diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/FollowerController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/FollowerController.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa35ca2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/FollowerController.php
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Http\Controllers;
+
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+
+class FollowerController extends Controller
+{
+    //
+}
diff --git a/app/Models/Follower.php b/app/Models/Follower.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f8df71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Models/Follower.php
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Models;
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory;
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
+
+class Follower extends Model
+{
+    use HasFactory;
+}
diff --git a/database/migrations/2024_08_23_180423_create_followers_table.php b/database/migrations/2024_08_23_180423_create_followers_table.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d8fb507
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/migrations/2024_08_23_180423_create_followers_table.php
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
+
+return new class extends Migration
+{
+    /**
+     * Run the migrations.
+     */
+    public function up(): void
+    {
+        Schema::create('followers', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->id();
+            $table->foreignId('user_id')->constrained()->onDelete('cascade');
+            $table->foreignId('follower_id')->constrained("users")->onDelete('cascade');
+            $table->timestamps();
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reverse the migrations.
+     */
+    public function down(): void
+    {
+        Schema::dropIfExists('followers');
+    }
+};
diff --git a/routes/web.php b/routes/web.php
index 80fed26..3d417d1 100644
--- a/routes/web.php
+++ b/routes/web.php
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 
 use App\Http\Controllers\CommentController;
+use App\Http\Controllers\FollowerController;
 use App\Http\Controllers\ImageController;
 use App\Http\Controllers\LikeController;
 use App\Http\Controllers\LoginController;
@@ -39,3 +40,7 @@ Route::post("/images", [ImageController::class, "store"])->name("images.store");
 // likes
 Route::post("/posts/{post}/likes", [LikeController::class, "store"])->name("posts.likes.store");
 Route::delete("/posts/{post}/likes", [LikeController::class, "destroy"])->name("posts.likes.destroy");
+
+// follow/unfollow
+Route::post("/{user:username}/follow", [FollowerController::class, "store"])->name("users.follow");
+Route::delete("/{user:username}/unfollow", [FollowerController::class, "destroy"])->name("users.unfollow");