*Ami* I have never been this scared in my entire life, not even during the earthquake. My heart pounds violently in my chest, my breath coming in shallow, ragged gasps. The thought of anything happening to him, of him doing something reckless, twists my insides with cold dread. Frantically, I scan the landscape around the lake, my eyes darting across every shadow, every movement. And then, there he is. Relief floods through me like a wave, but it's mixed with a lingering fear. He lies in the grass at the brink of the lake, so still that for a terrifying moment, I think he might have fallen. I take a shaky step closer, my pulse still racing. But as I approach, I notice the calmness in his posture. His hands are behind his neck, his gaze fixed on the sky above. It's as if he's in another

