Jaden_Cortezano

She was the girl everyone watched.
He was the boy no one wanted to see.

And she loved him anyway.

Yumi Hanazawa was never supposed to fall for the ugliest boy in school — Akiro Kenzaki.
He was scarred, silent, and hated for reasons no one remembered.
But under the hoodie, behind the sharp sarcasm, was a boy who never believed anyone could love him.

She changed that.

But the world doesn’t forgive soft girls who love broken boys — and it doesn’t let them keep each other for long.

They faced betrayal, silence, and separation.
He left.
She waited.
And when he finally came back…
It was already too late.

This is not a story about first love.
It’s a story about last love.
About love that stays even after the heartbeat stops.

He was never hers to keep. But she loved him like he was.

Ugly to You, Mine to Me

Chapter 34: The Body Doesn't Lie, Even When the Heart Tries To

Like the world had already started erasing her.

Yumi sat on the paper-covered table, legs dangling, eyes fixed on the linoleum floor.She already knew.

Autoimmune. Late. Aggressive.

He used softer words.Words like "treatment paths" and "monitoring progression."

But the subtext was a funeral in slow motion.

She needed a few more hours of pretending this wasn't happening.

A few more hours of stolen glances, unfinished kisses, and his voice saying her name like it mattered.

She stopped by the bridge on the way home.

Everything stays behind except the people who matter most.

Elsewhere, Akiro sat in his room, pen in hand.He hadn't written anything real in years.

**"You looked like spring when you first wore my hoodie.

Like you didn't belong in a place full of rust and cold boys.

I don't know how to be what you need.

I think I'll finally know what death feels like."**

That night, Yumi opened a new page in her sketchbook.

She drew him smiling, holding a sketchbook, alone.

And for the first time since she was a child,she prayed.

Just for enough silence to say goodbye without shaking.

Ugly to you, Mine to me