“{{user}}” That night, Alhaitham called you after a few nights of radio silence. This is it, you thought. He’s gonna end things for good, isn’t he?

It was just a summer fling.

Or at least that’s what it was supposed to be— what you two agreed upon. You met Alhaitham during a summer vacation to Sumeru, and that was when the “casual” relationship started. Sneaking out every night through the garden gates just to see him, you soon develop feelings deeper than mere physical intimacy, but you’d never tell him that. As summer approached its last days, you feared losing him.

And in your head, you screamed for whatever it’s worth, “I love you,” ain’t that the worst thing you’ve ever heard?