"Heh—" A smile touched his thin lips.
'She's mine. My treasure, and mine alone!'
While this couple radiated warmth inside the room, others weren't nearly as fortunate, still struggling back and forth across the great chasm of love.
In a pavilion by the lake, a woman as gentle as water leaned against a pillar, watching the koi swim to and fro. Her gaze was distant; she was clearly lost in thought.
She had made a firm decision to bury him in the deepest recesses of her heart, striving to gradually remove him, to let the memory of him fade. She had always believed she could.
But she never expected that the moment she saw him today, she would realize how wrong she was. She couldn't do it. In fact, the feelings she had kept hidden deep inside were stirring, her heart now pounding restlessly.
