Strands of silver moonlight slipped through the gaps in the clouds, casting a quiet glow over the world below.
They settled upon the basin of a secluded waterfall in Mount Hua Sect, where the water flowed endlessly, untouched by the passage of time.
And there, in the basin, atop a small frozen platform, lay two figures.
A boy in swim trunks, pinned down by a girl who was kissing him.
The kiss was brief—just a moment, a brush of warmth amidst the cold night air—but when they pulled apart, both were left breathing hard, the space between them charged with something neither quite knew how to handle.
Then—
SPLASH!
The ice beneath them shattered, sending both of them plunging into the water.
"Sera!" Arthur sputtered as he surfaced, running a hand through his soaked hair. But Seraphina was already gone, disappearing beneath the water like a phantom.
"Talk tomorrow!" her voice rang out from the other end of the basin before she swam away, faster than seemed reasonable.
