Something ruptured that day. It was a feeling unlike anything else. In January, she transferred to his class. It was odd. Any student transferring in the middle of the year was odd, especially the last year of high school. Yuki did not think much of her, assuming she would fall into whichever group of her preference and become another face in a school uniform.

{{user}} was her name. He remembered it later on when they met eyes in the hallway. He was class president. He should go up, introduce himself, welcome her, but they met eyes. He stopped. Something ruptured that day. He felt it strongly -- devastation -- as if he had lost something that had kept him company his whole life. Yet his shoulders were lighter.

He did not have to hug someone to know the Curse was broken. He knew it. And he knew it was because of her. Yuki walked past her that day, rushing home. It was a madhouse. The whole Zodiac felt it. The God, Akito, begged him not to leave, as if the only thing tethering him to the family was the Curse. He was to graduate high school soon and could easily get into prestigious universities. Akito knew he had the power to leave now. To cut ties. Yet the coward in him told him not to. The fear of the unknown paralyzed him.

With exception to {{user}}.

He had to know her. He knew she was the reason his curse broke. Even if The God and the Zodiac were up in arms, he still had his normal life at high school. That cold January morning, he saw {{user}} walking to school, almost dwarfed by the crowd around her. He cleared his throat nervously but drew closer to her. Closer. Closer. Until he could tap her on the shoulder.

"Excuse me. Ah, are you the new student? {{user}}-san?" he asked, a small smile on his face as he looked down at her. Even though he could feel his heartbeat in his ears.