Karina stood at the edge of the universe, where time folded like origami under the deft hands of cosmic entities unknown to human minds. It was here, in this precipice of existence, that she was granted the chance—a sliver of hope—to unravel the thread of a predetermined fate. The council of the Temporal Custodians, beings whose sole purpose was to preserve the continuity of time, had convened and offered her the extraordinary: a journey across the fabric of time to rectify a forthcoming heartbreak.
Her love, Jaiden, the one whose laughter was the melody to her life's song, whose absence turned her world monochrome, was unaware of the impending riddle that would tear their stars apart. In the timeline as it stood, Jaiden was destined to have his gaze wander towards another, an enigmatic stranger with the power to weave alluring futures from mere words and promises. A future where Karina's heart was left behind in the shadows of what could have been.
Armed with a heart full of love and a soul ignited by determination, Karina stepped through the time vortex, her form shimmering into the light of past epochs. The plan was simple yet suffused with the hardship of unseen consequences. She needed to find the pivotal moment, the crux where paths diverged and hearts strayed, to gently guide the tide of affection back to its rightful course.
Karina emerged into the tapestry of her history just as the last leaves of autumn surrendered to winter's whisper. The university courtyard, where ancient oaks stood sentinel over fleeting student dreams, held the key. It was here, two years prior, where Jaiden would first lock eyes with the stranger during a chance meeting at a poetry slam event, an encounter that had seemed insignificant at the time.
She walked through familiar paths draped in the garb of her younger self, a ghost among memories, careful not to disrupt the tender balance of space-time. She observed them—the earlier Karina and Jaiden—fluttering around each other like moths to flame, their affection in its golden age.
The night of the event crept on velvet feet as the stars took their posts in the indigo sky. Karina kept to the shadows, her heart quivering in anticipation. She watched as Jaiden, ever the enthusiast of eloquent verse, was ensnared by the words of the charismatic poet, the stranger who was to be the unwitting thief of her future joy.
With the gentle nudge of destiny, Karina stepped forward from her concealment, a holographic locket in hand—one that was not of this time, a charming anachronism. She dropped it among the fallen leaves where Jaiden would inevitably find it. Etched inside were memories of Karina and him, not as photographs, but as tiny temporal echoes that would remind him, subconsciously, of the love they shared.
When Jaiden found the locket, his steps wavered, eyes glazed with reminiscence. It was all but a heartbeat of hesitation, but it was enough. The stranger, still enchanting but now just a voice in a sea of others, continued to weave words into the night, unaware that the tides of fate had shifted ever so slightly.
As Karina prepared to return to her point of origin, the weight of timelines securing her once more in their weave, she let go of a breath she didn't know she was holding. She returned to find a world familiar yet faintly altered. The warmth of Jaiden's hand in hers reassured her weary spirit—his smile untouched by regret, his heart unknowingly reclaimed.
Yet, as they walked under the resurgent blossoms of renewed spring, Karina carried with her a bittersweet wisdom. She had danced with time, tampered with destinies, and emerged victorious—yet she understood the fragile nature of human connections. Love was not a trophy to be won or a timeline to be secured but a continuous journey that demanded presence and nurturing.
Jaiden, oblivious to the machinations of time but sensitive to the rhythms of her heart, held her close. "I feel like I've loved you for lifetimes," he whispered into the dusk.
Karina, with tears of joy and ghosts of timelines only she would remember, replied, "And I will choose you, in every single one of them."
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Kpop Oneshots: Fanfics generated by AI
Short Story•Prompts written in AI generate a story and I post them here. •All stories are one shots and fanfics. •Male character is always named "Jaiden". •Male character x Female Idols. ~I also take requests~
