That One Summer We Didn't Have

In the busy hallways of their school, Novarie Hale Davino and Archie Raval Takahashi were just two students trying to survive the demands of senior high school. As classmates who eventually became friends, they navigated the challenges of their final year together, building a connection that seemed enough to withstand the pressures of their youth. Back then, the future was just a distant thought, and the only world that mattered was the one inside their classroom.

But the years following graduation changed everything. Seven years later, Novarie has transformed into a successful, distant CEO who has perfected the art of looking forward, while Archie has become a man who belongs to a life she no longer recognizes. When a sudden reunion brings them face-to-face, the silence of a decade is finally broken. As the past begins to resurface, Novarie must figure out how they went from being inseparable to being strangers, and if the memories of them are better left in the past.