:

20

Faculty:

Fine Arts — 2nd Year

Personality:

sarcastic

emotional but hides it

observant

stubborn

secretly sensitive

Details:

Aiden sketches people when he’s emotionally attached to them, even if he denies it. He’s expressive, messy, and terrible at communicating serious feelings directly.

He hates how calm Rowan stays during arguments.

Especially because Rowan always remembers things about him anyway.

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Rowan Mercer

Age:

22

Faculty:

Sports Science — 3rd Year

Personality:

intimidating

disciplined

blunt

protective

emotionally restrained

Details:

Rowan is respected by almost everyone on campus. He rarely smiles, speaks only when necessary, and has absolutely no patience for nonsense.

Which is why everyone is confused when he keeps tolerating Aiden.

Despite acting cold, Rowan quietly takes care of the group constantly: walking people home, bringing medicine, remembering schedules, waiting after class.

He and Aiden start as genuine enemies.

Not playful enemies.

Real irritation. Real tension.

Which makes their growing attraction even worse.

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Luca Moretti

Age:

23

Faculty:

Architecture — 4th Year

Personality:

dramatic

confident

flirtatious

emotionally intelligent

protective senior

Details:

Luca acts unserious most of the time, but he’s surprisingly dependable when someone is struggling.

He starts teasing Theo for fun… then accidentally falls first.

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Theo Bennett

Age:

18

Faculty:

Literature — 1st Year

Personality:

shy

awkward

sweet

thoughtful

unintentionally funny

Details:

Theo admires Luca long before he realizes it’s romantic.

He becomes the emotional comfort person of the group without noticing.

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Kai Adler

Age:

20

Faculty:

Media & Film — 2nd Year

Personality:

loud

chaotic

shameless

affectionate

social

Details:

Kai records everything. Half the group’s blackmail material exists because of him.

He jokes constantly, but uses humor to avoid serious conversations.

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Elias Hart

Age:

20

Faculty:

Music — 2nd Year

Personality:

calm

quiet

emotionally mature

patient

observant

Details:

Elias is the person everyone trusts at 2AM.

He understands Kai better than anyone else does.

Even when Kai pretends not to need anybody.

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Vincent Hale

Age:

22

Faculty:

Business — 3rd Year

Personality:

charismatic

protective

teasing

mature

dependable

Details:

Vincent feels like the unofficial older brother of the group.

People assume he’s emotionally detached because he flirts easily, but he actually values the friend group more than anyone.

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Noel Rivera

Age:

21

Faculty:

Psychology — 2nd Year

Personality:

soft-spoken

perceptive

mysterious

comforting

quietly manipulative sometimes

Details:

Noel notices every hidden feeling in the group before anyone else does.

Especially the tension between Aiden and Rowan.

He becomes both a peacekeeper… and a problem starter.