We all have the desire, whether we admit it or not, to find our "right person". Whether it be someone with the same birthmark location, music taste, compatible astrological signs, or just someone who loves you for you. We just want someone we can lean on, someone to grow old with. A person who sees both your beauty and flaws, yet still loves you for it. Some find looking for their right person easy. Lucky are those who found theirs without even trying. Their right person just, came into their lives, as easy as that. On the other hand, there are those who find themselves unlucky. Desperately trying to find their right person, but just keep ending up hurt or rejected. In this story, we see the life of a girl who's one of the "unlucky" when it comes to finding the right person. Will she meet the "right person" she spent her days looking for? Or will she end up like how she feared, old and "love-less"?
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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