The Pen That Changed My Life - Chapter 43 – My Answer

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For the next few days, I couldn't stop thinking about Narin's letter.

I carried it with me everywhere.

Sometimes I read it after finishing my homework.

Sometimes I simply held it in my hands without opening it.

His words never felt forced.

They felt... honest.

And that was what made them so difficult to ignore.

At school, nothing changed.

Narin never pressured me for an answer.

He still greeted me every morning.

He still smiled when he saw me.

He still talked about homework, football, and ordinary things.

It was as if he had decided that my answer would come only when I was ready.

Somehow...

That made me respect him even more.

One afternoon, after classes ended, I stopped him before he left the classroom.

"Narin."

He turned around.

"Yeah?"

"Can we go to the rooftop?"

For a moment, he looked surprised.

Then he nodded.

"Of course."

The afternoon sky was painted with soft shades of orange.

A gentle breeze blew across the rooftop.

We stood in the same place where he had confessed a few days earlier.

Neither of us spoke.

Finally, I took a slow breath.

"I've been thinking."

Narin quietly waited.

"I've never been in love before."

He nodded.

"I know."

"So... I didn't understand what I was feeling."

I looked at the school grounds below.

"When you gave me your letter..."

"I kept asking myself whether I liked you."

I smiled faintly.

"But I realized..."

"I was asking the wrong question."

He looked at me.

"The right question was..."

"...how would I feel if you weren't beside me anymore?"

His eyes widened slightly.

I looked back at him.

"And I didn't like that feeling at all."

A smile slowly appeared on his face.

"So..."

I continued.

"I don't know everything about love."

"But..."

"...I'd like to learn."

"...with you."

For a second...

Narin simply stared at me.

As if he wasn't sure he'd heard me correctly.

"Phawin..."

"Is that...?"

I nodded gently.

"Yes."

"I like you too."

Before either of us could say another word, Narin laughed.

Not loudly.

Not because something was funny.

It was the laugh of someone whose heart had finally become light.

"I thought you'd say no."

"I almost did."

His smile disappeared for a second.

"...What?"

I laughed softly.

"I'm joking."

He placed a hand over his chest.

"Don't scare me like that."

"It's only fair."

"For making me wait so long?"

I nodded.

He laughed again.

"I deserved that."

The sun slowly disappeared behind the mountains.

We stood together, smiling without saying much.

Nothing around us had changed.

The same rooftop.

The same evening breeze.

The same school.

Yet everything felt different.

Because from that day onward...

We were no longer just two friends walking the same path.

For the first time...

We were walking it together as something more.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡktI4AfyJu4

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