Students hurried between buildings with takeaway coffees in hand, professors balanced stacks of papers under one arm, and the courtyard buzzed with conversations about assignments that should have been started days earlier.Maya usually loved the energy.Today, however, all she could think about was the kiss.She hadn’t heard from Ethan since he’d walked her back to her apartment the previous night.Not because anything had gone wrong.In fact, everything had gone too right.He had kissed her beneath the oak tree, smiled like he couldn’t quite believe it had happened, brushed a loose curl behind her ear, and simply said, “Good night, Maya.”No dramatic declarations.No promises.Just a smile that had stayed with her long after she closed her apartment door.Now, sitting through her morning lecture, she found herself staring at the same page of notes for nearly twenty minutes.“Maya?”She blinked.Professor Collins was looking directly at her.“Would you like to answer the question?”“
Last Updated : 2026-07-24
