Enchanted Hearts, Chosen Paths

Previously

…His words hung in the air, a question and a promise. The 'adulthood' I had craved, the life I had envisioned for myself, suddenly felt distant, replaced by something far more compelling, far more terrifying, and infinitely more real. A choice was upon me, a crossroads I hadn't anticipated when I’d first stepped into the hallowed halls of high school. The path of familiar comfort beckoned, but the path Kai was offering, though uncertain, shimmered with the promise of a love that had found me in the most unexpected way.