I wasn’t looking for love.
Not then.
Not at the beginning of a new life in BTech, when everything felt so loud and unfamiliar.
But then… there she was.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡctQdKdqwem
In my class. Not with a bang — no. With a stillness that pulled me in.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsMcYP53B9M
Her eyes weren’t just eyes — they were answers I hadn’t known I was asking for. The way she carried herself, unaware of the spell she cast…
She wasn’t trying to be seen. That’s probably why I couldn’t look away.
And then — something close to a miracle.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2GitJeqNbs
A twist of fate, or maybe a cruel joke dressed as kindness.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNNIoPvf8d1
Our English teacher split the class into boy-girl pairs for an icebreaker — apparently to help us “communicate better”.
A task I would’ve laughed at on any other day. But that day, I whispered a prayer.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi4nLpWLUuE
And somehow… the universe whispered back.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ4EZaQkAOx
And somehow, she became my pair.
I still remember the rush — like every word I knew had vanished.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQcE7OB6xtz
But she broke the silence first.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBCCWzTlejT
Anime. Books. Songs.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVgBMFOptHh
She read stories I loved.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmFTkcw5PoD
And she seemed like one.
Both a little introverted, both a little lost in our own worlds.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh86xWj0Qfq
But somehow, we found each other in the same chapter.
She smiled when I spoke. I smiled because she listened.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEBUIxj1NLk
Time blurred. The bell rang.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwp2ty1bpNV
And just like that — it ended.
And we never spoke again.
But something strange kept happening — our buses, parked side by side every day. Coincidence? Maybe. Or maybe a second chance, parked beside me daily.
Still… I said nothing. Because I was afraid.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNZaMb9gz0E
Afraid of saying too much.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3gDJB1Wmc9
Afraid of being misunderstood.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDRh1d2J1yP
Afraid of being too much for someone who never asked for me in the first place.
I never even knew her real name. Not then. But I gave her one — quietly, in my own head.
Seren.
It means "star" in a language I don't speak, but somehow understood.
Because that’s what she felt like.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw5u3kIkOAw
Distant. Quiet. But somehow... always there.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSTRUnaMXnV
Not burning bright — just being.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1aNGUsok1V
A kind of calm I wanted to orbit.
She never knew, of course. She never knew she was Seren to me.
I told myself — four years is a long time. I’ll talk to her again. When the time is right. But fate isn’t always patient.
In amidst of all, one day, she changed her branch.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaKA0zVFt4C
Moved classes.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7xgW1xhB94
Moved… away.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQj2X3i6btU
And I was left wondering…
I stood there, not broken — but almost.
“How foolish of me,” I thought.
Waiting for the right time, without ever trying to make it right.
So now I ask— Will our paths cross again?346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvWHik6O98Q
Or was this always the story of a fool who named a girl Seren,346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoDmJ49IMHw
and never found the courage to tell her why?
and then Add to home screen.