So, I made a humble little plan.
“No backlogs. No regrets. And maybe… just maybe… one conversation with Seren.”184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrPlCVLO0aq
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:184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ8Vmx7VLZo
Learn C. Not because I had to…184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡESE8H5D0rF
But because I wanted to.
To be better.184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpghPbgjAq8
To maybe help her with something someday.184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuT2BhAbRgV
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.184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLuskLn2pZq
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…184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7L5dieuKy1
If I just stayed quiet, binge-watched anime, and slept all day…184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIcnO9RioFr
She wasn’t going to magically walk over and talk to me.
I wasn’t good at face-to-face.184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg7Yt0BeJNe
But texts? Texts felt safer.184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoHjM4sbebI
So, like my favorite character from Eminence in Shadow, I stayed hidden.184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJFphmy8DHQ
My phone which is empty for the first time it's becoming lively.184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaSrPKmante
Replying to doubts in a flash. Quick. Clean. No name. Just help.184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT01pTst7gX
Soon enough, people began asking me privately,184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTmeWHjekKV
“Who are you?”184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7rmTSSm1Ru
But not her.
She never messaged.
Still, I stayed active in the group.184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ17UPhNzIlP
Hopeful? Maybe.184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvA4ikbhLM6
Desperate? Nah.184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP9ncd267Hc
Romantic? Probably.184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRw5SaR7lLO
Delusional? 100%.
Time passed.184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHiM05sBk3F
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.184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKh1AnzUIzi
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.184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡztUBLQxsMk
She thanked me. I thought, that’s it. It’s over. Back to shadows.
But she texted again:184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡklVFka0W5s
“Do you know me?”
I grinned. “Maybe,” I replied,184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZLPL5wiDFI
…knowing exactly who she was.
Of course I did.
Her name was Alice.184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcMihs2cGSD
But for me, she’ll always be Seren.
We talked. She reminded me of our earlier conversation — back when she was in IT.184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlZ1i1K7bjQ
And I replied:184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNoRvl5Icd4
“Ohh! Alice? Is this you?”
That opened the door.
We went from talking about college…184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO7yrIqzM5s
to anime…184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpLiVPLVmB4
to life.
When I get excited, I forget everything else.184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxXCnFJYZua
The world disappears. The fan stops spinning.184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMUUZiyXmzb
It’s just words. Her texts. My heartbeat.
At one point, we talked about how people call anime “just cartoons.”184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ34n4AiP6bs
And she said:
“I feel you, bro.”
I don’t know what it meant exactly…184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLfBfmVsyNc
But at that moment, I didn’t feel invisible.
Now the real question is:
Did I tell her how I feel?184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxyd0suEzQN
Did I explain my intentions?184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcMsQUAWm3U
Or did I continue the act… play along…
Let’s just say:184Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9fRuUZLwow
We’ll find out if this Fool’s decision… was truly foolish.
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