When I Decided to Try

There’s a moment — quiet, almost invisible — when you realize that continuing to be who you’ve always been no longer works.

Lara Mendonça has built the perfect life from the outside: organized, predictable, safe. She knows exactly how to act, what to say, and how to fit in. Not by choice… but by survival.

Gabriel Souza carries a reputation he never cared to fix. Distant, closed-off, seemingly indifferent — he learned early that explaining too much comes at a cost.

They’ve shared the same space for years. Never chose each other. Never needed to.

Until something shifts.

No warning. No clear reason. No plan — just the growing discomfort of realizing that pretending is starting to cost more than being real.

“When I Decided to Try” is not about perfect love or planned encounters. It’s about two teenagers confronting the weight of who they pretend to be… and the risk of discovering who they truly are.

Because sometimes, trying hurts.

But not trying… hurts more.