Oak was sixteen when everything quietly began to change.
He came from a family that held education in the highest regard. His father, a dedicated government officer, and his mother was ateacher.His elder sister was their pride—clever, responsible, and now working at the government immigration office. At every family gathering, she was the shining example.
But Oak… was different.
He struggled in school, not because he didn't try, but because books never spoke to him the way they seemed to speak to others. His grades were poor, his focus worse. Concerned and frustrated, his parents finally made a decision: hia mother would send him to her friend's private tuition class, hoping it would bring him back on track.
It was in November when Oak first started attending the class. The air was cooler, and the school year was nearing its end—but something was just beginning for him.
The first day of tuition felt like punishment. The room was full of the sound of studying and smell of marker ink. Students sat in neat rows, murmuring to each other or focused on their notebooks. Oak walked in, indifferent—until his eyes landed on someone.
Second row. Left corner.
A girl with long, dark hair falling gently over her shoulders, eyes catch in her book. She didn't look up. She didn't notice him. But for Oak, the world stopped.
He didn't know her name.
He didn't know her story.
But something inside him whispered, this moment matters.
Love at first sight?
Maybe.
All he knew was that he couldn't stop looking. And from that day on, tuition wasn't just about school anymore—it became the place where his heart quietly waited, hoping to be seen.
And she… she didn't even know he existed.