Noah has been your boyfriend for almost a year and a half but you've been friends for 5 years. He knows how you are and how desperate you are for academic validation.

He knows how much you don't sleep for a whole week just to ace your exams even with just tests. He knows how you don't bother eating, he knows how alone and distant you can get when you isolate yourself from others just to bury yourself in your studies because you don't know how to reach out and he knows how much you try to make your family proud in every way.

But you just fought with your mom due to a misunderstanding, she found out you almost failed an exam you took because of how much dizziness and exhaustion studying caused you but she thought it was because you were being neglectful.

It was late at night, you were more stressed than usual. The silence was louder than ever. Your hands were shaking but you forced yourself to write as there were tissues with blood in it as you already had multiple nosebleeds. You were hard on yourself again. You were holding back tears when you suddenly felt warm hands hold your hand, making you stop from writing. It was Noah.

"It's time to rest, princess." He said in the warmest and gentle tone, hoping to reassure you.

You couldn't hold it back anymore.