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00:00I can see how many times I'll still meet someone.
00:03Most people have a one over their heads.
00:06But Caleb Hart, who grew up with me, has 3-1-14-41 over his head.
00:10So I uniterrably declared him my soulmate.
00:13I bossed him around, guarded him, made him memorize that outdated gentleman's code,
00:18and didn't let anyone get close to him.
00:20Caleb found me annoying and tried more than once to set me up with a boyfriend.
00:22Stop making up that I can see the number crap, Syrah.
00:25That kind of magic can't exist.
00:27A little spark danced on his fingertip, his fire magic showing through.
00:32It always happened when he got worked up.
00:33My friend Julian's not bad looking either.
00:36Why don't you try talking to someone else?
00:38He pulled out his phone and flipped through pictures.
00:40A photo of him and Tessa Blake flashed by.
00:43His finger swiped past it fast, then stopped on a picture of his roommate.
00:46He's just a little quiet, but he's a good guy.
00:48You're stuck to me all day.
00:49I stared at the long number over the guy's head in the photo,
00:52and agreed for the first time.
00:54Then give me his contact info.
00:58Caleb's face went pale instantly,
01:00and the number over his head was down to nine.
01:06The second I handed him my phone, Caleb killed the screen.
01:10I looked up at him.
01:11My phone's dead. We'll do it another day.
01:13His face was a little pale.
01:15The number over his head kept counting backward in my eyes.
01:17Finally, it stopped at a nine.
01:19My heart got slammed hard, but I didn't tell him.
01:22Seeing me staring, Caleb's face finally eased a little.
01:24He curled his lips and grabbed an ambella from the side.
01:28Come on, let's go home.
01:31It's Friday. It was drizzling outside.
01:34Rain hit the ground and splashed into ripples.
01:36That photo in your phone, it's with Tessa, right?
01:41After two seconds, Caleb sighed.
01:43Took it at the last event.
01:44Forgot to delete it.
01:45We're not even together.
01:47You're always all up in my business.
01:50I didn't say anything.
01:51A sour ache rose in my chest.
01:53But when I looked up and saw the nine over his head,
01:56it faded a little.
01:58I was just asking.
02:00It was just the first time I felt that the walk from the Academy's main building to the gate was
02:04this long.
02:05That's why I brought it up, just to fill the silence.
02:11After all, I knew now, Caleb and I were never going to happen.
02:14Of course, I had no right to boss him around.
02:16But when Caleb heard that, his face got even darker.
02:19You know whether you were just asking.
02:21Since we were kids, I haven't even had one friend of the opposite sex.
02:24He used to be fine with it.
02:26He only started pushing back recently.
02:29Then go make more friends.
02:30I won't bother you anymore.
02:31My voice wasn't loud.
02:33But Caleb's breathing suddenly got heavy.
02:36The hand gripping the umbrella handle bulged with veins.
02:40He was about to say something else when his phone rang.
02:43Tessa Blake kept flashing on the screen.
02:45Caleb didn't answer.
02:46He just held the phone stiffly, staring at me.
02:48If this were before, I'd frown and throw a fit.
02:51I'd make him recite the gentleman's code before I calmed down,
02:54then snatch his phone and hang up.
02:55But now, I just watched for a few seconds and looked away.
02:58The call ended on its own.
03:00Caleb, did you bring an umbrella?
03:02I didn't.
03:02If you can, could you come get me?
03:05So you're really done with me?
03:07Then I'm really going?
03:10I nodded and pulled my own umbrella out of my backpack.
03:12Only when Caleb's back disappeared into the rain.
03:15He left too fast.
03:16Sparks flew off the umbrella edge,
03:18flashed in the rain, and died.
03:19Did I slowly lower my eyes?
03:24For the past 19 years, I thought those numbers never changed.
03:28For as long as I could remember,
03:30I could see the numbers over people's heads.
03:32When I was little, I didn't get what they meant.
03:34Later, I realized what I saw was how many times I'd still meet each person in this life.
03:39Dad could stay with me until he was 88,
03:41Mum until she was 89,
03:42and Caleb, the hot boy next door,
03:45could stay with me until I was old
03:46because the number over his head was so, so long.
03:50Longer than everyone else is put together.
03:53Caleb, what does being together for 3,441 days mean?
03:56He scratched his head and ran home to ask his mom.
03:59When he came back, he had a smug little smirk.
04:02It means we'll be together for a really, really long time,
04:05get married, and grow old together.
04:07So I treated Caleb like my destined partner.
04:09I taught him the gentleman's code and bossed him around everywhere.
04:13And Caleb always let me,
04:14but he refused to accept my confession no matter what.
04:18If I actually got with you, I'd have zero freedom.
04:20When I was 18, he poked my head and couldn't stop laughing.
04:25A spark jumped from his fingers and burned my forehead.
04:27He did it on purpose.
04:29Let's talk when I'm 25.
04:31I don't want to date yet.
04:32I waited and waited,
04:33thinking when Caleb turned 25, we'd be together forever.
04:37But in just one year at Silvermoon Magic Academy,
04:40he got more and more impatient with me.
04:47I sighed.
04:48It wasn't that I was super sad.
04:50I just felt a little sorry for myself.
04:52If I'd known the number could change,
04:54I wouldn't have ridden him so hard.
04:55All these years really wore me out.
04:57The sky was gloomy.
04:59The rain wasn't heavy, but it was muggy.
05:01I hate this kind of rainy weather.
05:02I picked up the pace.
05:04Then I saw a guy not far away.
05:07He wore a black jacket, tall and lean.
05:10Just from the back, you could tell he was good looking.
05:12But what caught me was the number over his head.
05:1526-2-90.
05:17The long number that was jumping over Caleb's head yesterday
05:19was now faintly blowing over this guy's head.
05:22I couldn't help walking towards him,
05:24and my heart beat faster and faster.
05:26When I got close, I opened my mouth
05:27and suddenly had no idea what to say.
05:29Hey, hot stuff, are you my future boyfriend?
05:32Hi, classmate.
05:33Do I look like your future soulmate?
05:35Classmate, if I said we end up together,
05:37would you believe me?
05:38Every single one sounded like something a loontic would say
05:41after escaping the psych word.
05:42While I was mentally kicking myself,
05:44I stared at the number over his head
05:46like a creepy stalker and followed him,
05:48until the guy stopped and slowly turned around.
05:52My eyes widened a little.
05:54Rain hammered the umbrella, crackling.
05:56This is my soulmate.
06:01Wait.
06:02This guy?
06:03He's the one in the photo Caleb showed me.
06:06He's even hotter in person.
06:08His skin is really pale.
06:09His lips light pink.
06:11Under sharp brows,
06:12a pair of silver-gray eyes were quietly looking at me.
06:14Not just his face.
06:16Even his fingers on the umbrella handle
06:17looked long and elegant like art.
06:19My face burned hotter and harder.
06:20I stammered and couldn't speak.
06:22Something you need?
06:23His voice was nice, too.
06:25His eyes calm like still water.
06:26Hi.
06:27I wanted to ask,
06:28are you scared going home alone?
06:30The second it left my mouth,
06:31I saw black.
06:32What the hell am I saying?
06:34The corner of his toe seemed to twitch,
06:35but he didn't answer.
06:37I mean,
06:37maybe our homes are in the same direction.
06:39Want to walk together?
06:40My voice got smaller and smaller.
06:42I was so embarrassed I could barely keep going.
06:44My heart kept pounding,
06:46nervous and shy.
06:47Okay.
06:48His pleasant voice came from beside me.
06:50I let out a long breath,
06:51and I was a little surprised he said yes.
06:53The whole way,
06:54I tried hard to make conversation.
06:57Julian Ashford's personality
06:58was exactly like Caleb said,
07:00reserved,
07:00not talkative.
07:01But I noticed one detail.
07:05Every time I was about to step in a puddle,
07:07he'd gently pull me so I just missed it.
07:09Every single time,
07:10exactly one second early.
07:12That's not a coincidence.
07:14I remembered the rumors at the academy
07:16about time magic,
07:17that super rare ability
07:18to make your perception of time
07:19speed up or slow down.
07:21If Julian really had that magic,
07:23then maybe he saw a few extra seconds
07:25ahead of everyone else.
07:29I can see how many times
07:30I'll still meet someone.
07:32Most people have a one over their heads.
07:34But Caleb Hart,
07:36who grew up with me,
07:37has 3-1-14-41 over his head,
07:39so I unitaribly declared him my soulmate.
07:42I bossed him around,
07:44guarded him,
07:45made him memorize that outdated gentleman's code,
07:47and didn't let anyone get close to him.
07:49Caleb found me annoying
07:49and tried more than once
07:50to set me up with a boyfriend.
08:19Stop making up that I can see the number crap,
08:21and agreed for the first time.
08:23Then give me his contact info.
08:26Caleb's face went pale instantly,
08:29and the number over his head
08:30was down to 9.
08:35The second I handed him my phone,
08:36Caleb killed the screen.
08:39I looked up at him.
08:40My phone's dead.
08:41We'll do it another day.
08:42His face was a little pale.
08:43The number over his head
08:44kept counting backward in my eyes.
08:46Finally,
08:46it stopped at a 9.
08:48My heart got slammed hard,
08:49but I didn't tell him.
08:51Seeing me staring,
08:52Caleb's face finally eased a little.
08:54He curled his lips
08:55and grabbed an umbrella from the side.
08:57Come on, let's go home.
09:00It's Friday.
09:01It was drizzling outside.
09:02Rain hit the ground
09:03and splashed into ripples.
09:05That photo in your phone,
09:06it's with Tessa, right?
09:09After two seconds,
09:11Caleb sighed.
09:12Took it at the last event.
09:13Forgot to delete it.
09:14We're not even together.
09:16You're always all up in my business.
09:18I didn't say anything.
09:20A sour ache rose in my chest,
09:22but when I looked up
09:23and saw the 9 over his head,
09:25it faded a little.
09:27I was just asking,
09:28It was just the first time
09:30I felt that the walk
09:31from the Academy's main building
09:32to the gate was this long.
09:34That's why I brought it up,
09:35just to fill the silence.
09:39After all, I knew now,
09:41Caleb and I were never going to happen.
09:43Of course,
09:43I had no right to boss him around.
09:45But when Caleb heard that,
09:47his face got even darker.
09:48You know,
09:48whether you were just asking.
09:49Since we were kids,
09:50I haven't even had one friend
09:51of the opposite sex.
09:52He used to be fine with it.
09:55He only started pushing back recently.
09:57Then go make more friends.
09:59I won't bother you anymore.
10:00My voice wasn't loud.
10:02But Caleb's breathing
10:03suddenly got heavy.
10:04The hand gripping the umbrella handle
10:06bulged with veins.
10:09He was about to say something else
10:10when his phone rang.
10:12Tessa Blake kept flashing on the screen.
10:14Caleb didn't answer.
10:15He just held the phone stiffly,
10:16staring at me.
10:17If this were before,
10:18I'd frown and throw a fit.
10:20I'd make him recite
10:21the gentleman's code
10:21before I calm down,
10:22then snatch his phone and hang up.
10:24But now,
10:25I just watched for a few seconds
10:26and looked away.
10:27The call ended on its own.
10:29Caleb,
10:29did you bring an umbrella?
10:30I didn't.
10:31If you can,
10:32could you come get me?
10:33So you're really done with me?
10:36Then I'm really going?
10:38I nodded and pulled my own umbrella
10:40out of my backpack.
10:41Only when Caleb's back
10:42disappeared into the rain,
10:44he left too fast,
10:45sparks flew off the umbrella edge,
10:46flashed in the rain,
10:47and died.
10:48Did I slowly lower my eyes?
10:53For the past 19 years,
10:55I thought those numbers never changed.
10:57For as long as I could remember,
10:58I could see the numbers
10:59over people's heads.
11:01When I was little,
11:01I didn't get what they meant.
11:03Later,
11:03I realized what I saw
11:04was how many times
11:05I'd still meet each person
11:06in this life.
11:07Dad could stay with me
11:08until he was 88,
11:10Mom until she was 89,
11:11and Caleb,
11:12the hot boy next door,
11:13could stay with me
11:14till I was old
11:15because the number
11:16over his head
11:17was so,
11:18so long,
11:19longer than everyone else's
11:20put together.
11:21Caleb,
11:22what does being together
11:23for 3,441 days mean?
11:25He scratched his head
11:26and ran home
11:27to ask his mom.
11:28When he came back,
11:29he had a smug little smirk.
11:31It means we'll be together
11:32for a really,
11:33really long time,
11:33get married,
11:34and grow old together.
11:36So I treated Caleb
11:37like my destined partner.
11:38I taught him
11:39the gentleman's code
11:40and bossed him
11:41around everywhere.
11:42And Caleb always let me,
11:43but he refused to accept
11:44my confession
11:45no matter what.
11:46If I actually got with you,
11:48I'd have zero freedom.
11:49When I was 18,
11:50he poked my head
11:51and couldn't stop laughing.
11:53A spark jumped from his fingers
11:55and burned my forehead.
11:56He did it on purpose.
11:58Let's talk when I'm 25.
11:59I don't want to date yet.
12:00I waited and waited,
12:02thinking when Caleb turned 25,
12:04we'd be together forever.
12:05But in just one year
12:07at Silvermoon Magic Academy,
12:08he got more and more
12:10impatient with me.
12:16I sighed.
12:17It wasn't that I was super sad.
12:19I just felt a little sorry
12:20for myself.
12:21If I'd known the number
12:22could change,
12:22I wouldn't have ridden him
12:23so hard.
12:24All these years
12:25really wore me out.
12:26The sky was gloomy.
12:28The rain wasn't heavy,
12:29but it was muggy.
12:30I hate this kind of rainy weather.
12:31I picked up the pace.
12:33Then I saw a guy
12:34not far away.
12:35He wore a black jacket,
12:37tall and lean.
12:39Just from the back,
12:40you could tell
12:40he was good looking.
12:41But what caught me
12:42was the number over his head.
12:4426-290.
12:45The long number
12:46that was jumping
12:47over Caleb's head yesterday
12:48was now faintly blowing
12:49over this guy's head.
12:51I couldn't help
12:51walking towards him
12:52and my heart beat
12:53faster and faster.
12:54When I got close,
12:55I opened my mouth
12:56and suddenly had no idea
12:57what to say.
12:58Hey, hot stuff,
12:59are you my future boyfriend?
13:01Hi, classmate.
13:02Do I look like
13:03your future soulmate?
13:04Classmate,
13:05if I said we end up together,
13:06would you believe me?
13:07Every single one
13:08sounded like something
13:09a loontick would say
13:09after escaping the psych word.
13:11While I was mentally
13:12kicking myself,
13:13I stared at the number
13:14over his head
13:15like a creepy stalker
13:16and followed him
13:17until the guy stopped
13:18and slowly turned around.
13:21My eyes widened a little.
13:22Rain hammered the umbrella,
13:24crackling.
13:25This is my soulmate.
13:26This is my soulmate.
13:30Wait.
13:31This guy?
13:32He's the one
13:33in the photo Caleb showed me.
13:34He's even hotter in person.
13:37His skin is really pale,
13:38his lips light pink.
13:40Under sharp brows,
13:41a pair of silver-gray eyes
13:42were quietly looking at me.
13:43Not just his face.
13:44Even his fingers
13:45on the umbrella handle
13:46looked long and elegant
13:47like art.
13:48My face burned hotter and harder.
13:49I stammered
13:50and couldn't speak.
13:51Something you need?
13:52His voice was nice, too.
13:53His eyes calm
13:54like still water.
13:55Hi, I wanted to ask,
13:57are you scared
13:58going home alone?
13:58The second it left my mouth,
14:00I saw black.
14:01What the hell am I saying?
14:02The corner of his toe
14:03seemed to twitch,
14:04but he didn't answer.
14:05I mean,
14:06maybe our homes
14:07are in the same direction.
14:08Want to walk together?
14:09My voice got smaller
14:10and smaller.
14:11I was so embarrassed
14:12I could barely keep going.
14:13My heart kept pounding,
14:15nervous and shy.
14:16Okay.
14:17His pleasant voice
14:18came from beside me.
14:19I let out a long breath,
14:20and I was a little surprised
14:21he said yes.
14:22The whole way,
14:23I tried hard
14:24to make conversation.
14:25Julian Ashford's personality
14:27was exactly like Caleb said,
14:28reserved,
14:29not talkative.
14:30But I noticed one detail.
14:34Every time I was about
14:35to step in a puddle,
14:36he'd gently pull me
14:37so I just missed it.
14:38Every single time,
14:39exactly one second early.
14:41That's not a coincidence.
14:43I remembered the rumors
14:44at the academy
14:44about time magic,
14:46that super rare ability
14:47to make your perception
14:48of time speed up
14:48or slow down.
14:50If Julian really had
14:51that magic,
14:52then maybe he saw
14:53a few extra seconds
14:53ahead of everyone else.
14:57I can see how many times
14:59I'll still meet someone.
15:01Most people have a one
15:02over their heads.
15:03But Caleb Hart,
15:04who grew up with me,
15:05has 3-1-14-41
15:07over his head,
15:08so I uniterrably
15:09declared him my soulmate.
15:11I bossed him around,
15:13guarded him,
15:13made him memorize
15:14that outdated gentleman's code,
15:15and didn't let anyone
15:16get close to him.
15:17Caleb found me annoying
15:18and tried more than once
15:19to set me up
15:19with a boyfriend.
15:20Stop making up
15:21that I can see
15:21the number crap,
15:22Syrah.
15:22That kind of magic
15:23can't exist.
15:25A little spark
15:26danced on his fingertip,
15:27his fire magic
15:28showing through.
15:29It always happened
15:30when he got worked up.
15:31My friend Julian's
15:32not bad looking either.
15:33Why don't you try
15:34talking to someone else?
15:35He pulled out his phone
15:36and flipped through pictures.
15:38A photo of him
15:39and Tessa Blake
15:39flashed by.
15:40His finger swiped
15:41past it fast,
15:42then stopped
15:42on a picture
15:43of his roommate.
15:44He's just a little quiet,
15:45but he's a good guy.
15:46You're stuck to me all day.
15:47I stared at the long number
15:48over the guy's head
15:49in the photo
15:49and agreed for the first time.
15:52Then give me
15:53his contact info.
15:55Caleb's face
15:56went pale instantly
15:57and the number
15:58over his head
15:59was down to nine.
16:03The second I handed him
16:05my phone,
16:05Caleb killed the screen.
16:07I looked up at him.
16:09My phone's dead.
16:10We'll do it another day.
16:11His face was a little pale.
16:12The number over his head
16:13kept counting backward
16:14in my eyes.
16:14Finally,
16:15it stopped at a nine.
16:16My heart got slammed hard,
16:18but I didn't tell him.
16:20Seeing me staring,
16:21Caleb's face
16:21finally eased a little.
16:22He curled his lips
16:23and grabbed an ambella
16:24from the side.
16:26Come on,
16:26let's go home.
16:28It's Friday.
16:30It was drizzling outside.
16:31Rain hit the ground
16:32and splashed into ripples.
16:34That photo in your phone,
16:35it's with Tessa, right?
16:38After two seconds,
16:40Caleb sighed.
16:41Took it at the last event,
16:42forgot to delete it.
16:43We're not even together.
16:44You're always all up
16:45in my business.
16:47I didn't say anything.
16:49A sour ache rose in my chest,
16:51but when I looked up
16:52and saw the nine over his head,
16:54it faded a little.
16:56I was just asking.
16:57It was just the first time
16:59I felt that the walk
16:59from the Academy's main building
17:01to the gate was this long.
17:03That's why I brought it up,
17:04just to fill the silence.
17:08After all,
17:09I knew now,
17:10Caleb and I were never
17:10going to happen.
17:11Of course I had no right
17:12to boss him around.
17:14But when Caleb heard that,
17:16his face got even darker.
17:17You know,
17:17whether you were just asking.
17:18Since we were kids,
17:19I haven't even had one friend
17:20of the opposite sex.
17:21He used to be fine with it.
17:23He only started
17:24pushing back recently.
17:26Then go make more friends.
17:28I won't bother you anymore.
17:29My voice wasn't loud,
17:31but Caleb's breathing
17:32suddenly got heavy.
17:33The hand gripping
17:34the umbrella handle
17:35bulged with veins.
17:38He was about to say
17:39something else
17:39when his phone rang.
17:41Tessa Blake kept
17:41flashing on the screen.
17:43Caleb didn't answer.
17:44He just held the phone
17:45stiffly,
17:45staring at me.
17:46If this were before,
17:47I'd frown and throw a fit.
17:49I'd make him recite
17:49the gentleman's code
17:50before I calm down,
17:51then snatch his phone
17:52and hang up.
17:53But now,
17:54I just watched for a few seconds
17:55and looked away.
17:56The call ended on its own.
17:58Caleb,
17:58did you bring an umbrella?
17:59I didn't.
18:00If you can,
18:00could you come get me?
18:02So you're really done with me?
18:04Then I'm really going?
18:07I nodded and pulled
18:08my own umbrella
18:09out of my backpack.
18:10Only when Caleb's back
18:11disappeared into the rain,
18:12he left too fast,
18:14sparks flew off
18:14the umbrella edge,
18:15flashed in the rain,
18:16and died.
18:17Did I slowly lower my eyes?
18:22For the past 19 years,
18:23I thought those numbers
18:24never changed.
18:26For as long as I could remember,
18:27I could see the numbers
18:28over people's heads.
18:29When I was little,
18:30I didn't get what they meant.
18:32Later,
18:32I realized what I saw
18:33was how many times
18:34I'd still meet each person
18:35in this life.
18:36Dad could stay with me
18:37until he was 88,
18:39Mom until she was 89,
18:40and Caleb,
18:41the hot boy next door,
18:42could stay with me
18:43till I was old
18:44because the number
18:45over his head
18:45was so,
18:46so long.
18:48Longer than everyone else's
18:49put together.
18:50Caleb,
18:51what does being together
18:52for 3,441 days mean?
18:54He scratched his head
18:55and ran home
18:56to ask his mom.
18:57When he came back,
18:58he had a smug little smirk.
18:59It means we'll be together
19:01for a really,
19:01really long time,
19:02get married,
19:03and grow old together.
19:04So I treated Caleb
19:06like my destined partner.
19:07I taught him
19:08the gentleman's code
19:09and bossed him
19:09around everywhere.
19:10And Caleb always let me,
19:12but he refused to accept
19:13my confession
19:14no matter what.
19:15If I actually got with you,
19:16I'd have zero freedom.
19:18When I was 18,
19:19he poked my head
19:20and couldn't stop laughing.
19:22A spark jumped from his fingers
19:24and burned my forehead.
19:25He did it on purpose.
19:27Let's talk when I'm 25.
19:28I don't want a date yet.
19:30I waited and waited,
19:31thinking when Caleb
19:32turned 25,
19:33we'd be together forever.
19:34But in just one year
19:36at Silvermoon Magic Academy,
19:37he got more and more
19:38impatient with me.
19:44I sighed.
19:46It wasn't that I was super sad.
19:47I just felt a little
19:48sorry for myself.
19:50If I'd known the number
19:51could change,
19:51I wouldn't have ridden him
19:52so hard.
19:53All these years
19:54really wore me out.
19:55The sky was gloomy.
19:56The rain wasn't heavy,
19:58but it was muggy.
19:58I hate this kind of
19:59rainy weather.
20:00I picked up the pace.
20:02Then I saw a guy
20:03not far away.
20:04He wore a black jacket,
20:06tall and lean.
20:08Just from the back,
20:09you could tell
20:09he was good looking.
20:10But what caught me
20:11was the number
20:11over his head.
20:1326, 2, 90.
20:14The long number
20:15that was jumping
20:16over Caleb's head yesterday
20:17was now faintly blowing
20:18over this guy's head.
20:19I couldn't help
20:20walking towards him,
20:21and my heart beat
20:22faster and faster.
20:23When I got close,
20:24I opened my mouth
20:25and suddenly had no idea
20:26what to say.
20:27Hey, hot stuff,
20:28are you my future boyfriend?
20:30Hi, classmate.
20:31Do I look like
20:31your future soulmate?
20:33Classmate,
20:33if I said we end up together,
20:35would you believe me?
20:36Every single one
20:37sounded like something
20:37a loontick would say
20:38after escaping the psych word.
20:40While I was mentally
20:41kicking myself,
20:42I stared at the number
20:43over his head
20:44like a creepy stalker
20:45and followed him
20:46until the guy stopped
20:47and slowly turned around.
20:49My eyes widened a little.
20:51Rain hammered the umbrella,
20:53crackling.
20:54This is my soulmate.
20:59Wait.
21:00This guy?
21:01He's the one
21:02in the photo
21:02Caleb showed me.
21:03He's even hotter in person.
21:05His skin is really pale,
21:07his lips light pink.
21:08Under sharp brows,
21:09a pair of silver-gray eyes
21:11were quietly looking at me.
21:12Not just his face.
21:13Even his fingers
21:14on the umbrella handle
21:15looked long and elegant
21:16like art.
21:16My face burned hotter and harder.
21:18I stammered
21:19and couldn't speak.
21:20Something you need?
21:21His voice was nice too,
21:22his eyes calm like still water.
21:24Hi, I wanted to ask,
21:25are you scared
21:26going home alone?
21:27The second it left my mouth,
21:28I saw black.
21:29What the hell am I saying?
21:31The corner of his toe
21:32seemed to twitch,
21:33but he didn't answer.
21:34I mean,
21:35maybe our homes
21:35are in the same direction.
21:37Want to walk together?
21:38My voice got smaller
21:39and smaller.
21:40I was so embarrassed
21:41I could barely keep going.
21:42My heart kept pounding,
21:43nervous and shy.
21:45Okay.
21:45His pleasant voice
21:46came from beside me.
21:48I let out a long breath
21:49and I was a little surprised
21:50he said yes.
21:51The whole way,
21:52I tried hard
21:53to make conversation.
21:54Julian Ashford's personality
21:55was exactly like Caleb said,
21:57reserved,
21:58not talkative.
21:59But I noticed one detail.
22:02Every time I was about
22:03to step in a puddle,
22:04he'd gently pull me
22:05so I just missed it.
22:07Every single time,
22:08exactly one second early.
22:10That's not a coincidence.
22:12I remembered the rumors
22:13at the academy
22:13about time magic,
22:14that super rare ability
22:16to make your perception
22:16of time speed up
22:17or slow down.
22:18If Julian really had
22:20that magic,
22:20then maybe he saw
22:21a few extra seconds
22:22ahead of everyone else.
22:26I can see how many times
22:28I'll still meet someone.
22:30Most people have a one
22:31over their heads.
22:32But Caleb Hart,
22:33who grew up with me,
22:34has 3-1-14-41
22:36over his head,
22:37so I uniterribly
22:38declared him my soulmate.
22:40I bossed him around,
22:41guarded him,
22:42made him memorize
22:43that outdated gentleman's code
22:44and didn't let anyone
22:45get close to him.
22:46Caleb found me annoying
22:47and tried more than once
22:48to set me up
22:48with a boyfriend, Tim.
22:49Stop making up
22:50that I can see
22:50the number crap, Syrah.
22:51That kind of magic
22:52can't exist.
22:54A little spark
22:55danced on his fingertip,
22:56his fire magic
22:57showing through.
22:58It always happened
22:59when he got worked up.
23:00My friend Julian's
23:01not bad looking either.
23:02Why don't you try
23:03talking to someone else?
23:04He pulled out his phone
23:05and flipped through pictures.
23:06A photo of him
23:07and Tessa Blake
23:08flashed by.
23:09His finger swiped
23:10past it fast,
23:11then stopped
23:11on a picture
23:12of his roommate.
23:13He's just a little quiet,
23:14but he's a good guy.
23:15You're stuck to me all day.
23:16I stared at the long number
23:17over the guy's head
23:17in the photo
23:18and agreed for the first time.
23:21Then give me
23:21his contact info.
23:24Caleb's face
23:25went pale instantly,
23:26and the number
23:27over his head
23:28was down to nine.
23:32The second I handed him
23:33my phone,
23:34Caleb killed the screen.
23:36I looked up at him.
23:38My phone's dead.
23:39We'll do it another day.
23:40His face was a little pale.
23:41The number over his head
23:42kept counting backward
23:43in my eyes.
23:43Finally,
23:44it stopped at a nine.
23:45My heart got slammed hard,
23:47but I didn't tell him.
23:48Seeing me staring,
23:49Caleb's face
23:50finally eased a little.
23:51He curled his lips
23:52and grabbed an umbrella
23:53from the side.
23:54Come on,
23:55let's go home.
23:58It's Friday.
23:58It was drizzling outside.
24:00Rain hit the ground
24:01and splashed into ripples.
24:03That photo in your phone,
24:04it's with Tessa, right?
24:07After two seconds,
24:08Caleb sighed.
24:10Took it at the last event.
24:11Forgot to delete it.
24:12We're not even together.
24:13You're always all up
24:14in my business.
24:16I didn't say anything.
24:18A sour ache
24:19rose in my chest,
24:20but when I looked up
24:21and saw the nine
24:22over his head,
24:22it faded a little.
24:24I was just asking.
24:26It was just the first time
24:27I felt that the walk
24:28from the Academy's
24:29main building
24:29to the gate
24:30was this long.
24:32That's why I brought it up,
24:33just to fill the silence.
24:37After all,
24:38I knew now,
24:38Caleb and I
24:39were never going to happen.
24:40Of course,
24:41I had no right
24:41to boss him around.
24:43But when Caleb heard that,
24:44his face got even darker.
24:46You know,
24:46whether you were just asking.
24:47Since we were kids,
24:48I haven't even had one friend
24:49of the opposite sex.
24:50He used to be fine with it.
24:52He only started
24:53pushing back recently.
24:55Then go make more friends.
24:56I won't bother you anymore.
24:58My voice wasn't loud,
25:00but Caleb's breathing
25:01suddenly got heavy.
25:02The hand gripping
25:03the umbrella handle
25:04bulged with veins.
25:06He was about to say
25:07something else
25:08when his phone rang.
25:10Tessa Blake kept
25:10flashing on the screen.
25:12Caleb didn't answer.
25:13He just held the phone stiffly,
25:14staring at me.
25:15If this were before,
25:16I'd frown and throw a fit.
25:17I'd make him recite
25:18the gentleman's code
25:19before I calmed down,
25:20then snatch his phone
25:21and hang up.
25:22But now,
25:22I just watched for a few seconds
25:24and looked away.
25:25The call ended on its own.
25:27Caleb,
25:27did you bring an umbrella?
25:28I didn't.
25:29If you can,
25:29could you come get me?
25:31So you're really done with me?
25:33Then I'm really going?
25:36I nodded
25:37and pulled my own umbrella
25:38out of my backpack.
25:39Only when Caleb's back
25:40disappeared into the rain.
25:41He left too fast.
25:42Sparks flew off the umbrella edge,
25:44flashed in the rain,
25:45and died.
25:45Did I slowly lower my eyes?
25:50For the past 19 years,
25:52I thought those numbers
25:53never changed.
25:54For as long as I could remember,
25:56I could see the numbers
25:57over people's heads.
25:58When I was little,
25:59I didn't get what they meant.
26:01Later,
26:01I realized what I saw
26:02was how many times
26:03I'd still meet each person
26:04in this life.
26:05Dad could stay with me
26:06until he was 88,
26:07Mom until she was 89,
26:09and Caleb,
26:10the hot boy next door,
26:11could stay with me
26:12till I was old,
26:12because the number
26:13over his head
26:14was so,
26:15so long.
26:16Longer than everyone else's
26:18put together.
26:19Caleb,
26:20what does being together
26:21for 3,441 days mean?
26:23He scratched his head
26:24and ran home
26:25to ask his mom.
26:26When he came back,
26:27he had a smug little smirk.
26:28It means we'll be together
26:29for a really,
26:30really long time,
26:31get married,
26:32and grow old together.
26:33So I treated Caleb
26:34like my destined partner.
26:36I taught him
26:37the gentleman's code
26:37and bossed him around
26:38everywhere.
26:39And Caleb always let me,
26:41but he refused
26:41to accept my confession
26:42no matter what.
26:44If I actually got with you,
26:45I'd have zero freedom.
26:46When I was 18,
26:48he poked my head
26:49and couldn't stop laughing.
26:51A spark jumped
26:52from his fingers
26:53and burned my forehead.
26:54He did it on purpose.
26:56Let's talk when I'm 25.
26:57I don't want a date yet.
26:58I waited and waited,
27:00thinking when Caleb
27:01turned 25,
27:02we'd be together forever.
27:03But in just one year
27:04at Silvermoon Magic Academy,
27:06he got more and more
27:07impatient with me.
27:13I sighed.
27:14It wasn't that I was super sad.
27:16I just felt a little
27:17sorry for myself.
27:18If I'd known the number
27:19could change,
27:20I wouldn't have ridden him
27:21so hard.
27:22All these years
27:23really wore me out.
27:24The sky was gloomy.
27:25The rain wasn't heavy,
27:26but it was muggy.
27:27I hate this kind
27:28of rainy weather.
27:29I picked up the pace.
27:31Then I saw a guy
27:32not far away.
27:33He wore a black jacket,
27:35tall and lean.
27:36Just from the back,
27:37you could tell
27:38he was good looking.
27:39But what caught me
27:40was the number
27:40over his head.
27:4226-290,
27:43the long number
27:44that was jumping
27:44over Caleb's head yesterday
27:46was now faintly blowing
27:47over this guy's head.
27:48I couldn't help
27:49walking towards him
27:50and my heart beat
27:51faster and faster.
27:52When I got close,
27:53I opened my mouth
27:54and suddenly had no idea
27:55what to say.
27:56Hey, hot stuff,
27:57are you my future boyfriend?
27:59Hi, classmate.
28:00Do I look like
28:00your future soulmate?
28:02Classmate,
28:02if I said we end up together,
28:04would you believe me?
28:05Every single one
28:05sounded like something
28:06a loontick would say
28:07after escaping the psych word.
28:09While I was mentally
28:10kicking myself,
28:10I stared at the number
28:12over his head
28:13like a creepy stalker
28:14and followed him
28:14until the guy stopped
28:16and slowly turned around.
28:18My eyes widened a little.
28:20Rain hammered the umbrella,
28:21crackling.
28:22This is my soulmate.
28:27Wait.
28:28This guy?
28:30He's the one
28:30in the photo
28:31Caleb showed me.
28:32He's even hotter in person.
28:34His skin is really pale,
28:36his lips light pink.
28:37Under sharp brows,
28:38a pair of silver-gray eyes
28:39were quietly looking at me.
28:41Not just his face.
28:42Even his fingers
28:43on the umbrella handle
28:44looked long and elegant
28:44like art.
28:45My face burned hotter and harder.
28:47I stammered and couldn't speak.
28:49Something you need?
28:50His voice was nice too,
28:51his eyes calm like still water.
28:53Hi, I wanted to ask,
28:54are you scared going home alone?
28:56The second it left my mouth,
28:57I saw black.
28:58What the hell am I saying?
29:00The corner of his throat
29:01seemed to twitch,
29:02but he didn't answer.
29:03I mean,
29:04maybe our homes
29:04are in the same direction.
29:06Want to walk together?
29:06My voice got smaller and smaller.
29:09I was so embarrassed
29:09I could barely keep going.
29:11My heart kept pounding,
29:12nervous and shy.
29:13Okay.
29:14His pleasant voice
29:15came from beside me.
29:16I let out a long breath,
29:18and I was a little surprised
29:19he said yes.
29:20The whole way,
29:21I tried hard
29:21to make conversation.
29:23Julian Ashford's personality
29:24was exactly like Caleb said,
29:26reserved,
29:27not talkative.
29:28But I noticed one detail.
29:31Every time I was about
29:32to step in a puddle,
29:33he'd gently pull me
29:34so I just missed it.
29:35Every single time,
29:37exactly one second early.
29:38That's not a coincidence.
29:40I remembered the rumors
29:41at the academy
29:42about time magic,
29:43that super rare ability
29:44to make your perception
29:45of time speed up
29:46or slow down.
29:47If Julian really had
29:48that magic,
29:49then maybe he saw
29:50a few extra seconds
29:51ahead of everyone else.
29:55I can see how many times
29:56I'll still meet someone.
29:58Most people have a one
30:00over their heads.
30:01But Caleb Hart,
30:02who grew up with me,
30:03has 3-1-14-41
30:05over his head.
30:06So I uniterribly
30:07declared him my soulmate.
30:09I bossed him around,
30:10guarded him,
30:11made him memorize
30:11that outdated gentleman's code
30:13and didn't let anyone
30:14get close to him.
30:15Caleb found me annoying
30:16and tried more than once
30:16to set me up
30:17with a boyfriend, Tim.
30:18Stop making up
30:18that I can see
30:19the number crap, Syrah.
30:20That kind of magic
30:21can't exist.
30:23A little spark
30:24danced on his fingertip,
30:25his fire magic
30:26showing through.
30:27It always happened
30:27when he got worked up.
30:29My friend Julian's
30:29not bad looking either.
30:31Why don't you try
30:32talking to someone else?
30:33He pulled out his phone
30:34and flipped through pictures.
30:35A photo of him
30:36and Tessa Blake
30:37flashed by.
30:38His finger swiped
30:39past it fast,
30:39then stopped
30:40on a picture
30:40of his roommate.
30:41He's just a little quiet,
30:43but he's a good guy.
30:43You're stuck to me all day.
30:44I stared at the long number
30:45over the guy's head
30:46in the photo
30:47and agreed for the first time.
30:50Then give me
30:50his contact info.
30:53Caleb's face
30:53went pale instantly,
30:55and the number
30:56over his head
30:56was down to nine.
31:01The second I handed him
31:02my phone,
31:03Caleb killed the screen.
31:05I looked up at him.
31:07My phone's dead.
31:08We'll do it another day.
31:09His face was a little pale.
31:10The number over his head
31:11kept counting backward
31:11in my eyes.
31:12Finally,
31:13it stopped at a nine.
31:14My heart got slammed hard,
31:16but I didn't tell him.
31:17Seeing me staring,
31:18Caleb's face
31:19finally eased a little.
31:20He curled his lips
31:21and grabbed an umbrella
31:22from the side.
31:23Come on,
31:24let's go home.
31:26It's Friday.
31:27It was drizzling outside.
31:29Rain hit the ground
31:30and splashed into ripples.
31:31That photo in your phone,
31:33it's with Tessa, right?
31:36After two seconds,
31:37Caleb sighed.
31:38Took it at the last event,
31:40forgot to delete it.
31:41We're not even together.
31:42You're always all up
31:43in my business.
31:45I didn't say anything.
31:46A sour ache
31:48rose in my chest,
31:49but when I looked up
31:50and saw the nine
31:50over his head,
31:51it faded a little.
31:53I was just asking.
31:55It was just the first time
31:56I felt that the walk
31:57from the Academy's
31:58main building to the gate
31:59was this long.
32:00That's why I brought it up,
32:02just to fill the silence.
32:06After all,
32:06I knew now,
32:07Caleb and I
32:08were never going to happen.
32:09Of course,
32:09I had no right
32:10to boss him around.
32:12But when Caleb heard that,
32:13his face got even darker.
32:14You know,
32:15whether you were just asking.
32:16Since we were kids,
32:17I haven't even had
32:17one friend of the opposite sex.
32:19He used to be fine with it.
32:21He only started
32:22pushing back recently.
32:24Then go make more friends.
32:25I won't bother you anymore.
32:27My voice wasn't loud,
32:28but Caleb's breathing
32:30suddenly got heavy.
32:31The hand gripping
32:32the umbrella handle
32:33bulged with veins.
32:35He was about to say
32:36something else
32:37when his phone rang.
32:38Tessa Blake kept
32:39flashing on the screen.
32:40Caleb didn't answer.
32:41He just held the phone stiffly,
32:43staring at me.
32:43If this were before,
32:45I'd frown and throw a fit.
32:46I'd make him recite
32:47the gentleman's code
32:48before I calmed down,
32:49then snatch his phone
32:50and hang up.
32:50But now,
32:51I just watched
32:52for a few seconds
32:53and looked away.
32:54The call ended on its own.
32:55Caleb,
32:56did you bring an umbrella?
32:57I didn't.
32:57If you can,
32:58could you come get me?
33:00So you're really done with me?
33:02Then I'm really going?
33:05I nodded
33:06and pulled my own umbrella
33:07out of my backpack.
33:08Only when Caleb's back
33:09disappeared into the rain.
33:10He left too fast.
33:11Sparks flew off
33:12the umbrella edge,
33:13flashed in the rain,
33:14and died.
33:14Did I slowly lower my eyes?
33:19For the past 19 years,
33:21I thought those numbers
33:22never changed.
33:23For as long as I could remember,
33:25I could see the numbers
33:26over people's heads.
33:27When I was little,
33:28I didn't get what they meant.
33:29Later,
33:30I realized what I saw
33:31was how many times
33:32I'd still meet each person
33:33in this life.
33:34Dad could stay with me
33:35until he was 88,
33:36Mom until she was 89,
33:38and Caleb,
33:39the hot boy next door,
33:40could stay with me
33:40till I was old.
33:41Because the number
33:42over his head
33:43was so,
33:44so long.
33:45Longer than everyone else
33:46is put together.
33:48Caleb,
33:48what does being together
33:49for 3,441 days mean?
33:52He scratched his head
33:53and ran home
33:53to ask his mom.
33:55When he came back,
33:56he had a smug little smirk.
33:57It means we'll be together
33:58for a really,
33:59really long time,
34:00get married,
34:00and grow old together.
34:02So I treated Caleb
34:03like my destined partner.
34:05I taught him
34:05the gentleman's code
34:06and bossed him
34:07around everywhere.
34:08And Caleb always let me,
34:10but he refused
34:10to accept my confession
34:11no matter what.
34:13If I actually got with you,
34:14I'd have zero freedom.
34:15When I was 18,
34:17he poked my head
34:18and couldn't stop laughing.
34:20A spark jumped
34:21from his fingers
34:21and burned my forehead.
34:22He did it on purpose.
34:24Let's talk when I'm 25.
34:26I don't want to date yet.
34:27I waited and waited,
34:29thinking when Caleb
34:29turned 25,
34:30we'd be together forever.
34:32But in just one year
34:33at Silvermoon Magic Academy,
34:35he got more and more
34:36impatient with me.
34:42I sighed.
34:43It wasn't that I was super sad.
34:45I just felt a little
34:46sorry for myself.
34:47If I'd known
34:48the number could change,
34:49I wouldn't have ridden him
34:49so hard.
34:50All these years
34:51really wore me out.
34:53The sky was gloomy.
34:54The rain wasn't heavy,
34:55but it was muggy.
34:56I hate this kind
34:57of rainy weather.
34:58I picked up the pace.
35:00Then I saw a guy
35:01not far away.
35:02He wore a black jacket,
35:04tall and lean.
35:05Just from the back,
35:06you could tell
35:07he was good looking.
35:08But what caught me
35:08was the number
35:09over his head.
35:1026-2-90.
35:12The long number
35:13that was jumping
35:13over Caleb's head yesterday
35:14was now faintly blowing
35:16over this guy's head.
35:17I couldn't help
35:18walking towards him
35:19and my heart beat
35:20faster and faster.
35:21When I got close,
35:22I opened my mouth
35:23and suddenly had no idea
35:24what to say.
35:25Hey, hot stuff,
35:26are you my future boyfriend?
35:27Hi, classmate.
35:29Do I look like
35:29your future soulmate?
35:30Classmate,
35:31if I said we end up together,
35:32would you believe me?
35:33Every single one
35:34sounded like something
35:35a loontick would say
35:36after escaping
35:36the psych word.
35:37While I was mentally
35:38kicking myself,
35:39I stared at the number
35:41over his head
35:41like a creepy stalker
35:43and followed him
35:43until the guy stopped
35:45and slowly turned around.
35:47My eyes widened a little.
35:49Rain hammered
35:50the umbrella,
35:50crackling.
35:51This is my soulmate.
35:56Wait.
35:57This guy?
35:58He's the one
35:59in the photo
36:00Caleb showed me.
36:01He's even hotter
36:02in person.
36:03His skin is really pale,
36:05his lips light pink.
36:06Under sharp brows,
36:07a pair of silver-gray eyes
36:08were quietly looking at me.
36:10Not just his face.
36:11Even his fingers
36:12on the umbrella handle
36:12looked long and elegant
36:13like art.
36:14My face burned
36:15hotter and harder.
36:16I stammered
36:16and couldn't speak.
36:17Something you need?
36:18His voice was nice too,
36:20his eyes calm
36:20like still water.
36:21Hi, I wanted to ask,
36:23are you scared
36:24going home alone?
36:25The second it left my mouth,
36:26I saw black.
36:27What the hell am I saying?
36:29The corner of his though
36:30seemed to twitch,
36:31but he didn't answer.
36:32I mean,
36:32maybe our homes
36:33are in the same direction.
36:34Want to walk together?
36:35My voice got smaller
36:37and smaller.
36:37I was so embarrassed
36:38I could barely keep going.
36:39My heart kept pounding,
36:41nervous and shy.
36:42Okay.
36:43His pleasant voice
36:44came from beside me.
36:45I let out a long breath,
36:47and I was a little surprised
36:48he said yes.
36:49The whole way,
36:50I tried hard
36:50to make conversation.
36:52Julian Ashford's personality
36:53was exactly like Caleb said,
36:55reserved,
36:55not talkative,
36:57but I noticed one detail.
37:00Every time I was about
37:01to step in a puddle,
37:02he'd gently pull me
37:03so I just missed it.
37:04Every single time,
37:06exactly one second early.
37:07That's not a coincidence.
37:09I remembered the rumors
37:10at the academy
37:11about time magic,
37:12that super rare ability
37:13to make your perception
37:14of time speed up
37:15or slow down.
37:16If Julian really had that magic,
37:18then maybe he saw
37:19a few extra seconds
37:20ahead of everyone else.
37:24I can see how many times
37:25I'll still meet someone.
37:27Most people have a one
37:28over their heads,
37:29but Caleb Hart,
37:31who grew up with me,
37:32has 3-1-14-41
37:33over his head,
37:34so I uniterrably
37:35declared him my soulmate.
37:37I bossed him around,
37:39guarded him,
37:40made him memorize
37:40that outdated gentleman's code,
37:42and didn't let anyone
37:43get close to him.
37:44Caleb found me annoying
37:45and tried more than once
37:45to set me up
37:46with a boyfriend.
37:46Stop making up
37:47that I can see
37:48the number crap,
37:48Sierra.
37:49That kind of magic
37:49can't exist.
37:52A little spark
37:52danced on his fingertip,
37:54his fire magic
37:55showing through.
37:56It always happened
37:56when he got worked up.
37:57My friend Julian's
37:58not bad looking either.
38:00Why don't you try
38:00talking to someone else?
38:02He pulled out his phone
38:03and flipped through pictures.
38:04A photo of him
38:05and Tessa Blake
38:06flashed by.
38:06His finger swiped
38:07past it fast,
38:08then stopped
38:09on a picture
38:09of his roommate.
38:10He's just a little quiet,
38:11but he's a good guy.
38:12You're stuck to me all day.
38:13I stared at the long number
38:14over the guy's head
38:15in the photo
38:15and agreed for the first time.
38:18Then give me
38:19his contact info.
38:22Caleb's face
38:22went pale instantly,
38:24and the number
38:25over his head
38:25was down to nine.
38:30The second I handed him
38:31my phone,
38:32Caleb killed the screen.
38:34I looked up at him.
38:35My phone's dead.
38:36We'll do it another day.
38:37His face was a little pale.
38:39The number over his head
38:39kept counting backward
38:40in my eyes.
38:41Finally,
38:41it stopped at a nine.
38:43My heart got slammed hard,
38:45but I didn't tell him.
38:46Seeing me staring,
38:47Caleb's face
38:47finally eased a little.
38:49He curled his lips
38:50and grabbed an ambella
38:50from the side.
38:52Come on,
38:53let's go home.
38:55It's Friday.
38:56It was drizzling outside.
38:58Rain hit the ground
38:59and splashed into ripples.
39:00That photo in your phone,
39:01it's with Tessa, right?
39:05After two seconds,
39:06Caleb sighed.
39:07Took it at the last event,
39:08forgot to delete it.
39:09We're not even together.
39:10You're always all up
39:11in my business.
39:14I didn't say anything.
39:15A sour ache rose in my chest,
39:17but when I looked up
39:19and saw the nine over his head,
39:20it faded a little.
39:22I was just asking.
39:24It was just the first time
39:25I felt that the walk
39:26from the Academy's main building
39:27to the gate
39:28was this long.
39:29That's why I brought it up,
39:30just to fill the silence.
39:35After all,
39:35I knew now,
39:36Caleb and I
39:36were never going to happen.
39:37Of course I had no right
39:39to boss him around.
39:40But when Caleb heard that,
39:42his face got even darker.
39:43You know,
39:44whether you were just asking.
39:45Since we were kids,
39:46I haven't even had one friend
39:46of the opposite sex.
39:48He used to be fine with it.
39:50He only started
39:51pushing back recently.
39:53Then go make more friends.
39:54I won't bother you anymore.
39:55My voice wasn't loud,
39:57but Caleb's breathing
39:58suddenly got heavy.
40:00The hand gripping
40:01the umbrella handle
40:02bulged with veins.
40:04He was about to say
40:05something else
40:05when his phone rang.
40:07Tessa Blake kept
40:08flashing on the screen.
40:09Caleb didn't answer.
40:10He just held the phone
40:11stiffly,
40:12staring at me.
40:12If this were before,
40:13I'd frown and throw a fit.
40:15I'd make him recite
40:16the gentleman's code
40:17before I calm down,
40:18then snatch his phone
40:18and hang up.
40:19But now,
40:20I just watched for a few seconds
40:21and looked away.
40:22The call ended on its own.
40:24Caleb,
40:25did you bring an umbrella?
40:26I didn't.
40:26If you can,
40:27could you come get me?
40:29So you're really done with me?
40:31Then I'm really going?
40:34I nodded and pulled
40:35my own umbrella
40:35out of my backpack.
40:36Only when Caleb's back
40:38disappeared into the rain,
40:39he left too fast,
40:40sparks flew off
40:41the umbrella edge,
40:42flashed in the rain,
40:42and died.
40:43Did I slowly lower my eyes?
40:48For the past 19 years,
40:50I thought those numbers
40:51never changed.
40:52For as long as I could remember,
40:54I could see the numbers
40:55over people's heads.
40:56When I was little,
40:57I didn't get what they meant.
40:58Later,
40:58I realized what I saw
41:00was how many times
41:00I'd still meet each person
41:02in this life.
41:03Dad could stay with me
41:04until he was 88,
41:05Mom until she was 89,
41:07and Caleb,
41:07the hot boy next door,
41:09could stay with me
41:09till I was old
41:10because the number
41:11over his head
41:12was so,
41:13so long,
41:14longer than everyone else's
41:15put together.
41:17Caleb,
41:17what does being together
41:18for 3,441 days mean?
41:20He scratched his head
41:22and ran home
41:22to ask his mom.
41:23When he came back,
41:25he had a smug little smirk.
41:26It means we'll be together
41:27for a really,
41:28really long time,
41:29get married,
41:29and grow old together.
41:31So I treated Caleb
41:32like my destined partner.
41:33I taught him
41:34the gentleman's code
41:35and bossed him
41:36around everywhere.
41:37And Caleb always let me,
41:38but he refused to accept
41:39my confession
41:40no matter what.
41:42If I actually got with you,
41:43I'd have zero freedom.
41:44When I was 18,
41:45he poked my head
41:47and couldn't stop laughing.
41:49A spark jumped from his fingers
41:50and burned my forehead.
41:51He did it on purpose.
41:53Let's talk when I'm 25.
41:55I don't want to date yet.
41:56I waited and waited,
41:57thinking when Caleb turned 25,
41:59we'd be together forever.
42:01But in just one year
42:02at Silvermoon Magic Academy,
42:04he got more and more
42:05impatient with me.
42:11I sighed.
42:12It wasn't that I was super sad.
42:14I just felt a little sorry
42:15for myself.
42:16If I'd known the number
42:17could change,
42:18I wouldn't have ridden him so hard.
42:19All these years
42:20really wore me out.
42:21The sky was gloomy.
42:23The rain wasn't heavy,
42:24but it was muggy.
42:25I hate this kind of rainy weather.
42:26I picked up the pace.
42:28Then I saw a guy
42:29not far away.
42:31He wore a black jacket,
42:32tall and lean.
42:34Just from the back,
42:35you could tell
42:35he was good looking.
42:36But what caught me
42:37was the number over his head.
42:3926-290.
42:41The long number
42:41that was jumping
42:42over Caleb's head yesterday
42:43was now faintly blowing
42:44over this guy's head.
42:46I couldn't help
42:47walking towards him,
42:48and my heart beat
42:48faster and faster.
42:50When I got close,
42:51I opened my mouth
42:51and suddenly had no idea
42:52what to say.
42:53Hey, hot stuff,
42:55are you my future boyfriend?
42:56Hi, classmate.
42:57Do I look like
42:58your future soulmate?
42:59Classmate,
43:00if I said we end up together,
43:01would you believe me?
43:02Every single one
43:03sounded like something
43:04a loontic would say
43:05after escaping the psych word.
43:06While I was mentally
43:07kicking myself,
43:08I stared at the number
43:10over his head
43:10like a creepy stalker
43:11and followed him,
43:12until the guy stopped
43:14and slowly turned around.
43:16My eyes widened a little.
43:18Rain hammered the umbrella,
43:19crackling.
43:20This is my soulmate.
43:22This is my soulmate.
43:26Wait, this guy?
43:27He's the one
43:28in the photo Caleb showed me.
43:30He's even hotter in person.
43:32His skin is really pale,
43:33his lips light pink.
43:35Under sharp brows,
43:36a pair of silver-gray eyes
43:37were quietly looking at me.
43:38Not just his face.
43:40Even his fingers
43:40on the umbrella handle
43:41looked long and elegant
43:42like art.
43:43My face burned hotter and harder.
43:44I stammered and couldn't speak.
43:46Something you need?
43:47His voice was nice, too.
43:49His eyes calm like still water.
43:50Hi, I wanted to ask,
43:52are you scared going home alone?
43:54The second it left my mouth,
43:55I saw black.
43:56What the hell am I saying?
43:58The corner of his toe
43:59seemed to twitch,
43:59but he didn't answer.
44:01I mean,
44:01maybe our homes
44:02are in the same direction.
44:03Want to walk together?
44:04My voice got smaller and smaller.
44:06I was so embarrassed
44:07I could barely keep going.
44:08My heart kept pounding,
44:10nervous and shy.
44:11Okay.
44:12His pleasant voice
44:13came from beside me.
44:14I let out a long breath,
44:15and I was a little surprised
44:17he said yes.
44:17The whole way,
44:18I tried hard to make conversation.
44:21Julian Ashford's personality
44:22was exactly like Caleb said,
44:24reserved,
44:24not talkative.
44:25But I noticed one detail.
44:29Every time I was about
44:30to step in a puddle,
44:31he'd gently pull me
44:32so I just missed it.
44:33Every single time,
44:34exactly one second early.
44:36That's not a coincidence.
44:38I remembered the rumors
44:39at the academy
44:40about time magic,
44:41that super rare ability
44:42to make your perception
44:43of time speed up
44:44or slow down.
44:44If Julian really had
44:46that magic,
44:47then maybe he saw
44:48a few extra seconds
44:49ahead of everyone else.
44:53I can see how many times
44:54I'll still meet someone.
44:56Most people have a one
44:57over their heads.
44:58But Caleb Hart,
45:00who grew up with me,
45:01has 3-1-14-41
45:02over his head,
45:03so I uniterribly
45:04declared him my soulmate.
45:06I bossed him around,
45:08guarded him,
45:08made him memorize
45:09that outdated gentleman's code,
45:11and didn't let anyone
45:11get close to him.
45:12Caleb found me annoying
45:13and tried more than once
45:14to set me up
45:14with a boyfriend.
45:15Stop making up
45:16that I can see
45:16the number crap,
45:17Sierra.
45:18That kind of magic
45:18can't exist.
45:20A little spark
45:21danced on his fingertip,
45:23his fire magic
45:23showing through.
45:24It always happened
45:25when he got worked up.
45:26My friend Julian's
45:27not bad looking either.
45:28Why don't you try
45:29talking to someone else?
45:31He pulled out his phone
45:32and flipped through pictures.
45:33A photo of him
45:34and Tessa Blake
45:34flashed by.
45:35His finger swiped
45:36past it fast,
45:37then stopped
45:38on a picture
45:38of his roommate.
45:39He's just a little quiet,
45:40but he's a good guy.
45:41You're stuck to me all day.
45:42I stared at the long number
45:43over the guy's head
45:44in the photo
45:44and agreed for the first time.
45:47Then give me his contact info.
45:50Caleb's face went pale
45:51instantly,
45:53and the number
45:53over his head
45:54was down to nine.
45:59The second I handed him
46:00my phone,
46:00Caleb killed the screen.
46:03I looked up at him.
46:04My phone's dead.
46:05We'll do it another day.
46:06His face was a little pale.
46:07The number over his head
46:08kept counting backward
46:09in my eyes.
46:10Finally,
46:10it stopped at a nine.
46:12My heart got slammed hard,
46:13but I didn't tell him.
46:15Seeing me staring,
46:16Caleb's face
46:16finally eased a little.
46:18He curled his lips
46:19and grabbed an umbrella
46:19from the side.
46:21Come on,
46:21let's go home.
46:24It's Friday.
46:25It was drizzling outside.
46:26Rain hit the ground
46:27and splashed into ripples.
46:29That photo in your phone,
46:30it's with Tessa, right?
46:34After two seconds,
46:35Caleb sighed.
46:36Took it at the last event,
46:37forgot to delete it.
46:38We're not even together.
46:39You're always all up
46:40in my business.
46:43I didn't say anything.
46:44A sour ache rose in my chest,
46:46but when I looked up
46:47and saw the nine
46:48over his head,
46:49it faded a little.
46:51I was just asking.
46:52It was just the first time
46:54I felt that the walk
46:55from the Academy's
46:55main building
46:56to the gate
46:56was this long.
46:58That's why I brought it up,
46:59just to fill the silence.
47:01Silence.
47:03After all,
47:04I knew now,
47:05Caleb and I
47:05were never going to happen.
47:06Of course,
47:07I had no right
47:08to boss him around.
47:09But when Caleb heard that,
47:11his face got even darker.
47:12You know,
47:12whether you were just asking.
47:14Since we were kids,
47:14I haven't even had
47:15one friend of the opposite sex.
47:16He used to be fine with it.
47:19He only started
47:20pushing back recently.
47:21Then go make more friends.
47:23I won't bother you anymore.
47:24My voice wasn't loud,
47:26but Caleb's breathing
47:27suddenly got heavy.
47:29The hand gripping
47:30the umbrella handle
47:30bulged with veins.
47:33He was about to say
47:34something else
47:34when his phone rang.
47:36Tessa Blake kept
47:37flashing on the screen.
47:38Caleb didn't answer.
47:39He just held the phone
47:40stiffly,
47:40staring at me.
47:41If this were before,
47:42I'd frown and throw a fit.
47:44I'd make him recite
47:45the gentleman's code
47:45before I calm down,
47:46then snatch his phone
47:47and hang up.
47:48But now,
47:49I just watched for a few seconds
47:50and looked away.
47:51The call ended on its own.
47:53Caleb,
47:53did you bring an umbrella?
47:54I didn't.
47:55If you can,
47:56could you come get me?
47:57So you're really done
47:58with me?
48:00Then I'm really going?
48:02I nodded and pulled
48:03my own umbrella
48:04out of my backpack.
48:05Only when Caleb's back
48:06disappeared into the rain,
48:08he left too fast,
48:09sparks flew off
48:09the umbrella edge,
48:10flashed in the rain,
48:11and died.
48:12Did I slowly lower my eyes?
48:17For the past 19 years,
48:19I thought those numbers
48:20never changed.
48:21For as long as I could remember,
48:22I could see the numbers
48:23over people's heads.
48:25When I was little,
48:25I didn't get what they meant.
48:27Later,
48:27I realized what I saw
48:28was how many times
48:29I'd still meet each person
48:30in this life.
48:31Dad could stay with me
48:32until he was 88,
48:34Mum until she was 89,
48:35and Caleb,
48:36the hot boy next door,
48:37could stay with me
48:38till I was old.
48:39Because the number
48:40over his head
48:41was so,
48:41so long.
48:43Longer than everyone else
48:44is put together.
48:46Caleb,
48:46what does being together
48:47for 3,441 days mean?
48:49He scratched his head
48:50and ran home
48:51to ask his mom.
48:52When he came back,
48:53he had a smug little smirk.
48:55It means we'll be together
48:56for a really,
48:57really long time,
48:57get married,
48:58and grow old together.
49:00So I treated Caleb
49:01like my destined partner.
49:02I taught him
49:03the gentleman's code
49:04and bossed him
49:05around everywhere.
49:06And Caleb always let me,
49:07but he refused
49:08to accept my confession
49:09no matter what.
49:10If I actually got with you,
49:12I'd have zero freedom.
49:13When I was 18,
49:14he poked my head
49:15and couldn't stop laughing.
49:17A spark jumped
49:18from his fingers
49:19and burned my forehead.
49:20He did it on purpose.
49:22Let's talk when I'm 25.
49:24I don't want to date yet.
49:25I waited and waited,
49:26thinking when Caleb
49:27turned 25,
49:28we'd be together forever.
49:29But in just one year
49:31at Silvermoon Magic Academy,
49:32he got more and more
49:34impatient with me.
49:40I sighed.
49:41It wasn't that I was super sad.
49:43I just felt a little
49:43sorry for myself.
49:45If I'd known the number
49:46could change,
49:46I wouldn't have ridden him
49:47so hard.
49:48All these years
49:49really wore me out.
49:50The sky was gloomy.
49:52The rain wasn't heavy,
49:53but it was muggy.
49:54I hate this kind
49:54of rainy weather.
49:55I picked up the pace.
49:57Then I saw a guy
49:58not far away.
49:59He wore a black jacket,
50:01tall and lean.
50:03Just from the back,
50:04you could tell
50:04he was good looking.
50:05But what caught me
50:06was the number
50:07over his head.
50:0826-290.
50:09The long number
50:10that was jumping
50:11over Caleb's head yesterday
50:12was now faintly blowing
50:13over this guy's head.
50:15I couldn't help
50:15walking towards him
50:16and my heart beat
50:17faster and faster.
50:18When I got close,
50:19I opened my mouth
50:20and suddenly had no idea
50:21what to say.
50:22Hey, hot stuff.
50:23Are you my future boyfriend?
50:25Hi, classmate.
50:26Do I look like
50:27your future soulmate?
50:28Classmate,
50:29if I said we end up together,
50:30would you believe me?
50:31Every single one
50:32sounded like something
50:33a loontick would say
50:33after escaping the psych word.
50:35While I was mentally
50:36kicking myself,
50:37I stared at the number
50:38over his head
50:39like a creepy stalker
50:40and followed him
50:41until the guy stopped
50:42and slowly turned around.
50:44My eyes widened a little.
50:46Rain hammered the umbrella,
50:48crackling.
50:49This is my soulmate.
50:54Wait.
50:55This guy?
50:56He's the one
50:57in the photo
50:57Caleb showed me.
50:58He's even hotter in person.
51:01His skin is really pale,
51:02his lips light pink.
51:04Under sharp brows,
51:05a pair of silver-gray eyes
51:06were quietly looking at me.
51:07Not just his face.
51:08Even his fingers
51:09on the umbrella handle
51:10looked long and elegant
51:11like art.
51:12My face burned hotter and harder.
51:13I stammered
51:14and couldn't speak.
51:15Something you need?
51:16His voice was nice too,
51:17his eyes calm
51:18like still water.
51:19Hi, I wanted to ask,
51:21are you scared
51:22going home alone?
51:22The second it left my mouth,
51:24I saw black.
51:25What the hell am I saying?
51:26The corner of his throat
51:27seemed to twitch,
51:28but he didn't answer.
51:29I mean,
51:30maybe our homes
51:31are in the same direction.
51:32Want to walk together?
51:33My voice got smaller
51:34and smaller.
51:35I was so embarrassed
51:36I could barely keep going.
51:37My heart kept pounding,
51:39nervous and shy.
51:40Okay.
51:41His pleasant voice
51:42came from beside me.
51:43I let out a long breath,
51:44and I was a little surprised
51:45he said yes.
51:46The whole way,
51:47I tried hard
51:48to make conversation.
51:49Julian Ashford's personality
51:51was exactly like Caleb said,
51:52reserved,
51:53not talkative.
51:54But I noticed one detail.
51:58Every time I was about
51:59to step in a puddle,
52:00he'd gently pull me
52:01so I just missed it.
52:02Every single time,
52:03exactly one second early.
52:05That's not a coincidence.
52:07I remembered the rumors
52:08at the academy
52:08about time magic,
52:10that super rare ability
52:11to make your perception
52:12of time speed up
52:12or slow down.
52:14If Julian really had that magic,
52:16then maybe he saw
52:17a few extra seconds
52:17ahead of everyone else.
52:21I can see how many times
52:23I'll still meet someone.
52:25Most people have a one
52:26over their heads.
52:27But Caleb Hart,
52:28who grew up with me,
52:29has 3-1-14-41
52:31over his head,
52:32so I uniterribly
52:33declared him my soulmate.
52:35I bossed him around,
52:37guarded him,
52:37made him memorize
52:38that outdated gentleman's code,
52:39and didn't let anyone
52:40get close to him.
52:41Caleb found me annoying
52:42and tried more than once
52:43to set me up
52:43with a boyfriend, Tim.
52:44Stop making up
52:45that I can see
52:45the number crap, Syrah.
52:46That kind of magic
52:47can't exist.
52:49A little spark
52:50danced on his fingertip,
52:51his fire magic
52:52showing through.
52:53It always happened
52:54when he got worked up.
52:55My friend Julian's
52:56not bad looking either.
52:57Why don't you try
52:58talking to someone else?
52:59He pulled out his phone
53:00and flipped through pictures.
53:02A photo of him
53:03and Tessa Blake flashed by.
53:04His finger swiped
53:05past it fast,
53:06then stopped
53:06on a picture of his roommate.
53:08He's just a little quiet,
53:09but he's a good guy.
53:10You're stuck to me all day.
53:11I stared at the long number
53:12over the guy's head
53:13in the photo,
53:13and agreed for the first time.
53:16Then give me
53:17his contact info.
53:19Caleb's face
53:20went pale instantly,
53:21and the number
53:22over his head
53:23was down to nine.
53:27The second I handed him
53:29my phone,
53:29Caleb killed the screen.
53:31I looked up at him.
53:33My phone's dead.
53:34We'll do it another day.
53:35His face was a little pale.
53:36The number over his head
53:37kept counting backward
53:38in my eyes.
53:39Finally,
53:39it stopped at a nine.
53:41My heart got slammed hard,
53:42but I didn't tell him.
53:43Seeing me staring,
53:45Caleb's face
53:45finally eased a little.
53:46He curled his lips
53:47and grabbed an ambella
53:48from the side.
53:50Come on,
53:50let's go home.
53:52It's Friday.
53:54It was drizzling outside.
53:55Rain hit the ground
53:56and splashed into ripples.
53:58That photo in your phone,
53:59it's with Tessa, right?
54:02After two seconds,
54:04Caleb sighed.
54:05Took it at the last event.
54:06Forgot to delete it.
54:07We're not even together.
54:08You're always all up
54:09in my business.
54:11I didn't say anything.
54:13A sour ache rose in my chest,
54:15but when I looked up
54:16and saw the nine over his head,
54:18it faded a little.
54:20I was just asking.
54:21It was just the first time
54:22I felt that the walk
54:23from the Academy's main building
54:25to the gate was this long.
54:27That's why I brought it up,
54:28just to fill the silence.
54:32After all,
54:33I knew now,
54:34Caleb and I were never
54:34going to happen.
54:35Of course,
54:36I had no right
54:36to boss him around.
54:38But when Caleb
54:39heard that,
54:39his face got even darker.
54:41You know,
54:41whether you were just asking.
54:42Since we were kids,
54:43I haven't even had
54:44one friend of the opposite sex.
54:45He used to be fine with it.
54:47He only started
54:48pushing back recently.
54:50Then go make more friends.
54:52I won't bother you anymore.
54:53My voice wasn't loud,
54:55but Caleb's breathing
54:56suddenly got heavy.
54:57The hand gripping
54:58the umbrella handle
54:59bulged with veins.
55:02He was about to say
55:03something else
55:03when his phone rang.
55:05Tessa Blake kept
55:05flashing on the screen.
55:07Caleb didn't answer.
55:08He just held
55:08the phone stiffly,
55:09staring at me.
55:10If this were before,
55:11I'd frown and throw a fit.
55:13I'd make him recite
55:13the gentleman's code
55:14before I calm down,
55:15then snatch his phone
55:16and hang up.
55:17But now,
55:18I just watched
55:18for a few seconds
55:19and looked away.
55:20The call ended
55:20on its own.
55:22Caleb,
55:22did you bring an umbrella?
55:23I didn't.
55:24If you can,
55:24could you come get me?
55:26So you're really
55:27done with me?
55:28Then I'm really going?
55:31I nodded
55:32and pulled my own umbrella
55:33out of my backpack.
55:34Only when Caleb's back
55:35disappeared into the rain,
55:37he left too fast,
55:38sparks flew off
55:38the umbrella edge,
55:39flashed in the rain,
55:40and died.
55:41Did I slowly lower my eyes?
55:46For the past 19 years,
55:47I thought those numbers
55:48never changed.
55:50For as long as I could remember,
55:51I could see the numbers
55:52over people's heads.
55:53When I was little,
55:54I didn't get what they meant.
55:56Later,
55:56I realized what I saw
55:57was how many times
55:58I'd still meet each person
55:59in this life.
56:00Dad could stay with me
56:01until he was 88,
56:03Mum until she was 89,
56:04and Caleb,
56:05the hot boy next door,
56:06could stay with me
56:07till I was old,
56:08because the number
56:09over his head
56:09was so,
56:10so long,
56:12longer than everyone else
56:13is put together.
56:14Caleb,
56:15what does being together
56:16for 3,441 days mean?
56:18He scratched his head
56:19and ran home
56:20to ask his mom.
56:21When he came back,
56:22he had a smug little smirk.
56:24It means we'll be together
56:25for a really,
56:25really long time,
56:26get married,
56:27and grow old together.
56:28So I treated Caleb
56:30like my destined partner.
56:31I taught him
56:32the gentleman's code
56:33and bossed him
56:33around everywhere.
56:34And Caleb always let me,
56:36but he refused
56:37to accept my confession
56:38no matter what.
56:39If I actually got with you,
56:40I'd have zero freedom.
56:42When I was 18,
56:43he poked my head
56:44and couldn't stop laughing.
56:46A spark jumped
56:47from his fingers
56:48and burned my forehead.
56:49He did it on purpose.
56:51Let's talk when I'm 25.
56:52I don't want a date yet.
56:53I waited and waited,
56:55thinking when Caleb
56:56turned 25,
56:57we'd be together forever.
56:58But in just one year
57:00at Silvermoon Magic Academy,
57:01he got more and more
57:02impatient with me.
57:08I sighed.
57:10It wasn't that I was super sad.
57:11I just felt a little
57:12sorry for myself.
57:14If I'd known the number
57:15could change,
57:15I wouldn't have ridden him
57:16so hard.
57:17All these years
57:18really wore me out.
57:19The sky was gloomy.
57:20The rain wasn't heavy,
57:22but it was muggy.
57:22I hate this kind of rainy weather.
57:24I picked up the pace.
57:26Then I saw a guy
57:27not far away.
57:28He wore a black jacket,
57:30tall and lean.
57:31Just from the back,
57:33you could tell
57:33he was good looking.
57:34But what caught me
57:35was the number over his head.
57:3726-2-90.
57:38The long number
57:39that was jumping
57:40over Caleb's head yesterday
57:41was now faintly blowing
57:42over this guy's head.
57:43I couldn't help
57:44walking towards him
57:45and my heart beat
57:46faster and faster.
57:47When I got close,
57:48I opened my mouth
57:49and suddenly had no idea
57:50what to say.
57:51Hey, hot stuff.
57:52Are you my future boyfriend?
57:54Hi, classmate.
57:55Do I look like
57:55your future soulmate?
57:57Classmate,
57:57if I said we end up together,
57:59would you believe me?
58:00Every single one
58:01sounded like something
58:01a loontic would say
58:02after escaping the psych word.
58:04While I was mentally
58:05kicking myself,
58:06I stared at the number
58:07over his head
58:08like a creepy stalker
58:09and followed him
58:10until the guy stopped
58:11and slowly turned around.
58:13My eyes widened a little.
58:15Rain hammered the umbrella,
58:17crackling.
58:18This is my soulmate.
58:22Wait.
58:24This guy?
58:25He's the one
58:26in the photo
58:26Caleb showed me.
58:27He's even hotter in person.
58:29His skin is really pale,
58:31his lips light pink.
58:32Under sharp brows,
58:33a pair of silver-gray eyes
58:35were quietly looking at me.
58:36Not just his face.
58:37Even his fingers
58:38on the umbrella handle
58:39looked long and elegant
58:40like art.
58:40My face burned hotter and harder.
58:42I stammered
58:43and couldn't speak.
58:44Something you need?
58:45His voice was nice too,
58:46his eyes calm
58:47like still water.
58:48Hi, I wanted to ask,
58:49are you scared
58:50going home alone?
58:51The second it left my mouth,
58:52I saw black.
58:53What the hell am I saying?
58:55The corner of his throat
58:56seemed to twitch,
58:57but he didn't answer.
58:58I mean,
58:59maybe our homes
58:59are in the same direction.
59:01Want to walk together?
59:02My voice got smaller and smaller.
59:04I was so embarrassed
59:05I could barely keep going.
59:06My heart kept pounding,
59:07nervous and shy.
59:09Okay.
59:10His pleasant voice
59:10came from beside me.
59:12I let out a long breath,
59:13and I was a little surprised
59:14he said yes.
59:15The whole way,
59:16I tried hard
59:17to make conversation.
59:18Julian Ashford's personality
59:19was exactly like Caleb said,
59:21reserved,
59:22not talkative.
59:23But I noticed one detail.
59:26Every time I was about
59:27to step in a puddle,
59:28he'd gently pull me
59:29so I just missed it.
59:31Every single time,
59:32exactly one second early.
59:34That's not a coincidence.
59:36I remembered the rumors
59:37at the academy
59:37about time magic,
59:38that super rare ability
59:40to make your perception
59:40of time speed up
59:41or slow down.
59:42If Julian really had that magic,
59:44then maybe he saw
59:45a few extra seconds
59:46ahead of everyone else.
59:47and I'll see you next time.
59:48I'll see you next time.
59:50Bye.
59:50Bye.