Forced Love: You the Only

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nto my pocket, pulled out my me

he discom

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od out-not my grades, not my talents, not my existence. I

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never even noticed me before-praised me in class. A little gi

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, I wondered if luck

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The world tilted. T

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soft. A strange, warm light-orange and golden-filtered throug

like that, I wa

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low of the setting sun. A sea of familiar faces surrounded me-

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im exuding quiet strength in

ring. Then, with a small smile, he opene

ur secre

to leave school, time for a k

w, without a doubt, that this wasn

him. He

any other choice

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tears spil

e that, we w

rned to the house,

the door, red embers gl

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ng past him, pretending I hadn't se

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passed each o

was low, hoarse.

on. "I remember you," he repeated, his eyes locking o