Almost

Sometimes the stories that change us the most are the ones that almost happened.

Y/N never planned to notice the quiet transfer student who sat a few seats away on the school bus.

She never planned to remember the fleeting glances, the awkward silences, or the rumors that slowly turned two strangers into a story everyone else seemed to write for them.

They were never lovers.
Never friends.
Maybe not even strangers.

Just... almost.

Years later, when life begins to heal what school left unfinished, another soul quietly walks into her life-someone who loves without hesitation, where the first story only knew silence.

But can an "almost" ever truly disappear?

Or do some people remain the chapters we never stop rereading?

A story about first love, unspoken feelings, healing, and finding the person who chooses you.

"Not every first love becomes forever... but every forever begins somewhere."