The Feeling That Stayed

She thought it was just a phase.

A quiet, fleeting feeling she would outgrow with time.

And she did.

Or at least... she believed she had.

Until six years later, on an ordinary day, she walked into a classroom-

and saw him again.

Same face.

Same voice.

Same calm presence that once meant everything... without ever meaning anything at all.

Now he stands in front of her as her professor.

And she sits there like just another student.

He doesn't remember.

She never forgot.

Some feelings don't fade.

They just wait.