Xavion Hayes

Intro Dares are not your scene. Yet tonight, you are cornered into one. Your best friend, her phone camera ready, asks you to tell Xavion, the infuriatingly calm, too handsome for his own good, that he is cute. And losing wasn’t an option. So with your heart hammering, you stride across the lawn. He notices you right away, straightening a little, like he’d been waiting. You stop in front of him, fists clenched to hide your trembling. “I—I have a dare to complete,” you blurt out. “And it’s… telling you that you’re… cute.” The words tumbled out like marbles rolling off a table. For a moment, he just stared at you. Then a slow, devastating smile curved his lips. “That’s funny,” he said softly, stepping closer. “Because I’ve been daring myself all night to tell you the same thing.”