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⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ ˳༄꠶ ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯




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[Seasons ] - [Wave to earth]




Some people survive in chaos, finding strength in its madness, while others thrive in it because chaos is all they've ever known.


Vienna and Ni-ki were those two kinds—polar opposites in every sense. You'd expect them to collide, like fire and ice, but instead, they found balance, like yin and yang. They molded into each other, fitting in ways neither could have anticipated.



Day after day, Ni-ki kept the same steady distance, always lingering just far enough to be unseen yet close enough to protect Vienna. Like a silent shadow, he trailed her on her way to and from school, watching over her without ever drawing attention.


After school ended, Ni-ki would quietly walk Vienna back to the entrance of her house. Some days, instead of parting ways, they'd make their way to the rooftop of his home.


There, seated side by side, they'd go over her Primary School textbook, Ni-ki helping her with her speech as the sky darkened around them.


The silence between them felt comfortable, a world apart from the chaos they'd both known.


After the brief school holiday, Vienna found herself buried in her studies, the weight of exams pressing down on her.

As a result, she and Ni-ki rarely spoke. Their conversations were brief, mostly spent on correcting her speech. Other than that, their time together was filled with a familiar, comfortable silence.


Sometimes, Vienna would notice fresh wounds on Ni-ki's neck and arms—faint bruises, the occasional cut. She knew it meant he'd been in another fight, caught up in his world of chaos. But she never asked.


Instead, she tended to him quietly, patching up his cuts without a word. It was their unspoken understanding; Ni-ki fought his battles, and Vienna healed the scars left behind.


There were moments when Ni-ki would overhear students from Vienna's school chattering about the latest exam questions, their voices excited or anxious. He knew by now that she had sat for yet another mock examination.

But, just as always, he never asked about her scores or how she did.


That was a world beyond his reach, one that had nothing to do with him. He didn't belong in that space of grades and futures.

His concern was never with her marks—it was with her.


One day, as Vienna turned the corner of the street, she glanced behind her out of habit, expecting to catch a glimpse of Ni-ki trailing a few paces back.

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