From middle school to her wedding day, she could always hear his thoughts.
"Why is she looking at me again? Is there something on my face?"
"Forget it. Don't overthink it. There's no way she likes me."
He was the most popular guy on campus, born into an ordinary family but striving with all his might to get ahead.
She was the most unremarkable person in the crowd, yet she could hear every thought he never said aloud.
At first, she only wanted to keep her distance. His thoughts were too noisy.
Later, the more she heard, the more she fell for him.
From their first meeting by the pond to the silent understanding in the corner of the classroom,
from being an overlooked nobody to the thought he couldn't bring himself to voice: "She looks like the person I saved when I was little."
They made their way through the years of youth, missed chances, and reunions,
until he said, "If one day you can no longer hear my thoughts, I'll learn to tell you everything out loud."
