LOGINChapter 98: Things I Can’t ExplainMimi’s PovThe next morning did not feel new, even though it should have.I woke up earlier than usual and stayed in bed for a few minutes, staring at the ceiling while everything from the previous day replayed in my head in no particular order. None of it felt settled, and I could not tell if that was because I had not figured things out or because I did not want to.I eventually forced myself up and got ready without taking too long. There was no point dragging it out. I needed structure, and class was the only thing that could give me that for now.When I stepped out, Zara was already awake.She looked at me for a moment before speaking. “You look like you barely slept.”“I slept,” I replied, picking up my bag.She did not look convinced. “Your face says otherwise.”I ignored that and headed for the door. “We are going to be late.”She followed me out, but
Chapter 97: Still Strange Frank’s PovBy the time I got to the sports complex that evening, the campus had already settled into that slower rhythm it always took on after classes ended. Students were scattered around in small groups, some sitting on the grass, others leaning against walls or walking toward the dorms without any urgency. It looked normal on the surface, but I was not in the mood to pay attention to any of it.Practice was in less than an hour, and I knew I needed to focus, but my head was not completely there yet.When I pushed open the locker room door, the familiar noise hit me immediately. A few of the guys were already inside, talking loudly, laughing about something that did not matter, and moving around like they had all the time in the world.Marcus noticed me first.“You’re late,” he said, glancing up from where he was sitting.“I’m not late,” I replied as I walked to my locker.“You’re
Chapter 96: You Cannot Keep Things Separate ForeverMimi’s Pov I thought going to class would help me reset.I was wrong.Even after I walked away from Frank, even after I forced myself to sit through another lecture and take notes like everything was normal, nothing actually settled the way I expected it to. My mind kept circling back to everything that had happened, from last night to this morning, and then to the conversation I just had with him outside.It wasn’t overwhelming in a chaotic way.It was worse and clearAnd I didn’t know what to do with that yet.When my last class ended, I packed my things slowly, not rushing to leave like everyone else. Students filed out in groups, talking loudly, laughing, already moving on to whatever came next in their day.I stayed in my seat a little longer, staring at my notebook without really reading anything I had written.“You’re doing it again.”
Chapter 95:You Don’t Wait for the Right Moment Frank’s Pov I saw her the moment she stepped out of the building. Not because I had been looking around or trying to find her in the crowd, but because my attention was already fixed on that entrance long before she came out. I leaned against the railing near the walkway, watching students pass by in groups, but I wasn’t paying attention to any of them. Then she walked out. And just like that, everything else faded into the background. She wasn’t alone. Zara was beside her, talking about something I couldn’t hear, but Mimi wasn’t fully engaged in the conversation. I could tell by the way she walked, steady but slightly distant, like part of her mind was still somewhere else. Then she saw me. Her steps slowed for half a second before returning to normal, but I noticed it. I always did. Zara followed her
Chapter 94: You Cannot Control What People Say Mimi’s Pov The next morning did not feel normal, even though everything around me tried to act like it was.The campus was loud the moment I stepped out of my dorm, with students walking in groups, laughing, arguing, rushing to classes, and doing everything they usually did. On the surface, nothing had changed.But the way people looked at me told a different story.Some of them glanced quickly and looked away. Others didn’t bother hiding it at all, letting their eyes linger just a second too long before whispering to whoever they were with. I kept walking like I didn’t notice, adjusting the strap of my bag on my shoulder and focusing on where I was going.Zara caught up with me halfway down the path.“I was waiting for you,” she said.“I figured,” I replied.She studied my face for a moment as we walked side by side.“You look… fine,” she said.
Chapter 93: Pretend to be Casual Frank’s Pov I left her room later than I should have.Not because I was unsure about staying, but because I knew that if I stayed any longer, I would start pushing again, and she had already reached her limit for one night. Mimi was not someone who needed pressure to understand something. She needed time, but not the kind of time that allowed her to hide from it completely.There was a difference, and I had to respect that if I wanted this to go anywhere real.The hallway outside her dorm was quieter than I expected, with only a few students walking past in small groups. Some of them glanced at me as I stepped out and closed the door behind me, and I could already tell that the rumors had not died down.That was not surprising.What surprised me was that I didn’t care as much as I thought I would.I walked down the corridor and pulled my phone out of my pocket, checking the tim
CHAPTER 28:Mimi’s Pov;I swear, life has this annoying habit of knocking me down right when I finally start breathing again. And today? Today felt like someone held my head underwater and waited for the bubbles to stop.I didn’t even make it halfway across campus before I felt the eyes on me. Peop
CHAPTER 26: Danny’s Pov; I didn’t sleep. Not even for a second. I lay awake on my bed the entire night, staring at the cracks on my ceiling, feeling my chest cave in with every hour that passed. My whole world felt wrong, tilted, noisy, suffocating. I kept replaying the same scenes over and
CHAPTER 24: Mimi’s Pov; The night air hit my face the second I stepped out of the building, sharp and cold, like it was trying to slap sense back into me. My chest still felt tight, like someone had tied a rope around my ribs and kept pulling. Everything that happened today was still sitting heav
CHAPTER 23: Mimi’s Pov; I don’t know what shifted inside me that morning, but when I woke up, my chest felt tight in a way that wasn’t just sadness it was warning. Like the kind your heart whispers when it knows something is about to change, whether you’re ready or not. Frank hadn’t texted me ye







