Prologue

If I had known that the last kiss you placed on my forehead is a silent goodbye, I would have held on tighter. I would have begged you—not with words, but with the trembling of my hands as they reached for you—to stay. To not let go of the fragile pieces of us that you tore apart as effortlessly as paper. Those pieces, once unbreakable—our first bond, our whispered promises—meant everything to me.

But I should have seen it then. In your hesitation. In the way your hand lingered on mine, just a second too long, before it slipped away, like sand through fingers.

And now, here I am, standing in front of you again. Yet, this time, you're a stranger wearing the face I once cherished. If I had known I'd one day face this hollow reflection, I might have tried harder—not to hold on, but to forget. Maybe then, the scars you left behind wouldn't sting as deeply. Maybe the memories, which once felt like a sanctuary, wouldn't haunt me like ghosts refusing to move on.

But how does one forget someone who was once their entire world?

The waves crash against the shore in a relentless rhythm, as if they too are searching for something lost. We're like them, aren't we? Caught in this endless cycle—destined to meet, destined to fall apart, only to find each other again in the ruins of what we used to be.

Are we meant to bridge this chasm that has grown between us, or is this our punishment? To keep finding each other, only to lose everything all over again?

The weight of all the years, of all the "what ifs," presses against my chest as I stand here, staring at the reflection of a past that feels both agonizingly near and impossibly distant. I remember the promises we once made—the dreams we dared to share, as fleeting as the tides.







And yet...





Even with our broken hearts, we drift back to each other, like waves drawn endlessly to the shore—restless, unyielding, and eternal.







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