Three Months Later
Pearl sat cross-legged on the campus lawn, her laptop beside her, sunlight catching the edge of her glasses. Around her, life moved on — students laughing, professors pacing with papers, the hum of futures being written.
Vansh dropped onto the grass next to her, his own notebook barely used.
"You realize we were supposed to be normal students, right?" he said with a smirk."Midterms, parties, late-night pizza. Not… conspiracies, secret organizations, and attempted murder."
Pearl chuckled, but her smile faded into something softer."Sometimes I wonder who I would've been if none of it happened. If I never lost my memory. If Mayra hadn't turned on us."
Vansh leaned back on his elbows, eyes on the sky."Maybe we'd be different. Maybe we wouldn't have met the way we did. But I think… I still would've found you."
Pearl turned to look at him."Even if we were strangers?"
"Especially then," he said quietly. "Some people are just meant to find each other—no matter how many times the world tries to pull them apart."
She didn't answer for a moment. Then she whispered,"We still don't know where Mayra is."
Vansh nodded."And we might never know. But we do know who we are now."
Pearl looked down at her graduation checklist, the university seal on top.
"So we graduate," she said. "We heal. We live."
He took her hand."Together?"
"Always."
I love you wandering soul!
I love you till scientist find the end of universe my drama queen
hahaha it means forever
yes love
And as the wind moved through the trees, she let herself breathe — deeply, fully — for the first time in what felt like years.
Because surviving was just the beginning.Now, they would learn how to live