[Mutual Pining + Redemption + School Life + Tragedy + Growing Up]
A fortune-teller once told her that she had too little Wood in her Five Elements from birth, and was destined to succumb to loneliness.
Then, on a summer night filled with the sound of cicadas, a boy in a blue cotton shirt came into view. It was as if the first tree capable of putting out branches had suddenly been planted in her wasteland.
When she fell into the water at six, he pulled her back to life. The workbook he brought after monthly exams, the notebook he passed through her window on rainy days: in every clumsy way he could, he lit a star in her bleak world.
She thought he would always be there.
But later, she pushed him away with her own hands. One “Let’s never speak again,” one turn of the back, and he disappeared at summer’s end. Just like that, the wind scattered them.
After starting university, she tried to accept the kindness of others, only to discover another person standing by his side. She began to regret how seriously she had said “I hate you,” and to regret choosing to run away when he needed her most.
Her wish was: “Make the stars disappear from my world forever.”
His wish was: “If only they could still have a future together.”
*Content warning: Tragic ending, a conflicted heroine, and an oppressive atmosphere.
