So, I made a humble little plan.
“No backlogs. No regrets. And maybe… just maybe… one conversation with Seren.”25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9kI210mq7S
Lofty goals, right? Hahaha.
Step 1: Actually listen in class.
(Spoiler: Failed within the first 20 minutes. Blame the fan sound and my daily existential crisis.)
Step 2: Join TechnicalHub sessions regularly.
Outcome: Mixed results. Most days I showed up, not for marks or future tech jobs, but because hope is a powerful drug.
Step 3: Learn on my own.
Because I know one thing — if I really want to… then I can too.
Step 4: Use anything thrown my way just to talk to her.
Selfish? Maybe. But when did feelings ever care about logic?
Amid all this planning, labs began.
Labs are weird. It's like cooking. Too much waiting, everyone pretending they know what they’re doing, and one wrong move… poof — chaos.
And so, I set another goal:25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnzDu3NfK5K
Learn C. Not because I had to…25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbRCtxJ3pJN
But because I wanted to.
To be better.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKXvwyzZKXo
To maybe help her with something someday.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkP8SH9MgJS
To maybe find a reason to talk.
Then came the WhatsApp group.
A few of us made it to ask doubts, share PDFs, or post occasional memes.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFIXHGH5nEa
And I? I became The Shadow.
I started replying to doubts. Not because I wanted attention. Not to be the smartest kid in the room. But because…25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbWbBkpSnBt
If I just stayed quiet, binge-watched anime, and slept all day…25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5FcXQHTZIF
She wasn’t going to magically walk over and talk to me.
I wasn’t good at face-to-face.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrAYHwiLDAm
But texts? Texts felt safer.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ72i8ryUHr
So, like my favorite character from Eminence in Shadow, I stayed hidden.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpgo7gyBOm6
My phone which is empty for the first time it's becoming lively.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmgm53kgHeY
Replying to doubts in a flash. Quick. Clean. No name. Just help.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlr5mtTdG5D
Soon enough, people began asking me privately,25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbzmLmuH6QC
“Who are you?”25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZts8gSQ7aU
But not her.
She never messaged.
Still, I stayed active in the group.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwuKMyHkjHY
Hopeful? Maybe.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWfpIDibkQe
Desperate? Nah.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQz6xqgdddy
Romantic? Probably.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgoTsq53VAh
Delusional? 100%.
Time passed.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6CW74zmuzU
Some started competing with me. Posting answers faster. Explaining better.
Part of me was relieved.
Maybe now I can chill… just wait until she messages...
And then, one random night — it happened.
She texted. In the group.
(Don’t ask how I know that it was her. Talent. Pure talent.)
I didn’t even think. Just replied instantly.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwvzedTIphm
But in my rush, I made mistakes in the solution…
And that led to her texting me. Privately.
I didn’t expect it. Couldn’t have planned it.
And so, I calmly — very calmly — clarified her doubt.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcmpzi3tBYl
She thanked me. I thought, that’s it. It’s over. Back to shadows.
But she texted again:25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDIKXolNzH5
“Do you know me?”
I grinned. “Maybe,” I replied,25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpSUHLcVqDh
…knowing exactly who she was.
Of course I did.
Her name was Alice.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUvsNIO2WGA
But for me, she’ll always be Seren.
We talked. She reminded me of our earlier conversation — back when she was in IT.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ49PTkyOKFb
And I replied:25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMAOLDyf9ei
“Ohh! Alice? Is this you?”
That opened the door.
We went from talking about college…25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQwaL32z7Nj
to anime…25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkzWQxsfyvN
to life.
When I get excited, I forget everything else.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ryKeZLpK1
The world disappears. The fan stops spinning.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfLeO7AkE7K
It’s just words. Her texts. My heartbeat.
At one point, we talked about how people call anime “just cartoons.”25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCPqDMDVIrj
And she said:
“I feel you, bro.”
I don’t know what it meant exactly…25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz0UFmbPcSR
But at that moment, I didn’t feel invisible.
Now the real question is:
Did I tell her how I feel?25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg4gs9UUHt4
Did I explain my intentions?25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡstlJefCtVY
Or did I continue the act… play along…
Let’s just say:25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡihPtvESwwb
We’ll find out if this Fool’s decision… was truly foolish.
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