When least expected

They say love finds you when you least expect it. For me, it began in the most ordinary way-on the first day of school in 2022, when the world was still relearning how to breathe after two years of silence. The halls were crowded, masks hiding half of everyone's faces, but one voice cut through the noise like it was meant to reach me. His voice.

I didn't even know his name yet. All I knew was the way his hair fell perfectly messy, the way his laugh seemed to echo even behind a mask, and how-somehow-my heart decided too quickly that he was the one. But the truth was brutal: he didn't like me back. Not even close.

So I stayed quiet. I let myself blend into the background while he remained untouchable, like a star I could only watch from far away.

But fate has a way of rewriting stories you think are already over.

January 2023 came after a long Christmas break, and with it, a spark I didn't see coming. From strangers who barely noticed each other, to friends who shared stolen conversations... until, suddenly, we weren't just "friends" anymore.

We became something more. Something real.

This isn't just a love story. It's about how two people, once separated by silence and circumstance, found their way to each other-again and again-until "you and I" became "us."

And this? This is where it all begins.