Neither of them knew the other took any interest.

Secretive glances from afar were all they could manage.

They didn't know the other's name; they were too scared to ask.

Coincidences seemed to push them together, but both resisted the pull of the world.

Both denied everything they felt.

If they acknowledged the butterflies in their stomachs or their quickening heartbeats whenever the other was near, they would turn into something society detested.

And both could not afford that.

One's reputation was far too important, the other's reputation could get undoubtedly lower than before with that revelation.

Everything changed on one fated day when, in a quest to marvel in the other's good looks, they made eye contact. Ice blue eyes locked with forest green eyes, and both could not force themselves to look away.

Two different people, two different lives, were driven together by unknown forces since day one. They just didn't know it until now.

Either one didn't know what was happening, but they shared the same thought at that exact moment:

"I hope this never ends…"