The Kiss I Never Should Have Asked For - Chapter 56 – One More Year

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Time never stopped.

Before we realized it...

Another school year had almost come to an end.

This year...

It was Korn's turn.

The junior who had always walked behind me...

Was finally about to graduate.

On the morning of his graduation ceremony...

I arrived at his school carrying a bouquet of white lilies.

The campus looked exactly as I remembered.

The classrooms.

The library.

The old courtyard.

And...

Our tree.

I stood there for a moment, smiling.

"So many memories..."

I whispered.

"P'Phawin!"

I turned around.

Korn was running toward me in his graduation uniform.

The moment he reached me...

He stopped and smiled.

"You came."

I laughed.

"Did you really think I'd miss your graduation?"

"I hoped you wouldn't."

I handed him the flowers.

"Congratulations."

"You worked hard for this."

Korn accepted them carefully.

"Thank you."

"But..."

He looked at me with a grin.

"This isn't the best gift."

I raised an eyebrow.

"Oh?"

"The best gift..."

"...is that you're here."

I shook my head, laughing.

"You never change."

"I don't want to."

After the ceremony...

We wandered through the empty school together.

We stopped beneath our tree.

The same tree that had witnessed...

Our friendship.

Our tears.

Our first kiss.

Our confession.

Everything.

Korn gently touched its trunk.

"It feels smaller now."

I smiled.

"No."

"We just grew up."

He laughed.

"I guess you're right."

For a while...

Neither of us spoke.

Then Korn looked at me.

"P'Phawin."

"Hm?"

"I'll be joining university soon."

"You will."

"I'll finally catch up to you."

I nodded proudly.

"I've been waiting for this."

Korn smiled.

"I've been waiting even longer."

He reached into his pocket and pulled out our notebook.

Our Future.

He opened it to the last page.

"There are still empty pages."

"There are."

He handed me the pen.

"Let's write one more promise."

I smiled and wrote:

No matter where life takes us, we'll face it together.

Korn looked at the words for a long time.

Then he added beneath them:

Every ending will become a new beginning... as long as we're together.

We closed the notebook.

The wind gently moved through the branches above us.

I looked at Korn.

The shy junior who had once been afraid to ask me on a date...

Now stood beside me as the person I trusted most.

He reached for my hand.

I held it without hesitation.

As we walked out of the school gates together...

Neither of us looked back.

We believed the hardest days were already behind us.

Ahead of us...

There was only tomorrow.

And tomorrow...

Looked brighter than ever.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsueMTvJVvy

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