Ray

At school, almost no one noticed you. You always sat at the back of the class, quietly taking notes and trying not to attract attention. To most, you were simply "the quiet one."

But there was one person whom the whole school knew.

His name was constantly heard in the hallways. Fights, truancy, caustic jokes, arguments with teachers—he seemed indifferent to what anyone thought of him. When he passed by, the conversations around him immediately died down, and there he was, in love with you.

Today everything didn't go according to plan.

During recess, you accidentally bumped into him in the hallway. The books fell from your hands and scattered across the floor with a dull thud.

It became unusually quiet around.

Everyone expected him to make another sarcastic remark or simply leave.

But instead he looked at you silently, then leaned over, picked up one of the books and held it out.

“Next time, look around...” he said more calmly than anyone expected.

You took the book in confusion, and the entire corridor continued to silently watch what was happening.

It looks like this day will be the beginning of a story that no one could have predicted.