15 MINUTES, TWO DRIFTING FRIENDS, A CACTUS, A WOMAN HE ADORES, AND A SEGMENT OF SHATTERED YET UNRESOLVED ROMANTIC MEMORIES...

The Cactus

As Trysdale prepared for the year-end international exchange formal with Odessey and Malvous in a quiet afternoon, his thoughts drifted to an exchange student named Hecate when he once again locked eyes with the cactus she gave to him, whose fleeting connection with him had dissolved into quiet regret, or maybe there's still a glimpse of chance?