"You're like a book too," I said before I could stop myself. "And I think I've just gotten to the good part." He looked at me then-really looked. Not with flirtation or teasing, but with this quiet kind of awe, like he hadn't expected to hear something like that. Like he hadn't expected me. We didn't say much after that. We didn't need to. The silence between us was full-of things felt but not yet spoken. That's how our story has always been. Not rushed. Not loud. But tucked gently into the soft moments-the after-school walks, whispered prayers, voice messages at midnight, the brush of hands, the rain.
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