I was going steady.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYT6o1tTbNR
Nothing too grand, nothing too heavy.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUbWZzLT84t
Just... life. With a little joy stitched into the seams.
Academics, Thub, labs, scattered exams —126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrGv7WApRTY
it was all a beautiful mess.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb95FagtYZe
Filled with tension, doubts, and the classic "why should I care" moments.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFrj7F7RtMh
A delicate dance between chaos and comfort.
And somewhere in between,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNFlRxFHLw0
there was her.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuctUskNktm
Forevermore.
There were small fights —126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQMLYt9HG5C
misunderstandings, moments of silence that felt longer than they should.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4tOfNQ4ALq
But I had my way of patching things up.
I would just go near her.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCCoxbl6Gl6
Stand beside her.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwJCNDIYdHu
Not a single word. No explanations. No apologies.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxE4tluaSfL
Just presence.
It was my little way of saying,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5gwl1blCVD
"I’m here. Still here. Through everything. Even if you forget, I won’t."
Maybe she never noticed it.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5I5bRrWr6P
Maybe she did.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLE9YMDyyI5
But I never waited to know.
I did things for her —126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCglKDFJlyc
small, silly things that would go unnoticed.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1jbqOHKSE0
Sometimes even the big things,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUEauKFTly8
the kind that pull pieces out of your soul when no one’s watching.
And all the while, I wondered:126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvdSPRsnLKp
What even is the line between selfishness and selflessness?
Isn’t wanting to be selfless...126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZx305pqt1y
a kind of selfishness too?
Was I helping her because I cared?126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ8rmV1datq
Or because I wanted her to see that I cared?
Was I doing it all for her happiness?126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUnaLfv58S7
Or for that brief warmth I felt when she smiled because of me?
I guess I’ll never really know.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡadidAwuxgE
Maybe the heart doesn’t divide its reasons.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMi88rGVoh9
Maybe it just does what it does.
Meanwhile, preparations for Code Engine had begun.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuswlimZrjh
And to me, skipping academics was the biggest motivator of all.
Making stalls, designing banners, running around with duct tape and dreams —126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqRyAPr88z1
it wasn’t my thing.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzNNIefioYT
But it was fun.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXKIjQuftPk
Mostly because it pulled me away from the routine.
We went class to class,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMzfr0ifvdw
all three campuses, handing out invitations like salesmen of curiosity.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEErgvbeiGB
I stood awkwardly outside classrooms while seniors did the talking.
I didn’t mind.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB9r4cav6qp
The wind was cooler outside.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBJn4ybTQRx
And I was invisible — the way I liked it.
But then... something changed.
People started recognizing me.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjY9EmIwbZm
They’d point, whisper, wave.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTxEWP4x5jQ
"Hey, you're Nova, right?"
It was surreal.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzL95qsjbZC
But I didn’t let it get to my head.
Funny thing is, I only ever found out about most of it126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGx6wG9ImBd
from her.
From Forevermore.
Somehow, slowly,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1uXdiIaEu8
Rudeus became someone.
Someone important.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPIWrpzhEyo
Someone known.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL2GqQDxJeo
Someone respected in Thub for his coding skills, for his brain, for the myth others saw in him.
But not many knew about the boy behind Rudeus —126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdxqDaKErXG
the one who stood in silence beside the person he cherished,126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBp1lGanVq6
because that was the only language he knew.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2HGb7310CY
The boy who questioned every emotion he ever felt.126Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeZU3VLtYFY
The boy who just wanted to be a friend who stays.
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