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The Tide - Prologue



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"You can't blame gravity for falling in love."



▬▬▬▬▬▬ ɪɴ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ɪᴋᴜʏᴀ ᴋɪʀɪsʜɪᴍᴀ ғᴀʟʟs ɪɴ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ғᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ғɪʀsᴛ ᴛɪᴍᴇ. The affection he began to have for the pre-med student in his class was sudden and abrupt. He fell harder than he's ever fallen before. He was drowning in the feeling of being around her, exhilarating and all-consuming.

He thought his mind was playing tricks on him- or perhaps it was the weather. Suddenly, he could only see in rose-colored glasses. What was even more foreign to him, though, is when the girl he began admiring from afar showed a mutual interest in him.

She taught him what love is. He had always had a funny way of looking at it- he used to think love was something you earned and worked for. Yet, she didn't even have to work for it. Ikuya was enchanted by every move she made.

Love doesn't make the world go round... It makes it worthwhile.

It must have been the tide, pushing and pulling him closer to her until they were forced to meet.

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