𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 , 𝑨 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒏 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒘𝒂𝒓 𝒏𝒆𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒏 . ── .✦── .✦ 𝐀𝐛𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐮 , 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐬 - 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐲 , 𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 , 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 . 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐢 , 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐬 , 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐝 . ─ .✦── .✦ 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐬𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐝 . ─── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ── 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞 . 𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 , 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐦 . 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐬 , 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐭 .

"Don't fall for me," she warned. "I already did," he whispered. ©2025 kae. All rights reserved. This story is a work of fiction by Kae. All characters, events, and names are created from imagination. Copying or reposting is strictly prohibited.

Duet - 1 of 𝓒𝓪𝓹𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮 series!! 𝒀𝒂𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒔𝒂𝒃𝒌𝒐 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒂 𝒉𝒂𝒊, 𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒍 𝒌𝒂 𝒓𝒂𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒂, 𝑻𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝑮𝒉𝒂𝒓 𝑲𝒊 𝑺𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒉𝒆𝒆𝒐𝒏 𝑷𝒆 𝑴𝒊𝒍𝒆, 𝑱𝒂𝒂𝒏𝒆 𝑲𝒊𝒔𝒌𝒐 𝑷𝒂𝒕𝒂 𝒉𝒂𝒊, 𝑻𝒖 𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒂 𝒌𝒉𝒂𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂, 𝑯𝒖𝒎 𝑲𝒊𝒕𝒏𝒊 𝑷𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒐𝒏 𝑺𝒆 𝑴𝒊𝒍𝒆!! 𝑻𝒖 𝑴𝒆𝒓𝒊 𝑲𝒉𝒊𝒅𝒌𝒊 𝑷𝒆 𝑱𝒂𝒃 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑩𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒆 𝑨𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒈𝒂, 𝑴𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝑮𝒉𝒂𝒓 𝑷𝒆 𝒀𝒆 𝑩𝒂𝒕𝒂𝒖𝒏𝒈𝒊 𝑼𝒔𝒔 𝑫𝒊𝒏, 𝑲𝒆 𝑻𝒆𝒓𝒂 𝑮𝒉𝒂𝒓 𝑩𝒉𝒊, 𝑴𝒆𝒓𝒂 𝑮𝒉𝒂𝒓 𝑯𝒊 𝑩𝒂𝒏𝒋𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒈𝒂, 𝑶𝒓 𝑷𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝑫𝒆𝒌𝒉𝒆𝒈𝒂 𝑴𝒂𝒖𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒂 𝑷𝒐𝒐𝒓𝒂 𝑫𝒊𝒏!! ✦ . 　⁺ 　 . ✦ . 　⁺ 　 . ✦ . 　⁺ . ✦ . 　⁺ ✦ ︶⊹︶︶୨୧︶︶⊹︶︶⊹︶︶୨୧︶︶⊹︶︶⊹ 𝓐𝓪𝓼𝓱𝓲𝓴𝓪 × 𝓚𝓻𝓲𝓼𝓱𝓷𝓪 A bucket swung, her fingers slipped, Her lip curled in a silent grip. Others saw mess, just chores to do- He saw a frame he always knew. No perfect moment, just her and light, Stumbling, real, and softly bright. And in his chest, the stillness grew- As he breathed the words: 𝘓𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶,and- Click. 𝓡𝓪𝓴𝓼𝓱𝓲𝓽𝓪 × 𝓐𝓭𝓱𝓱𝓿𝓪𝔂 The tires screeched, the air turned cold, She braced for impact, heart uncontrolled. But then he stopped, helmet in hand, And in that gaze, she began to understand. The world blurred, but he stayed clear, A magic felt, drawing her near. In that heartbeat, time rewrote- She whispered softly, "𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦."