A Universe in a Square Inch

For Cheng Yige, all her memories are summers spent with him. The rest were nothing but one miserable summer after another to endure.

They parted on bad terms back then, and she had always thought there was no chance for them anymore.

But then he came back to her.

*

What she didn't know was that every lyric and every line of poetry had been written for her. On every sleepless, tossing night, her name was ground down into one word after another of longing.

He was willing to gaze up at her from below the stage, applauding her, unable to take his eyes off her.

A person's place in the world may be no bigger than a few square inches, but to him, she was his entire universe.

*

His pen name was Song An. Song, as in the song in Cheng Yige's name; An, as in the An in Lu Ji'an's name.

Song also means to offer blessings, while An means peace.

He hoped she would be healthy and safe.

If he didn't tell her, she might never know in her whole life just how much he had kept in his heart for her.

*

"I sailed across the universe to reach your eyes."

Within a few square inches, you are the universe.

Singer x lyricist

- One-on-one romance, happy ending

- The setting is entirely fictional, and all lyrics are original

- A gentle, slow-burn, sweet slice-of-life story, told through parallel past and present narratives

Theme: Live life positively