Seven years ago
It was their first year at University, a prestigious university. The students hurried to their classes, full of dreams and excitement.
Elowin felt nervous, shyly holding her bag straps as she stepped through the university gate.
Beside her, Serelina her best friend bounced with joy, her eyes sparkling.
"Let's have fun! We're finally living together!"
she said, her cheerful voice cutting through the tension in Elowin chest.
They had been together since junior high school. Elowin had been the quiet, poor girl who stayed in the corner of the class. Then one day, a transfer student bright, rich, and full of life. sat beside her.
"Can you be my friend?" the Serelina had asked.
That moment changed everything.
They sat together, ate together, and held each other up through every storm. The two of them so different, yet so closely tied. Now, they were roommates at university, sharing the same dorm, the same struggles, and the same laughter.
While attending their first class, Elowin walked in quietly, choosing a seat near the front.
By the window sat a boy named Tavion
Cold, Silent and Mysterious.
His expression was blank, yet the moment he saw Elowin enter, his lips twitched into a soft smile he tried to hide.
He looked away quickly. But his eyes kept returning to her, full of emotions he never dared to express.
Elowin noticed.
Her best friend noticed, too.
"Girll, your cold crush is totally watching you again," her best friend whispered.
"Just go confess already!"
Elowin blushed. But she couldn't say anything.
Because deep down, she had also noticed the boy who always sat near her in the library…
Who secretly helped pay for her scholarship…
Who dropped a his locket when watching her help an old lady by the street.
She still had that locket.
She didn't know why he never spoke. But she knew he had feelings for her.
And she had begun falling for him, too.
But fate was cruel.
One afternoon, as Tavion stood near the university park preparing to finally confess, he saw it.
A tall, blue-eyed boy named Zeyric knelt before Elowin, holding a rose.
The same boy who was always near her.
The same boy who Waits for her after class. Sending her notes
The same boy who smiled too perfectly.
Tavion heart shattered.
He turned away, never waiting to hear her answer. He thought he had been too late . he ran from the pain, from the heartbreak
And by the time Elowin rejected the Zeyric saying,
"I only see you as a friend. There's someone else in my heart,"
But
Tavion had already disappeared.
Days later
"He went abroad…?" Elowin whispered, standing frozen near the dorm entrance.
Her best friend looked at her in shock.
"Wait… are you crying?
Tears slipped down From Elowin cheeks.
She didn't speak. Her heart felt like it had stopped.
Her best friend hugged her tightly, holding her like a sister.
"One day, you two will meet again"
That night, the two girls sat under the blanket, whispering about everything.
Her best friend made her laugh again, wiping her tears and promising to stay by her side no matter what.
But outside,
The boy with blue eyes. His eyes were now colder, darker.
"If I can't have you, no one will. You're mine," he said
His obsession was growing.
Unaware of the storm brewing around them, the girls drifted to sleep.
one dreaming of a love she lost, and the other holding her hand through the pain.
Elowin fingers unconsciously moved around the locket on her chest.
She didn't know why it hurt so much.
Why it felt like the world had gone quiet since he left.
Why her chest ached every time she remembered his eyes.
And as sleep pulled her under, one thought haunted her
Was I too late... or just forgotten?
But someone closer… was planning to take everything from her