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PROLOGUE

His eyes fixated on the girl across the street while he was sipping on his daily shot of espresso. He wasn't sure what made him spot her in that distance; nonetheless, he continued to watch her curiously. She's obviously conflicted judging by her demeanor, walking like a human drone awaiting instructions. He wanted to look away and just go straight to his destination, but a part of him wondered what's on her mind.

sσmєσnє tσld mє α lσng tímє αgσ thαt drєαms αrє α dírєct wíndσw íntσ σnє's suвcσnscíσus mínd. íf thαt wαs truє, thєn hσw cαn í lєαrn αnчthíng αвσut mчsєlf whєn í wαkє up wíthσut σnє? whєn í hєαr thє rєcσunts frσm αnч σf mч fríєnds' líps, í cαn't hєlp вut вє єnvíσus, αs í wαtch thєír єчєs єíthєr glímmєr wíth fαscínαtíσn σr wídєnєd wíth fєαr.

ít's nσt thαt í hαvєn't drєαmt αt αll... αs α chíld, mч drєαmlαnd wαs α hσrrífчíng plαcє tσ вє. ít gσt sσ вαd thαt í suffєrєd cσuntlєss níghts σf wαkíng íntσ thє dαrknєss.

trчíng tσ rєcαll thє fєw gσσd σnєs ís nєхt tσ ímpσssíвlє... í mєαn, єvєn sσmє pєσplє fσrgєt thєír drєαms thє mσmєnt thєч wαkє up. lαtєlч thσugh, í'vє вєєn hαvíng thєsє єєríє fєєlíng thαt í...

A forceful bump on her shoulder startled her, it took a moment before she realized she's in front of the pedestrian lane already, huddled within the crowd waiting for the red guy turn green. She turned her head around looking to find an isolated spot but stopped midway. She decided to go with the crowd's flow, just so she can return back to her thoughts.

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           whєrє wαs í? .
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                                                  єєríє.

ríght. í'vє вєєn hαvíng thís єєríє fєєlíng σf hαvíng α drєαm, σnlч í dσn't rєmєmвєr hαvíng thєm. thσugh thrσughσut thє dαч, α spєcífíc σвjєct σr єvєnt wσuld tríggєr ít.

ít wσuld αlwαчs sєєm sσ rєαl... líkє ít wαs α dístαnt mєmσ-

BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP*  

A long and intense honking snapped her conciousness back to reality. She could see the car trying to halt yet her flight response rendered her frozen, even though there's only few more steps to safety.

She closed her eyes, anticipating the pain.

But instead of metal, she slammed into something else. Something... familiar. The strong hand that yanked her to safety then wrapped around her body, his saviors' chest is beating so loud it almost drowned the vulgar words uttered by the distressed driver in the distance. After what seemed like forever, she was then released from the tight hold and was promptly screamed at.

❝ ʏᴀʜ! ʏᴏᴜ sʜᴏᴜʟᴅ ʙᴇ ᴄᴀʀᴇғᴜʟ! ❞

A smile formed on her face. Relieved to hear his voice, she wrapped her arms around his shoulders without so much looking at him and said "Thanks Oppa!" before planting her lips on his cheeks.

His face flushed red, replacing the knots that formed on his forehead. When their eyes locked onto each other she saw his face in bewilderment that it made her feel the same, the air of certainty slowly dissipating.

Lightly touching his cheeks where she kissed him, he asks a question that made her jaw drop in disbelief.

❝ ᴡʜᴏ ᴀʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜ?! ❞