I wasn’t looking for love.
Not then.
Not at the beginning of a new life in BTech, when everything felt so loud and unfamiliar.
But then… there she was.363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhSHWCxrL4a
In my class. Not with a bang — no. With a stillness that pulled me in.363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqh4bpEIZ1D
Her eyes weren’t just eyes — they were answers I hadn’t known I was asking for. The way she carried herself, unaware of the spell she cast…
She wasn’t trying to be seen. That’s probably why I couldn’t look away.
And then — something close to a miracle.363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXoOZGJj3vj
A twist of fate, or maybe a cruel joke dressed as kindness.363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3hbbBVD3GV
Our English teacher split the class into boy-girl pairs for an icebreaker — apparently to help us “communicate better”.
A task I would’ve laughed at on any other day. But that day, I whispered a prayer.363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ91izujCYLZ
And somehow… the universe whispered back.363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRTvihnj9Vs
And somehow, she became my pair.
I still remember the rush — like every word I knew had vanished.363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ45sRRINI7h
But she broke the silence first.363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuns6CDUtem
Anime. Books. Songs.363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPEYm9ME6gn
She read stories I loved.363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy5JcGSEe1L
And she seemed like one.
Both a little introverted, both a little lost in our own worlds.363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGnk7iSvMWO
But somehow, we found each other in the same chapter.
She smiled when I spoke. I smiled because she listened.363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUzS6E3xR2L
Time blurred. The bell rang.363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf2W6TIcnzK
And just like that — it ended.
And we never spoke again.
But something strange kept happening — our buses, parked side by side every day. Coincidence? Maybe. Or maybe a second chance, parked beside me daily.
Still… I said nothing. Because I was afraid.363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8JWwJUpQpu
Afraid of saying too much.363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy2obGGx51x
Afraid of being misunderstood.363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSUxbn6tmj6
Afraid of being too much for someone who never asked for me in the first place.
I never even knew her real name. Not then. But I gave her one — quietly, in my own head.
Seren.
It means "star" in a language I don't speak, but somehow understood.
Because that’s what she felt like.363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9pVZiF1uMU
Distant. Quiet. But somehow... always there.363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCCJZGME6yG
Not burning bright — just being.363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFCACpubPZt
A kind of calm I wanted to orbit.
She never knew, of course. She never knew she was Seren to me.
I told myself — four years is a long time. I’ll talk to her again. When the time is right. But fate isn’t always patient.
In amidst of all, one day, she changed her branch.363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjIpjBZHcqv
Moved classes.363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxrtx41MiE2
Moved… away.363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡji7wDaOZYh
And I was left wondering…
I stood there, not broken — but almost.
“How foolish of me,” I thought.
Waiting for the right time, without ever trying to make it right.
So now I ask— Will our paths cross again?363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKA51ae5kCp
Or was this always the story of a fool who named a girl Seren,363Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ1lBiUbZxP
and never found the courage to tell her why?
