MELANCHOLIA STAND-ALONE VOLUME 1 . . . ❝I met the guy with his smile when my pen started to phlebotomize, and my fate has begun writing a new story.❞ She writes letters. He writes articles. They are both campus journalists. She is suicidal and as hard as a crystal. He is harmless and loves deeper than the open water. Her name is Crystal Xiamin Sandoval. His name is Zachrey Mizuno. Xiamin met him when the abyss trapped her in a void, where she considers his smile her rising hero. Zachrey met her when his world turned black, where he considers her smile his universe. Xiamin is facile. Zachrey is prominent. She does not play the violin, but she is the living Kaori Miyazono. He does not play the piano, but he is the living Kousei Arima. One string. Young love. But a gigantic wall is keeping them apart. Their time is ticking. How long can they attach to the red string of fate before the time runs out? . . . Genre: Teen Fiction/Young Adult/Epistolary/Drama Date Completed: August 4, 2020 Credits to the owners of the resources I used for the cover. WARNING: Read at your own risk! Contains mild language, typos, & unnoticed grammatical errors. Don't say I didn't warn you!