As the cold breeze roaming around the atmosphere hit my face, I looked up to see the conditions in the sky. My eyes caught up on the constellations that carried a lot of good memories of mine.

Highland is one of the best universities in our country. I got the opportunity to be part of it, even though I totally wrecked my interview. The first day, as I entered the gate, a girl came to me, saying, "Hi, are you a new student?" My name is Miku, and I am in the management faculty. Hello, I'm Daisy. I think we are on the same faculty. As she came a few hours ahead of me, she offered to introduce me to the surroundings. Later, we came to find out we got accepted into the same hostel; not only that, we were even roommates. To sum up, she became my first friend in Highland. On the first day, we got time to settle ourselves in the new environment.

The next morning, the sound of a clock woke me up; it was 5 in the morning. I came out of bed and got freshened up and dressed up. After that, we got our breakfast at around 6:30 a.m. Returning to the hostel, Miku and I prepared ourselves for the classes. After that day, for around three months, the same daily routine began to continue. When the third month was about to end, there were rumors about the merger of our university with a new one that started to circulate. Unaware of what was coming in my direction, I began to get excited.

Finally, the day came when both universities got merged and a new name was given: Highland. Due to a merger, many students were added to our faculty. In our class, 20 new faces were also visible. At the beginning of the class after the merger, I heard a girl shout, "Do any of you know in which class Eric was accepted?" Like a moth that gets attracted to a light, I also found myself getting attracted to that specific name.

It took around a week for everyone to settle down completely. After that, 3 months were left until the end of our first semester, so everyone focused on studying. There were many papers we needed to work on, and the presentation needed to be delivered. There were so many assignments that we only had a few hours to focus on ourselves. The time went by so fast that, in a blink of an eye, it was already our exam week. After completing our exam, we were upgraded to the new semester. New semester, new beginning classroom, and students were shuffled. Miku and I got accepted into different.

One day during late winter, when I was coming out of the classroom, I heard a person saying, "Eric, wait a minute, I'm coming with you." As I went outside, I saw a boy standing in the corridor who had a light brown complexion, curly black hair, and a spectacle. He looked like a nerd if it weren't for the way he was standing and for his get-up. It's for sure that everyone who saw him for the first time would believe he was a nerd. The book in his hand, a little smile on his face, and the way the wind was blowing his curly black hair made him look so attractive. I was so focused on noticing him that I didn't even realize my friend was asking me to move from the door. Although I saw him for a short period of time, I was sure that he was...

The new day was a new beginning, but it felt like my time was stuck at that moment only. I acted as if it didn't matter, but inside, I was dying to find out more about him. I started to search for him in the mass. Whenever there were programs in the hall, my eye would always scan for him. And every time, my expectations of searching for and finding him were flowing like a river, as I wasn't able to capture a glimpse either.

It would have been easier to find him if I had told my close friends to find him. As I'm an introverted girl, my friend circle wasn't that big. I only have a few friends with whom I used to talk. At the same time frame, I wasn't ready to talk about him with my friends because I started to doubt my positive instincts towards him. Not only that, but also due to weeks moving forward like a bullet train since I last saw him. My friends and I were focusing on doing the same activities, like reading, researching, and working on the assignments, so we decided to play basketball to entertain ourselves from boring schedules. The funniest part of deciding to play basketball was that none of us knew how to play it properly.

One fine winter afternoon after class, we went to the basketball court and started to warm up just to throw a ball in the air and try to catch it as if we were playing catch and throw. It was a well-known fact that boys would love to participate in sports during their free time. Although we were there for fun, my mind and heart were hoping to see him. Throughout the time we were playing, not a single second passed by without me exploring the area and searching for him. At the end of the day, it was me and my heart left with the stupidity of hoping.

Another normal day.

As usual, I was passing through the corridor when I heard a voice, Daisy. Wait a minute; I have something to tell you. As I turned over to see it, it was Lucy, one of my closest friends. She ran towards me and said, "Thank God I met you here. If you are free, can you help me move a few of the instruments to the music room?" I decided to help her, as it has been quite a while since I went to the music hall. When I was in high school, I used to play the reed organ. I met Lucy in the music hall as well while taking a tour of the university. The first sight I saw as I entered the hall was a boy standing on the stage with a bass guitar in his hand. I realized why I didn't see him in the field.

We placed the instruments in their places and decided to get a coffee, as it has been quite a while since Lucy and I caught up.

As I was about to emerge from the hall, I heard a voice that said, "Daisy, I have something to tell you...

There are millions of stars in the sky, but the one that gets caught in people's eyes will always be the brighter one. As I heard the voice, I began to get nervous. My nervousness was all because the only person I knew in the hall was Lucy. At that time, I felt I'm not a star, not the brighter one as well. So, who is this person who knows me? Moreover, I wasn't familiar with that voice. As I turned around to face the person, I saw an unfamiliar figure.

The first question that I came to ask after seeing him was, "Do you know me?"

He replied not yet but will soon.

Again, I asked, "How did you know my name?"

His reply was what! Eric told me.

As I heard the name Eric from him, it felt like I was at the top of Mt. Everest. But I knew I shouldn't act as if I knew who Eric was because we hadn't met each other face-to-face or talked. I knew his name because I saw his friend calling him. So I decided to act like a girl who was unaware of the person who knew my name.

I asked him, "Who are you, and who is Eric?"

He replied, "I'm James."

Before he could say anything, Lucy came searching for me. The moment Lucy saw the boy, she was like, "What's up, James?" I looked at her and asked, "Do you know him?" She whispered in my ear that he was the boy she was interested in. I was shocked and surprised at the same time, thinking she could easily strike up a conversation with the person she was interested in. She offered him that if he was free, he could talk with us in the café, as we had planned to catch up there. His reply to her offer was, "Can you wait a minute?" I will call Eric as well; he was almost done with his stuff. What in the world has happened today? Is it destiny or a bundle of coincidence? Everything is happening so fast that I don't even have time to find out whether I like him or not.

When I was in school, I got interested in reading quotes, and there was one quote that I encountered that changed my perception towards flowers, which says, "If you like a flower, you pluck it up, but if you love a flower, you care for it." Since the day I found this quote, I stopped picking the flowers just because they were beautiful. Now I'm in a dilemma about whether to go to the café with them or not. If I went there, I would get to know more about him. If not, I don't know when I would get into such a situation. But I truly didn't want to move forward before finding out whether I loved him or liked him.

My facial expressions were telling me I was looking confused, which was noticed by Lucy. So she asked if something was troubling you, Daisy. Before I could reply to her or come to the decision of my conflicting thoughts, Eric and James arrived around us, and I found ourselves heading towards the café.