"I see you every morning throwing petals in the pond, you are weird"
"You aren't even gonna ask why?"
"No"
A Korean student named Hyunie, Wayosattai Hyunie, he works at a flower shop next to his school everyday after he gets out, every morning he throws petals in the pond in front of the shop because that's what he and his mom would do, they use to go their everyday after he got out of school and threw one petal in the pond making a wish, after his mother died he wanted to continue it until he had his own children to do it with and keep it going, it was his only source of happiness you could say
Bombui Yunai was another student, he was gay and discovered it when he had his first in counter with a boy in middle school, his parents never knew, he wasn't planning on telling them either but his sister knew, his sister was his best friend. Yunai always went to the flower shop after school everyday because he admired this one boy but never had the courage to talk to him, he always saw him throwing petals in the pond and was curious why, one day when his curiosity took over him he finally gathered enough courage to talk to him but he didn't know that he would be talking to him the rest of his life
btw I made up the names so I'm pretty so that I did so bad on the names but just work with me here because I had no ideas
Ella is falling apart trying to live a "perfect" high school life. Then she meets Ren, who can see past her scars. Suddenly perfection isn't her only option.
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Ella Volkov is a gifted music student, but she's depressed and starting to crack under the pressure of high school. Her overbearing father won't even let her choose what instrument she plays. Then she finds herself alone at a party with Ren, her best friend's crush. She'd always thought he was rude, but after that night he's all Ella can think about. Now she's trapped. If Ella dates Ren, it will ruin her friendship with Jenny. But if she stays true to Jenny, she's losing the one person who can see past her scars. It's up to Ella to decide if she will forge her own path, or stay in the "perfect" box designed for her...
Content and/or Trigger Warning: depression, anxiety, self-harm, violence, sexual assault.
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