Crushes were strange emotions. At their core, they were a curiosity born from missing details—from not knowing enough about someone.
Severine had noticed that people often fell for those they barely understood.
A glance from afar, a brief conversation, a handful of gestures. Slowly, each gesture became a fragment used to construct an illusion.
And little by little, fantasy filled in the rest.
She had seen many people having crushes on each other before starting their relationship, only to break up soon after.
The reason was simple. The person they met was nothing like the one they had imagined them to be.
Instead, it was someone filled with flaws they couldn't bear.
The disappointment was inevitable. No one could live up to a perfect illusion after all.
Ultimately, it was all just a matter of one's dream for their ideal partner.
Severine's situation was the opposite.
