I couldn't remember how long it had been since we last held hands and walked freely like this. We worked very hard to build our future, and luckily, our feelings for each other remained the same. "We're going to pick a present."

"What present? What's the special occasion?"

Colin froze and flicked my earlobe with his finger. "Do you have a goldfish memory?"

I massaged my tingly earlobe and replayed whatever happened these two days in my mind. The incident this morning quickly resurfaced.

Right, I was supposed to buy Jasmine a birthday present. We exchanged voice messages. I totally forgot about it. It was hard to remember when she was an insignificant part of my life. But hey, saying I had a goldfish memory was uncalled for. When did Colin learn to mock me? I had to retaliate.

the condescending look on his face. I retorted,

I guess she must hold a special meaning to you. The Colin I know would never remember a thing about people he

grin on his face. And two, it was recess time. There were a lot of students

at our interlocked fingers, and I felt uneasy to be gawked at like an animal at the zoo. Furthermore, I

how we fell into a forbidden relationship between a lecturer and a student. We grew up together. In a sense, one could say that we were childhood friends-turned-lovers. He was older than me, but that

everyone was more open-minded now. A lecturer-student relationship was no longer a taboo. Many lecturers and teaching assistants were only a few years

love story was well sung on campus, and other students envied

He smiled at me for a while in silence. Then, he grabbed my hand, weaved his fingers between mine, and

failure came from inexperience. Colin, like any other man, hardly gave me any gifts even when we were dating. During festive seasons, he would give me his credit card so that I could prepare gifts for

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