The moment I looked at you
"The moment I looked at you... everything started changing."
Kael never expected his first year of senior high school to become anything more than responsibilities, crowded hallways, and the pressure of living up to everyone's expectations. Known for being dependable, well-spoken, and a former student council vice president, he's constantly surrounded by people who expect him to lead-even when he's already exhausted trying to hold everything together.
Between student council elections, club responsibilities, and the growing tension with Cheska-the academically perfect class president who has always controlled more than she should-Kael finds himself slowly losing the sense of normalcy he worked hard to maintain.
Then there's Kairo.
Quiet. Distant. Impossible to read.
The kind of person who doesn't try to stand out, yet somehow becomes impossible to ignore.
What begins as a few accidental glances slowly turns into something neither of them fully understands. And as school life grows more complicated, Kael realizes that some people don't enter your life loudly-sometimes, they simply appear... and suddenly everything feels different after.
The Moment I Looked at You is a slow-burn coming-of-age story about first love, pressure, identity, friendship, and the quiet connections that change people little by little without them noticing.