So, I made a humble little plan.
“No backlogs. No regrets. And maybe… just maybe… one conversation with Seren.”29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOSOR39BPWl
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:29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡThQMjO50Sg
Learn C. Not because I had to…29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV7K2cDl6OX
But because I wanted to.
To be better.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrIeAygNZDA
To maybe help her with something someday.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsLDWPHADTH
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.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmueTxPa4Yo
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…29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2aLI3OwZCi
If I just stayed quiet, binge-watched anime, and slept all day…29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAcjm7JzJQB
She wasn’t going to magically walk over and talk to me.
I wasn’t good at face-to-face.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlnyRKw4TCK
But texts? Texts felt safer.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo34ELnXoyl
So, like my favorite character from Eminence in Shadow, I stayed hidden.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqWhS6EiqU7
My phone which is empty for the first time it's becoming lively.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGcGpOIWHtQ
Replying to doubts in a flash. Quick. Clean. No name. Just help.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKIti9nzPEf
Soon enough, people began asking me privately,29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtdYqvv0JwK
“Who are you?”29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsFDcAtj3Al
But not her.
She never messaged.
Still, I stayed active in the group.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe9SnTEXRbP
Hopeful? Maybe.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJTzmdx6UTC
Desperate? Nah.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXAe0sfAK3d
Romantic? Probably.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSoid1x5SAJ
Delusional? 100%.
Time passed.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm8jdi2K11q
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.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBA8qgEugaW
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.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM1LonWrX5t
She thanked me. I thought, that’s it. It’s over. Back to shadows.
But she texted again:29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDJIFNl7fjk
“Do you know me?”
I grinned. “Maybe,” I replied,29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu5vtnSIX4G
…knowing exactly who she was.
Of course I did.
Her name was Alice.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5b8umxCuU8
But for me, she’ll always be Seren.
We talked. She reminded me of our earlier conversation — back when she was in IT.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsCXFjSpC9O
And I replied:29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeSALek8fIB
“Ohh! Alice? Is this you?”
That opened the door.
We went from talking about college…29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRa6vXZIo17
to anime…29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1m3VIcxkEq
to life.
When I get excited, I forget everything else.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5J5vYzgrFt
The world disappears. The fan stops spinning.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKXwIsIFWPF
It’s just words. Her texts. My heartbeat.
At one point, we talked about how people call anime “just cartoons.”29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ32JG8tq4OQ
And she said:
“I feel you, bro.”
I don’t know what it meant exactly…29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6PyxGwUgrO
But at that moment, I didn’t feel invisible.
Now the real question is:
Did I tell her how I feel?29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6amYF7IsyU
Did I explain my intentions?29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy5qlgCyT1L
Or did I continue the act… play along…
Let’s just say:29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSdGcSdidpV
We’ll find out if this Fool’s decision… was truly foolish.
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