>>124275940The condensed version:
- Mike, Lucy, and Sandy are the only characters who matter. Ignore everyone else, especially Paulo. (Except for David, who is objectively the best character.)
- Mike and Lucy are attracted to each other, but Lucy has a bitchy, standoffish personality that pushes Mike away.
- Mike reconnects with Sandy, his childhood friend. Sandy is a teen model who spends most of her time working overseas, so she and Mike enter a long-distance relationship.
- Lucy eventually musters up the courage to tell Mike that she loves him, but Mike is with Sandy by this time, so his reaction is, "So what?" Lucy can't get over Mike and spends a lot of time pining for him and being clingy, which annoys Mike.
- The notorious "December" arc. Mike finally blows up at Lucy and tells her point-blank that if she can't accept that he and Sandy are together, she should fuck off and die. Lucy subsequently attempts suicide and disappears from the comic for a while, while Mike feels guilty.
- Lucy recovers and returns to school, but is ice-cold toward Mike. After their fight in December, her feelings toward him are all but gone, and she tells him to fuck off.
- Mike's relationship with Sandy stagnates because she's never around and her job keeps her too busy to talk to him. At the same time, Mike begins to rediscover his feelings for Lucy and regrets how he treated her.
- The former situation is now reversed: Mike wants Lucy, while Lucy blows him off. This remains the status quo from the time of Lucy's return to school, about eight real-life years ago.
- Paulo is also apparently fucking every girl in the school at this point, but that's unimportant because Paulo is trash.
- The current arc, where you joined. The tension between Mike and Sandy comes to a head, they have a big fight over the phone, and a distraught Mike goes running into Lucy's arms. It's the first ounce of warmth and affection Lucy has shown to Mike in several years.
