A Hundred Almost

Syannah Augustine, a sophomore who's finally learning how to move on, believes love is something you grow into slow, patient, and worth waiting for. After all, she's spent months picking up pieces of herself left behind by a crush she thought she'd never outgrow.

Then she meets Nathan, the boy with the orange bag, whose life seems to thrive in chaos she's never dared to step into. She finds comfort in quiet routines like how he carries his world on his shoulder, loud and messy yet oddly steady.

Their paths cross in moments like a glance under the narra tree, an awkward conversation at the wrong bus stop, and a laughter that doesn't mean anything.

But as those moments pile up, and Syannah wonders. Are they just two people passing by in each other's lives, almost something but never quite enough? Or can a hundred almosts be enough to make one real thing?