The Kiss I Never Should Have Asked For - Chapter 50 – One Year Apart

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Graduating didn't feel as exciting as I had imagined.

On my first Monday as a university student...

I instinctively looked toward my phone at seven in the morning.

A message was already waiting.

Good morning, P'Phawin. Don't forget breakfast. Good luck on your first day. ❤️

I smiled.

Some things...

Didn't change.

University was different.

The campus was much larger.

There were thousands of unfamiliar faces.

New professors.

New classmates.

A completely different life.

For the first few days...

I felt lost.

Every afternoon, I found myself looking toward the university gate.

Then I remembered...

Korn wasn't there.

He was still in high school.

That evening, my phone rang.

"How was your first day?"

Korn asked excitedly.

"It was... overwhelming."

He laughed.

"I knew you'd say that."

"What about you?"

"The teachers already gave us homework."

"On the first day?"

"See?"

"My life is harder than yours."

I laughed.

"No, it isn't."

"It is."

"You'll see when I graduate."

Even though we couldn't meet every day anymore...

We never stopped talking.

Morning messages.

Lunch photos.

Late-night phone calls.

If something funny happened...

We told each other first.

If one of us had a difficult day...

The other always listened.

Distance changed our routine.

But it never changed our relationship.

Every Saturday...

We met at our secret place.

The old bench beneath the tree.

It became our tradition.

No matter how busy we were...

That place belonged to us.

One Saturday, as we watched the sunset, Korn leaned back against the bench.

"P'Phawin."

"Hm?"

"Do you know what I realized?"

"What?"

"I don't miss school."

I looked at him in surprise.

"You don't?"

He smiled.

"I miss seeing you every day."

"School was just the place where I got to do that."

I laughed softly.

"You're becoming more romantic."

"I learned from you."

"I don't remember teaching you."

"You didn't."

"You just made me feel brave enough to say what I think."

I reached over and intertwined my fingers with his.

"You know..."

"I worried that university would change us."

Korn looked at our hands.

"It won't."

"How can you be so sure?"

He smiled with complete confidence.

"Because every day..."

"...I still choose you."

His words stayed with me long after we left.

Love wasn't only about dramatic confessions.

Or unforgettable kisses.

Sometimes...

Love was waking up every morning...

And choosing the same person again.

No matter how busy life became.

No matter how many kilometers separated you.

No matter how much time passed.

And as I walked home that evening...

I realized that every single day...

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