The Kiss I Never Should Have Asked For - Chapter 42 – Can We Start Over?

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After our first date...

Something changed between us.

Not suddenly.

Not dramatically.

Just...

Quietly.

When Korn waited outside my classroom...

It no longer surprised me.

When we walked home together...

It felt natural.

When he smiled at me...

I found myself smiling back without thinking.

One afternoon, we were sitting beneath our usual tree, finishing our homework.

Korn sighed in relief as he closed his notebook.

"Finally."

"I thought our math teacher wanted us to solve every problem in the textbook."

I laughed.

"She probably does."

He groaned.

"Please don't say that."

I couldn't stop laughing.

Korn looked at me for a moment before smiling himself.

"I like seeing you laugh."

His words made me pause.

"I missed it."

He added quietly.

"There was a time..."

"...when you forgot how."

I looked down at my notebook.

"I almost did."

"But you stayed."

Korn nodded.

"I promised myself I would."

A gentle breeze moved through the tree above us.

Leaves drifted to the ground around us.

For a while...

Neither of us spoke.

Then Korn took a deep breath.

"P'Phawin..."

"I want to ask you something."

I turned toward him.

His hands were trembling slightly.

"Go ahead."

"I know you're still healing."

"I know I can never replace your memories."

"I'm not asking you to forget anyone."

He looked directly into my eyes.

"But..."

"...can we start over?"

"Not as friends."

His voice shook.

"...Can you give me a chance to be the person who makes you happy from now on?"

Time seemed to stop.

I remembered everything.

Narin.

Our first meeting.

Our first smile.

Our first love.

Our goodbye.

Then...

I remembered someone else.

The boy who waited beneath this tree every afternoon.

The boy who noticed every small change in my expression.

The boy who loved me quietly...

Without asking for anything in return.

I smiled.

"Korn."

He held his breath.

"I can't promise that I'll never remember the past."

"I don't want you to."

He replied immediately.

"I just want to be part of your future."

A tear formed in the corner of my eye.

I laughed softly.

"You always know the right thing to say."

"Not always."

"You do."

I reached out...

And held his hand.

This time...

I didn't let go after a few seconds.

I looked into his eyes and smiled.

"Let's start over."

"As Phawin..."

"...and Korn."

For a second...

Korn simply stared at me.

As if he couldn't believe what he'd heard.

Then his eyes filled with tears.

"Does that mean..."

I nodded.

"Yes."

"I'd like to be your boyfriend."

Korn laughed through his tears.

The happiest laugh I had ever heard.

He squeezed my hand gently.

"I promise..."

"I'll spend every day making you smile."

I smiled back.

"I'll hold you to that promise."

Beneath the same tree where our friendship had grown...

Our love story finally began.

Not because one love had been forgotten.

But because two hearts had chosen...

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