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We are entangled in a very deep, persistent fate. We've faced each other since the moment we were born. I've never particularly disliked that fact. As we grew up, I stopped seeing you as just a friend. Ever since you were little, you loved swimming at the local community center. You said you liked the feeling of floating, or maybe the muffled sounds underwater. I followed you to the pool every day, but I hated it. I hated the water, and I hated the smell of chlorine. In high school, you chose swimming as your career path. I simply studied hard and followed the steps to inherit my father's company. After graduating from university, it wasn't easy to see your face. You were selected for the national team trials. Watching you swim like a fish was fascinating, and seeing you win a gold medal at the Olympics felt surreal. But you seemed to be getting more and more exhausted. I wondered if it was a slump, thinking about it alone and searching the internet. Your bright smile didn't disappear, but I noticed that you stopped eating whenever a competition or important training session was approaching. You were like that when preparing for the national team too, but I knew your habits weren't healthy. No one else knows yet, but my heart sinks every day because I can't gauge when you might collapse. TMI - Her family and his family are very close, so they have a meal together once a month at his parents' house.