It all started back in the eighteenth century when the thirty-fourth Yu found an abandoned book by a chamber. What's written inside there is strangely unreadable. The Yu thought it might be from another dimension. Probably, an alien had dropped the book for him.

Not knowing that as soon as he opened the book, the Yu would be cursed for eternity.

They gained some sort of power, not an amazing one to brag out. They can read people's minds, and it does sound fancy. But soon, the man realized it wasn't actually that fancy.

They can only read a person's mind.

One person.

Long short story, the thirty-fourth Yu found the person he could read its mind after travelling the world for six years. It was a beautiful lady who's working as a maid at the mansion by the river. Cunning and intimidating, after learning a lot about the lady just by reading her mind, he can't help himself but fall in love, the thirty-fourth Yu married her.

That's where it all began.

****

"Are you the fourty-eight Yu, daddy?", little Karina asked as she pinched the soft fabric from her brown teddy bear.

"Yes, honey. And you are the fourty-nine", the older man chuckled as she poked the little girl on her nose. "Well, I'm not sure how it happened either. But it just happened", her dad smiled, caressing his daughter's head gently.

"I could read your mother's mind back in high school. At first, it really shocked me because I never thought an outstanding person like her would ever like me in secret", Mr Yu giggles remembering the old days.

"So, mommy is a noisy girl?", little Karina tilted her head in confusion as she crinkled her nose before letting out a tiny sneeze.

"Yup. She's noisy because she's in the student council. I'm the quiet one", her dad nods his head.

"Do mommy shouts at you, daddy?"

"All the time, kid", the older Yu smirked before little Karina shook her head aggressively.

"Bad mommy", she complains as she turn her head towards her mother, who's currently preparing the family for their dinner in the kitchen.

"Mommy!", the little girl shouted before the older woman answered with a soft hum, "Yeah?".

"You're a bad girl! You shouted at Daddy in high school!", the little girl brows wrinkled. Her parents couldn't hold their laughter from their daughter silliness, and the father stroked her head gently again, full of love.

"Oh, kid. I wonder who's your lucky person would be?", he said quietly with a tiny smile.

****

Karina brought her hands up to her hair in desperation. Shit, she is already ten minutes late for class, and knowing how deadly her professor is, Karina knows that she might not be able to get back alive.

She knew Aeri might have saved her a seat, and she could sneak in silently from the back entrance. But hell, Karina thinks that old man has eyes behind his head. He could easily catch people trying to sneak in and shoot them his deathly glare. Well, Karina got that two times already, so she won't make it three this time.

She peeked through the class door, and like she expected, her professor was there in front of the class, setting up his laptop for the slides. At least, he got his eyes on the laptop this time.

Stupid, she knew. But Karina couldn't help from being stupid.

So, she opened the back door slightly without anyone noticing and practically crawling on the floor.

Yes. Crawling. You read that right.

Her khaki shirt is all dusty now, but it is better than to finally get barred from her class. Her classmates might judge her as a dust pan, broom, or even mop. But Karina really didn't care at this rate.

She needs to survive this one hell of class.

This time, thankfully, her professor was too busy with his laptop to even look at people sneaking inside the class. Sighing in relief, Karina received a soft pat on her shoulder as her friend nodded her head towards her knowingly.

"Glad you made it alive"

"Yeah...", Karina answered, finally dusting away every particle that got stuck in her shirt.

When her professor finally got a hang of his slides, he turned his attention back to the bog whote board in front of him. The first thing Karina saw was the name of the person that Karina wasn't keen on just by hearing the name.

"Students. This is a proposal example from the interior architecture top student, Winter Kim", the old man pointed his red laser towards the slide as Karina rolled her eyes in annoyance.

Not Winter Kim again.

"Her proposal got a big praise from our big organiser, and you guys should follow her like what she does. See?", he pointed the laser to the slide again. "Her concept panel is so detailed. Her conceptual model is just superb, and the final interior design is neat and clean, as what you seen in the picture here".

The professor kept praising Winter Kim's work, pointing out her excellency one by one, and soon enough, Karina got tired by it. It's not like this Winter Kim ever hurt Karina in any physical way that she hates her. It's just because-

"You! Miss Yu!", the old man call.

Yeah. This is the reason why she doesn't like Winter Kim even tho Karina never even talks to this girl even once. She didn't even know her face!

"You should pay attention! Make Winter Kim's work as an inspiration to fix yours! Try to learn from her's", he continued.

Yup. That's it. That's the reason why

Every time her professor bragged out of that particular girl from the Interior Architecture major, that old man always compared her with Karina, who isn't even the same major as that Winter Kim.

Karina studied Heritage Design, completely different from that Kim girl.

Why in the world does he always compare her with that Kim girl from another department?

"Even though we were from different majors, yet we are from the same department, and all of our proposal is extremely similar. Try to learn from the best students. Winter Kim here is the best among all", he nods his head before he shot back his eyes towards Karina.

"You heard that, Miss Yu?"

"Yes, sir. Loud and clear", she smiled sarcastically.

What is it that makes Winter Kim so mighty? Why does that old man keep mentioning her name with hers? Karina kept losing her self-esteem because he kept doing that.

Thanks to him, she really doesn't like Winter Kim.

The girl that she never knew much.

****

Legend from the Yu said that once they could hear that one person's mind, fate has decided the path for both of them. They are destined for each other. That's how everything was going since the eighteenth century.

Her grandfather heard her grandmother's mind, so later he married her. Her father can read her mother's mind. They also fell in love and married.

After living on earth for twenty-three years, Karina still couldn't find her person. she couldn't hear anyone's mind yet.

Since middle school? she was so persistent to find her person, so she carelessly walked around the school through every class, just in case she might hear anyone's mind. But, nah. She doesn't.

She keeps trying in high school as well. She walks through every corner, every class, every space of the school just to find her person or the mind of the person she can hear to. But it always ended up useless.

She tried back in her first year in college. She really tried, but then she's tired of her effort. She couldn't read anyone's mind at all. She couldn't find her person.

She couldn't find the person she's destined to be with.

When Karina started to enrol in her third year, she gave up. Fate and destiny? Seems like they did it pretty dirty for her. Karina couldn't find her person even if she tried.

She washed her hands at the sink of the washroom quietly when some paints got stuck in her nails. She then dried her hands with the toilet paper, not until suddenly she heard someone's voice from one of the stalls.

"What if they hated it?", the tiny voice said, and Karina lifted her eyebrow up in confusion.

"If I screw up, they'll ask me to stay outside again for the night-"

"Hello?", Karina said, and the tiny voice quickly paused. "I'm sorry for what have you gone through, but I want you to be aware that someone's heard you-", Karina couldn't even end her words when that tiny voice cuts her.

"Shit! Someone's here! Oh my god!", the tiny voice freaks out but later sends Karina into deep confusion. What's wrong with that girl? Who freaked out so openly when anyone could hear her? She asked inside her mind.

Moments later, the door from one of the stall wide open, revealing a tiny girl covering both her hands on her face not to be discovered. She rushed out from the washroom immediately after saying a quick "I'm so sorry!" to Karina with a slight bow.

"Strange", is the only word Karina could say at the moment before she continued wiping her hands to dry again.

****

Karina isn't surprised anymore if this happens. Yup, it happened, and Karina could only sighed in defeat.

What happened? Oh god, guess.

"Why the hell do I need to ride a bus packed of people?!", her mind is in outrage.

Karina is born with a golden spoon. The fourty-six Yu married a billionare from China, and that's how the wealth keeps going on in the family.

As usual, a person with a golden spoon like Karina would never, ever, ride a bus packed with sweaty people came back from hellbound work like this. Usually, they'll have a personal driver or their own vehicle. But the thing is, her family didn't have a driver despite having more than three cars.

Don't ask why Karina didn't have a car yet. When she was in her final driving class, Karina freaked out when a cat ran over her and crashed into a lampost. That's when the driving academy wanted her to start over from zero.

She screwd that one time. Sheesh life.

So here she is again, inside the bus full of sweaty people. Karina wish she could read all of these people's minds just in case they might have a pervert in disguise among the passengers.

If she ever finds one, she will make sure that she-

"Anyone, help me!"

Karina raised her brows in confusion. She knew that voice even tho she only heard them once before, inside the washroom at her college. Concerned, Karina was looking around between crowds of people inside the bus.

Strange. Why is there no one who reacted to that pleading voice? No way. There's no other way. Karina gasped, a big fact crashing onto her head.

Is she hearing someone's mind right now? Is that... her person?

"How should I ask for help? This man is holding a knife right to my abdomen!"

"What?", Karina asked herself, surprised by the tiny voice's sudden confession.

"He's groping my butt!"

"Oh god", Karina gasped, trying the best as she could to get a view of this person who asked her for help. She doesn't know who the hell is this person, but what she knows from the voice that this person is definitely a girl.

She remembered back in the washroom that the tiny voice belonged to a short haired girl. Looking around one more time, Karina finally darted her eyes on a girl. Her face is extremely pale. In front of her is a man in a brown coat. He's smiling towards her happily.

Karina was so sick on her stomach seing the view.

"I want to get off! Let me get off here, sir!", Karina pushed the red button above her head eagerly before the bus slowed down for a stop. She walks through the crowds with a grunt, slowly getting closer towards the panic girl.

As Karina could see how the short haired girl flashed her that kind of expression, pleading help from her eyes, Karina couldn't ignore it anymore.

"Let's go!", Karina quickly grabbed the girl's hand and pulled her away from the man, running down the bus and away from the bus stop.

Karina smiled while still holding the girl's hand, running towards nowhere. Expecting that the girl behind her is her fate, Karina turns around for another look on the girl's face. Thanfully, the girl wasn't as pale as before even tho confusion is evident in her eyes.

They made a stop in front of a convenience mart as both of them were trying to catch their breath. Karina was the first one to lift her head up with a smile on her face.

"Are you alright? I'm glad I can hear you", Karina smirked happily before the girl in front of her perk her head up in confusion.

"What did she say?"

"You heard me?", the girl asked. "I didn't even say anything inside the bus", she continued.

Oops. Karina slipped her words.

"I-I mean... I kind of see the expression on your face. I figured out that I need to help", Karina nods her head, assuring the other girl. When she saw that the girl finally let out a tiny smile on her face, Karina could sigh in relief.

"She's really beautiful", Karina heard the other girl's mind loud and clear that she smiled so wide right now. Oh god, is this how happy the other Yu would be when the first time they finally heard someone's mind?

"Thank you, really. I owe you a lot. I never thought I would ever encounter a molester inside the bus"

"You should report him. People like him deserve to be in jail. Thank god I saw you just now", Karina chuckled, and the other girl just answered her with a nod. Seeing the girl's reaction, Karina couldn't help but burst out that they had met before.

"Actually, I saw you back in the department washroom. I think you are from a different major, I guess?", Karina smiled timidly as the other girl widened her eyes in shock. "Wait. Are you from my college? The Department of Arts and Architecture?".

"Yeah. I'm in Heritage Arts major. Did you remember yesterday when you ran out from the washroom with both your hands covered your face?"

"Wait- What?"

"T-That's... That's you?", the shorter girl gasped as she covered her mouth with her hands. Her cheeks rosed in embarrassment.

"That's me", Karina smiled before she pulled out her hand. "I'm Karina Yu", Karina introduced herself, feeling extremely happy that this girl in front of her who's supposed to be her fate in life, her destiny for eternity, the chosen one for her, is a girl with short hair and cute futures.

The other girl slowly held out her hand before shaking it with Karina's shyly as her lips formed into a timid smile. Her eyes were looking at her right, trying to avoid eye contact with Karina's.

"I'm...", the girl paused her words between her shy voice.

"I'm... Winter Kim-"

"What?!", there's no way Karina said that out loud. Oh gosh, she really did! Did she hear the shorter girl right? What's her name again? She isn't kidding, right?

"My name is Winter Kim", Winter finally moved her eyes, looking shyly into Karina's panic orbs.

At this moment, Karina knew that fate is playing with her.