✤ Sera ✤
By the time I finally left my study group, the sky was ink-black, and the campus lights had already dimmed into their late-night hum. My mind should have been full of theories and notes and deadlines, but instead it was full of him. Every time my phone buzzed with a new notification, which was never him, a small ache pulled at my chest. I hated that feeling. The wanting. The waiting. The restless need that wouldn’t go away. I didn’t tell Lina where I was going when I dropped her off at the apartment. She didn’t question it, thankfully. She was too tired to bother and too focused on food and a shower to notice the way my hands shook a little on the steering wheel. The moment she closed the door behind her, I drove off. I shouldn’t have. I knew that. But wanting him felt stronger t
