Aurum looked at Shawn and Gale, and Natalie looked at him.

She loved him, but he loved her.

Their love was a triangle, an endless loop, never intersecting.

Destined to be an unfulfilled love.

Because love needed to be between both sides.

Natalie thought, 'Aurum… When will you realize that Gale has long since ceased to belong to you, and you are the only one who is still stubbornly guarding the innocence and promise made in your childhood?'

Gale sorted out his emotions and looked at Natalie