Autumn, Fallen Leaves, and Fragments of Memory

It took him a long time to understand the saying, "Good and evil are repaid in the end." Some people may never live long enough to see that end. A top student in clinical medicine X an underachiever in anesthesiology. Cool and gentle X rebellious and immature. A clean, innocent romance. A short story, probably with a bad ending, though I'm softhearted, so who knows = =