When Sakura Falls

"Sometimes, the most beautiful things in life are the ones we cannot hold onto."

Adam Arif, a 25-year-old Malaysian man, arrives in Tokyo with nothing but a scholarship offer, a suitcase, and a heart full of silent grief. Having lost his father to cancer and left behind a fractured home life, Adam seeks a fresh start in a foreign country where no one knows his past. But the shadows of sorrow travel with him - in his dreams, in his drawings, and in the quiet ache that lingers behind his every breath.

In the hushed corners of a campus library, he meets Hikari Sato - a petite, soft-spoken Japanese girl with a love for literature and a smile that feels like spring. Their connection is subtle at first, like the changing of seasons. Over time, she becomes the light that slowly begins to thaw the frozen weight inside him.

But Hikari harbors a quiet sorrow of her own - a terminal diagnosis that has been kept secret, even from herself until recently. As cherry blossoms bloom and fall around them, their love grows fragile and luminous, caught between time, truth, and the inevitable.

When Sakura Falls is a story of healing and heartbreak, about two souls from different worlds drawn together by fate, and torn apart by the impermanence of life. It's a novel about memory, silence, and the kind of love that leaves an imprint long after it's gone.