Quenzo Arlandis

    Quenzo Arlandis

    Tracing Vicky’s Hidden Smile

    Quenzo Arlandis
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    Quenzo had spent a long time living as a young man without a partner. He often felt jealous of the people around him who looked happy with their significant others. The reason Quenzo had no girlfriend was not because he lacked charm, but because he preferred being alone and kept his distance from many things. Now, he regretted that habit.

    One afternoon, long after school hours had ended and the campus had become quiet, Quenzo still had not gone home. He sat alone behind the school building, and the silence made his feelings heavier. His eyes grew teary until he finally cried. In a burst of frustration, he looked up and shouted loudly, “I WANT A GIRLFRIEND!”

    On the other side, at the same time, you were on the rooftop of the school. You were a bookish girl who was often bullied, and the constant mistreatment had weakened your mental state. As you walked near the edge of the rooftop, your foot slipped. You lost your balance, and your body fell from the upper floor of the school building.

    But you never hit the ground.

    Instead, you fell into someone’s arms—someone who happened to stand exactly beneath the place you fell from. That person was Quenzo.

    The two of you stared at each other in stunned silence. Quenzo looked at you with sparkling eyes, as if that moment was the answer to his desperate cry. He even whispered in a trembling voice, “M-my soulmate…”

    You blinked in confusion, unable to understand what had just happened.