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When Ivy moves to a new town after months of illness, she promises herself one thing: stay quiet, stay careful, and don't get too attached to anything that could disappear.
Starting over is supposed to be simple-new school, new routines, new distance from the life she left behind.
But then she meets Soren.
Quiet, observant, and strangely at home in the local aquarium, Soren seems to understand the parts of Ivy's life she struggles to explain. As their friendship deepens among the glowing tanks and slow-moving fish, Ivy begins to realise that healing isn't just about getting better-it's about letting people see the fragile parts of you.
Yet when her health begins to falter again, Ivy must decide whether protecting herself is worth the loneliness it brings.
Sometimes the hardest thing isn't surviving.
Sometimes it's learning to let someone stay.