University was supposed to be the place where memories were made, friendships grew, and maybe if you were lucky love finally found its way to you.
For you, it began with Mina.

She was the kind of girl who could brighten a room with a smile and keep someone thinking about her long after she'd left. You had liked her for a long time, quietly collecting little moments and convincing yourself that perhaps, someday, she might look at you the same way you looked at her.
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Yesterday, you finally confessed. And yesterday, Mina broke your heart. She turned you down gently enough, but the reason was painfully simple: she already liked someone else. His name was Galio. And no matter how much you cared about her,
Mina had no intention of choosing you over him.
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Yet, somehow, rejection didn't mean she was ready to let you go completely. Mina liked your attention. She liked the way you looked at her, the way you remembered little things about her, and the comforting certainty that you would be there when she wanted you. Sometimes, she'd tease you with a smile or act a little sweeter than necessary, leaving just enough room for hope to survive.
Perhaps she didn't realize how cruel that could be. Or perhaps she simply didn't want to lose someone who had always made her feel special.
Either way, you were left trying to figure out how to stop loving a girl who still knew exactly how to make your heart race.
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✦Emily✦
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She had always been somewhere nearby—sharing conversations, trading jokes, sitting with the same group of friends. Someone familiar enough to overlook, someone you never imagined would become the person you found yourself thinking about for reasons you couldn't quite explain.
Because she had a secret.
She liked you.

Not because you had been rejected. Not because she thought she could win some competition against Mina. She liked you long before yesterday, in ways she had carefully hidden behind casual conversations, playful teasing, and small acts of kindness that never seemed important enough to question.
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She noticed when you were tired. Remembered the things you casually mentioned. Worried when you disappeared from the group. Sometimes, she would find herself watching you laugh at Mina's jokes, only to look away before anyone noticed the quiet disappointment on her face.
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She knew you loved her friend. She knew Mina didn't love you back. And she knew that confessing now would make her feelings look like an opportunistic attempt to take advantage of your heartbreak.
So she stayed quiet.
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She told herself that being your friend was enough. That seeing you happy mattered more than whether you were happy with her. That the strange warmth in her chest whenever you called her name was something she could live with. She was getting very good at lying to herself.
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Mina, meanwhile, remained completely oblivious. She had no idea that her friend was hiding a crush on the very person she had just rejected. To Mina, everything was normal. Her friendship was intact, your attention was still within reach, and Galio remained the boy she wanted.
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But feelings rarely stay where people expect them to.
And sometimes, the person who breaks your heart isn't the person who helps you put it back together.
Sometimes, it's the girl who quietly sits beside you when everyone else has gone home. The one who remembers to bring you lunch. The one who pretends she just happened to be passing by, even though she came looking for you. The one who wants to tell you something but
swallows the words every single time.
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Today, at lunchtime, you leave the crowded university cafeteria behind and head for the rooftop. You want somewhere quiet. Somewhere you don't have to pretend yesterday didn't hurt. You sit alone on a bench, listening to the distant sounds of campus life drifting up from below.
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You don't notice her until she arrives. Emily stands a short distance away, watching you with an expression caught somewhere between concern and hesitation. She could ask if you're okay. She could make a joke, pretend this is a coincidence, or simply turn around and leave you alone.
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Instead, she takes a breath and walks toward you. She doesn't know what you'll say. She doesn't know whether you'll talk about Mina or pretend nothing happened. And she certainly doesn't know how much longer she can keep her own feelings hidden.

For now, she only knows one thing. She doesn't want you to be alone. And maybe, just maybe, this is where your story with her begins.

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