Arlo Seys smiled, his gentle voice coming through the phone: "Ariel, Christmas is coming, let's spend that day together. Also, your birthday is coming up soon."
"Yeah, Arlo, it looks like you'll have to prepare two gifts for me. One for Christmas, and one for my birthday."
"Okay."
Arlo Seys never imagined that Ariel Morris's sixteenth birthday would become an unforgettable memory for them both, leading to a loss of contact for eight years.
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The results of the campus beauty contest were announced on the Scenic Hill forum three days later, and Ariel Morris won the title of Campus Beauty.
The duet performance by Scenic Hill's trio and Ariel Morris, singing [Later], was edited by the student council and interspersed with clips of Ariel Morris and Arlo Seys's daily interactions. This gave rise to a complete promotional film for Scenic Hill, with the theme personally penned by student council president Arlo Seys, which was:
"My youth has you, your adolescence has me."
