It was the fall of my senior year in high school, and the weather had gotten chilly.

Felix White’s uncles, Duncan White and Eugene White, had brought their families over for a visit, and my family joined them. His family members and mine added up to about 20 people, and we were all gathered at his house for a meal.

With the help of alcohol, the atmosphere that night had become rather lively.

Since there were so many people present that day, the men were all seated at one table for drinks while the women were seated together to chat.

Everyone was chatting excitedly, and it was an extremely joyous day.

Somehow, the conversation had shifted to talk about me and Felix.

This happened every single time our families gathered together. It was quite awkward at first, but it happened so often that I had gotten used to it. It didn’t faze me anymore.

They could say whatever they liked. It wasn’t as if I could do anything about it.

Felix’s mother, and I called her

are all grown up now. They’ll be leaving

Lulu could continue her studies at a college nearby. She’s still quite immature.

that! We’ll just let Lulu and Felix enroll in

plans had been settled. I was right there

fine

was one year older than me, and we grew up together. As such, I always thought that we had a good relationship

could walk on my own, I shadowed him wherever he

word that

took root in my heart,

I liked him—a lot.

same college as him. From a young age, I had been

letting our mothers

… Well, if a love between two people was meant to last forever,

I liked him so much that during the nights when my mind was consumed by the thought of him, I swore that

he would be the one

Aunt Mel while Felix sat behind me at the men’s table. Felix and I had our backs to each other. Our mothers weren’t exactly quiet, so

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