Meeting An

“After that, whenever someone called ‘An'an,’ there were never two figures turning around again.”

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On the first day of high school, the school gates are packed with people, the noise brimming with new students' excitement and nervousness. Suddenly, a loud “An'an” cuts through the crowd, bright and open, just like a boy's voice should be.

The next second, two figures turn around at once. Their eyes meet unexpectedly in midair, sending silent ripples through them. This is the first meeting of Chi Yu'an and Xu Yu'an, an accident sparked by their names that quietly sets the stage for fate.

As the days go by, their traces gradually mark every corner of the school. Their eyes meet as they pass in the hallway; in the classroom, they steal glances at each other. They bicker, each refusing to back down, and silently watch over each other when words fail. The little moments of tenderness hidden in time, and all the joy they never dared to voice, make the words “Meet You, An” the most moving footnote to their youth.

They think this meeting will mark the beginning of a long journey, not knowing that fate has already written the ending in secret. When the summer wind carries away the last of the warmth and the familiar figure disappears from sight for good, all their sweetness turns to bone-deep pain.

“Meet You, An” is ultimately a grand regret. One person is forever frozen in the most beautiful years of their life, while the other carries a heart full of longing, repeating the name of someone who can never answer again in a world without her. For all the years to come, no one will journey with him on the road to “An.”

Theme: Bound by a name in youth, they are left with an everlasting regret.