Prologue 

The blaring lights of a truck rushing towards blinded her widened chocolate brown eyes. She gasped, looking straight past her boyfriend – Mark Tuan – in utter panic and despair at the truck rushing right towards. There was no way of avoiding death in such a situation. Death right now was inevitable.

Mark.

 A new wave of emotions suddenly rushed through her veins as she finally shifted her frantic eyes towards him. She felt fear and anxiety eating away her insides. Sweat began to produce on her forehead and palms. Her chest was tightening to the point where she could barely breathe properly. A lump was forming in , making it impossible to utter anything. The tears she kept holding in slowly began to fall down her pale cheeks, and with Mark reaching out to console her during their last moments, they only came down harder.

She looked up as he whispered her name. “Ara, we’re going to be okay because we’re together, okay?” He assured, interlacing their fingers together. He brought their intertwined hands towards his lips to kiss her knuckles softly. Another wave of sobs began to take over. But she bit her lower lip as she covered with a tightened fist, and nodded as though she believed in such a ridiculous promise.

Liar.

He smiled, his eyes brightening and his whole two rows of pearly whites showcasing themselves perfectly. She tried to smile back. She didn’t want his last memory to be tragic and sorrowful. She wanted his last memory to be sweet, loving and memorable. But only a fake smile for now could suffice. Anything else was not possible due to the given circumstances.

“Thank you for loving me, Choi Ara. I love you.”

Then everything suddenly turned into an inky color of pitch black nothingness.

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Come back. Even as a shadow,
even as a dream.

previous poster creds to the lovely frosette @ petite cafe. current poster creds to lizryan at poster paradise