Love Was Never the Plan.

CHAPTER THREE

Chapter Three: The Perfect Beginning

After that day, everything between Kelvin and me changed.

What started as friendship slowly became something deeper.

Something real.

We were no longer just two people who enjoyed talking.

We were together.

We were dating.

And for the first time in my life, I understood why people described love as something beautiful.

Because with Kelvin, everything felt easy.

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Our relationship started in the most natural way.

There were no forced moments.

No pretending.

We already knew each other before we became a couple.

We knew each other's personalities, our dreams, our fears, and the little things that made us happy.

Maybe that was what made it feel so special.

Kelvin wasn’t just someone I liked.

He was someone I considered my best friend.

The person I could talk to about anything.

The person I wanted to share my good news with.

The person I wanted to tell about my bad days.

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We started going on dates.

Simple dates that meant everything to me.

Walking around together.

Spending time talking about random things.

Laughing over jokes only the two of us understood.

Those moments didn’t seem big to other people, but to me, they were special.

I was experiencing things I had never experienced before.

My first relationship.

My first real feelings.

My first time allowing someone to become such an important part of my life.

And Kelvin made it feel like I had made the right choice.

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We started meeting each other’s friends.

I became familiar with the people in his world, and he became familiar with the people in mine.

Watching him interact with my friends made me happy.

Seeing him fit into my life felt natural.

There was no struggle.

No feeling that I had to force anything.

It felt like he belonged there.

Like somehow, after all my years of believing love was not for me, I had finally found the person who changed my mind.

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Everyone around me could see how happy I was.

My friends noticed the difference.

The once serious Lyn who only cared about books and her future was suddenly smiling more.

I was happier.

I was more open.

I was allowing myself to enjoy the moment instead of always worrying about what could go wrong.

For once, I stopped protecting my heart.

I trusted someone.

I trusted Kelvin.

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Looking back now, I realize that the beginning of our relationship was beautiful.

It was the kind of beginning people dream about.

The kind of love story that makes you believe you have found your person.

Everything seemed perfect.

The way he looked at me.

The way we talked.

The way we understood each other.

The way he made me feel special.

I thought I had found something rare.

Something worth holding onto.

But sometimes, the happiest moments are the ones that make you forget that life can change.

Sometimes, when everything feels perfect, you stop looking for the things hidden beneath the surface.

And I didn’t know it then…

But there were things about Kelvin’s past that I had not fully understood.

Things that would test everything we had built.

Because I thought I was living the beginning of my forever.

I didn’t know I was also walking toward my first heartbreak.

Or the lessons that would come with it.

But perfect moments do not always last forever.

At least, that was something I learned later.

At the beginning, I was too happy to notice the small things.

I was so focused on the beautiful parts of loving Kelvin that I ignored the things that quietly made me uncomfortable.

I knew Kelvin had a life before me.

I knew he had friends.

I knew he had dated before.

And I tried my best to accept that.

After all, everyone has a past.

But sometimes, the past does not stay where it belongs.

Sometimes, it finds a way to enter the present.

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One thing I started noticing was how many female friends Kelvin had.

At first, I didn’t want to make it a problem.

I didn’t want to be the girlfriend who controlled who he talked to or questioned every person around him.

I wanted to trust him.

I wanted to be mature.

So I told myself that I was just adjusting.

Kelvin was naturally friendly.

People liked being around him.

That was part of who he was.

But slowly, I started noticing things that made me uncomfortable.

Some of his female friends were very close to him.

They visited him without even informing him before coming.

They acted like they had always been part of his life.

And maybe they had.

But as someone who was experiencing love for the first time, it was difficult not to wonder where I belonged.

I was learning how to share someone’s attention.

And sometimes, it was harder than I expected.

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Then came the day I never imagined.

His ex came to my hostel.

I still remember the shock I felt when I saw her.

I wasn’t prepared for that moment.

I wasn’t prepared to have someone from Kelvin’s past standing in front of me, telling me to leave him alone.

I felt confused.

I felt hurt.

Because in my mind, I was not trying to take anything from anyone.

I was simply loving someone I believed loved me too.

But suddenly, I found myself questioning everything.

What was their story?

What had happened between them?

Why did she feel the need to come to me?

And most importantly…

Why was Kelvin not there to explain?

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I thought that after everything, Kelvin and I would talk.

I thought he would call me.

I thought he would reassure me.

I thought he would tell me that everything was okay.

But instead, something happened that hurt me more than any argument could have.

Kelvin disappeared.

No message.

No call.

No explanation.

Just silence.

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At first, I tried to make excuses for him.

Maybe he was busy.

Maybe something happened.

Maybe he needed time.

But as the days passed, the silence became heavier.

I reached out.

I called.

I sent messages.

I waited.

But nothing changed.

The person who once made sure we spoke every single day suddenly became unreachable.

It felt impossible to understand.

How could someone who had become such a huge part of my life suddenly act like I didn’t exist?

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Two months passed.

Two months of unanswered questions.

Two months of hoping my phone would light up with his name.

Two months of trying to pretend I was okay when I wasn’t.

And the timing could not have been worse.

It happened in the middle of my first semester exams.

The same exams I had worked so hard for.

The same exams I was supposed to focus on.

But my mind was somewhere else.

I would open my books and read the same pages over and over without understanding anything.

Food lost its taste.

Sleep became difficult.

I felt like I was standing in the middle of an endless ocean, surrounded by water, but with no direction to follow.

I didn’t know whether to swim forward or turn back.

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The girl who always had answers suddenly had none.

The girl who could say no to anyone suddenly felt powerless.

I had given someone access to a part of me I had protected for so long.

And now, I was left wondering if I had made the biggest mistake of my life.

Because loving Kelvin was the easiest thing I had ever done.

But losing him, even temporarily, felt like something I would never survive.

And I still didn’t know…

Whether this was the end of our story.

Or just the beginning of the hardest part.