"I" and "him" met by chance. "I" had a crush on "him" for many years, but for various reasons, I never managed to confess my feelings...
"He" was a graduate student. We met by chance, and somehow there always seemed to be something missing between "him" and "me"...
Many years later, when "I" picked up the phone to wish "him" a happy birthday anonymously, "he" recognized my voice and said my name right away...
If fate brought us together, why couldn't we end up together? If we were never meant to be, why did we have to meet at all...
Theme:
It feels like this is a true story. The protagonists in reality are always not as brave and lucky as in the novels, because the author can't bear to let them get hurt, but life is real, and they always grow while getting hurt, until love fades away from countless memories and becomes a scar.