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A Gift and a Curse

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Reads 371
Votes 52
Parts 12
Time 1h 40m

Meet Leon, the charming high school boy who's been told his looks were always a "gift". On the outside it looks like he had everything he could ever want. But, his dashing looks made the one thing he really wanted out of his reach, something real. Every girl seemed so superficial in his eyes, except for one...

He witnesses a mysterious girl stick up for a another student getting bullied on the first day of school. The act seemed so genuine and selfless in his eyes. Leon was entranced by it. From there on out, his life would be forever changed from this unknown person. But, would it be a short lived memory? Or was it the one thing he's always been looking for?

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