Ji-hun looked at Nitya's relaxed face, as if filling his eyes with the sight of her, like a lonely traveller stocking up on essentials before he set out on a long journey across the desert. He caressed her cheeks once more, taking his time to memorize each crevice, each line on her face. He knew it was time to leave, but he was not willing to do so, and he would never be willing to let her go.
'How and why had his preferences and priorities changed so drastically?! How had everything changed with the stroke of time- she hadn't even been in his life for so long, and yet, it felt like he didn't know himself at all, anymore.
Before this- all this, if the same condition had arisen he would definitely have assured his hyung that he won't be looking back in the direction of that girl, either. But she was not any girl, and no girl could take her place.'
