Updates whenever inspiration strikes, revising the story in the meantime
[Sunny, outgoing gong who gets himself into trouble x outwardly introverted, inwardly overthinking, avoidant shou]
I should have been making cakes in my own dessert shop, but I closed my eyes and opened them in a high school student's home.
My memories from the past twenty-six years were only vague impressions, and my body had become a spirit, so I could only make out outlines.
Worse still, I discovered I couldn't get more than a hundred meters away from this high school student, or I would be forcibly sent back.
So I gave up and became a high school student observation handbook. As I watched, I realized someone seemed to be force-feeding me dog food.
Me: ?
The most absurd part was that while I was being force-fed dog food, I could actually sense the high school student's thoughts.
I wasn't sleepy, yet I would suddenly slump over in my chair. My heartbeat would inexplicably go off course, and my body slowly began to become solid again.
The rainstorm pounded the ground. I forced down the sour ache churning inside me, felt a weight settle on my shoulder, then ran home in a panic.
After I got home, I happened to glance in the mirror. The image hit me like a heavy hammer suspended over my head, and my ears rang. Water dripped from the hair of the person in the mirror, whose eyes were bloodshot.
From the very beginning, I should have realized that people from two different worlds were like parallel lines. No matter what happened or how many times we started over, we could never meet. The ending would always be the same.
Reading guide:
1. First-person novella warning
2. The main story has an open ending; the extras continue from the ending and have a happy ending
3. The shou has severe avoidant attachment. Once he realizes his feelings, he struggles with them, and the ambiguous stage lasts a very long time.
Theme: Even a closed heart can open a crack for the sun
