Every story begins somewhere... but this one begins again with a stranger. Some endings have a way of becoming new beginnings, and some people are simply meant to meet halfway. Then one ordinary day, the world became small enough for their paths to cross. - The first chapter will be published once the Orchard of Us Series ends.

What should have ended in hatred became something far more dangerous... longing mixed with resentment, love poisoned by grief, and a connection neither of them could escape no matter how badly it hurt. All the guilt, anger, and cruel reality... yet somehow, there's still a pull toward the person you hate the most a pull strong enough to make you want to care anyway.

THIS IS A BL STORY. They say the apple was never evil on its own. It simply became dangerous the moment someone desired it enough to take a bite. Yohan Sebastien Severino spent his life being everything people expected him to be. An obedient son, a future heir, carefully crafted perfection. Until one collision in a hallway introduced him to a certain Pio, a boy made of both softness and sharpness, with a face sinful enough to make restraint feel impossible. And perhaps love was always meant to become disastrous after the first bite. Because years later, beneath blinding headlights, twisted metal, and memories Yohan could no longer escape, the sweetness of that once gentle temptation would turn into something far more terrifying to lose. Yet even then, love remained. Quietly. Perseveringly. Like hands reaching for you in the dark long after the world has fallen apart. And maybe that was the tragedy of forbidden fruit. Not that it destroys you instantly, but that it tastes so much like home, you willingly ruin yourself for another bite.

He's a changed person. But... Still in love. Still choosing her. Still hoping. But... She said no. Over and over again. No second chance. No closure. No explanation. She chose to hurt him. To push him away. Because loving him now... means making sure he stops choosing her and for him to start choosing himself.