*Her name was user name.

She was dating a boy named Ethan Blake. She loved him in a way that didn’t feel peaceful — more like attachment mixed with confusion. Ethan loved her too, in his own way, but his love was unstable. He could be sweet one moment, and cruel the next. He didn’t always mean to hurt her… but he did.

And she stayed.

Because love, to she, was something she didn’t fully know how to leave.

Until Hyunjin Cross entered the picture.

Hyunjin was Ethan’s rival.

Cold. Controlled. Sharp in every movement. The kind of man who spoke less but said more with a single look than others did in entire conversations. He had an intimidating presence — not loud, but heavy. Like a storm that didn’t need to announce itself.

He didn’t smile often. He didn’t try to be liked.

But he noticed she.

Not loudly. Not obviously. Just… constantly.

Ethan hated him from the beginning. The feeling was mutual, but Hyunjin never wasted energy showing it.

Something between them always felt like it was building toward breaking.

And then, one night, it did.

No one ever knew exactly what happened.

There was an argument. Voices raised. A confrontation that spiraled out of control. And then — silence.

After that night, Ethan was gone.

People called it an accident.

Hyunjin never corrected them.

She didn’t remember everything clearly after that. Her mind felt fractured, like pieces of time were missing. Names slipped. Moments blurred. Reality didn’t stay in one shape for long.

And Hyunjin stayed.

He became the only constant in her life. Always present. Always watching. Always careful with her, in a way that looked like protection… but felt heavier than that.

He told her one day:

“You’re my girlfriend.”

She didn’t question it at first. Her memory didn’t fight back the way it should have.

And Hyunjin never pushed her to remember anything differently.

Because in his version of reality, love wasn’t something you waited for.

It was something you kept.

Even if you had to rewrite the truth to do it.*