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    Before she left, she told the boy that she woulde back and save everyone.


    About a few hourster, everyone was rescued sessfully.


    No one knew how Serena did it.


    "Kidnapped? Are you..." Serena''s eyes widened in disbelief. She hadn''t seen the boy''s face clearly due to the dim light and the dirt on it. "Yes, I am the little boy who untied the rope for you. I remembered you at that time. I didn''t expect that we would study in the same ss." "Why have you never brought this up?" She asked.


    "Because I don''t want you to think that I am a coward." He smiled sheepishly.


    "So you''re good to me because I saved you?"


    Kieran nodded. "Partly. You saved me and I wanted to pay you back."


    "I knew your family is rich but I still brought you the good things I got. I wanted to treat you well."


    "Gradually, I found that you were very special. You were different. You didn''t y with other girls."


    "You looked at them like you were an adult. So my gratitude turned into curiosity."


    "You were always gloomy. I wanted you to be happy."


    "That was why you kept doing all those tricks to make meugh?" Serena asked.


    "Yes. I thought something really bad had happened to you. But then I found you were born this way. You onlyugh when you are with him." Kieran smiled bitterly.


    "He called you his fiance and was very close to you. Perhaps because of him, I wanted more than just to protect you," he continued.


    "I knew all your likes and dislikes and I just grew like you. I be a shadow of you."


    "Later I realized my affection for you wasn''t that for a friend. I couldn''t think straight when you looked at me."


    "I was so sad when you were with him. I felt like I was ill."


    "I wasn''t the hard-working type but I studied very hard because you were so excellent."


    "I looked forward to see you in the middle school but it turned out that you were in another school."


    "I tried to get used to living without you, but you came back soon."


    "We once again became deskmates."


    "I can''t tell you how happy I was. I started to know what I want at that time."


    "But you started to see your heart too and your choice was Avery."


    "I couldn''t do anything about it but staying by your side and protecting you when Avery couldn''t."


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    "And I knew that would be the end of us given your aloofness."


    "So I studied non-stoppingly so that I could skip grades with you."


    "You never confided in me but I knew you missed Avery very much."


    "And you were preparing for grade skipping again. This time your aim was his college."


    "I wanted to give up. I saw no hope. You were in crazy love with him."


    "But trying to let you go was much harder than I thought. I felt suffocated."


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    "But I was mistaken. He just loved you as you loved him."


    "Youughed so happily in the snow on Christmas Eve, holding his hand."


    "I once again thought of giving up on you that night."


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    Kieran finally said all that he wanted to say. He knew the answer was harrowing but he asked it anyway.


    Serena was numb with shock. His love was so heavy.


    Her head was spinning with memories and an inexplicable feeling welled up in her heart.


    Fireworks exploded in the sky above them, tinging their face with motley colors.


    Serena recognized some letters in the firework, which spelled "I LOVE YOU".