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sorry guys, been quite busy lately, but now i guess I have time to continue the story

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Will drove them two to the restaurant he booked earlier.

It was an expensive restaurant, and the deposit was made, it would be a waste if he doesn’t go.

“The sun set is always nice to look at isn’t it?” Liz said out of no where, trying to find conversation.

“hehe, yea.”

“Always thought that watching it with ur significant other is one of the most romantic thing to do ever, don’t you think so?”

“um…” Will has no idea how to reply that, and he has no idea why Liz brought this up.

Straight after Liz said that, she knew she shouldn’t have. She just made the whole thing a lot more awkward that it was before.

Will needed to break the tension, he needs to remember the whole purpose of this dinner is to apologise for troubling her and to get to know her better, which he never had a chance before.

“So….What do you do with yourself?”

“School.”

“oh yea? boring stuff ay?”

“yea, it is”

‘Great’, thought Will, she’s such a great talker….she ain’t helping with the conversation at all. But then again, he can’t blame her, he didn’t really continue her conversations either.

Maybe both of them needed to collect their thoughts, and set their mind right about this night.

[This is not a date, it’s just a normal dinner]

and the rest of trip went on quiet…..

The night went on without much fuss

“Why do you love my sister?” Liz popped it out of no where. Trying to break the silence again, and she always wanted to know as well.

“What you mean?”

“Well, there must be a reason why you like my sister right? What about her that attracts you?”

“Well, everything?”

“Com’n, don’t be so cheesy, there must be things you like and things you hate.”

“I love all things about her, even the bad things”

“Lol, that’s so textbook.”

“hehe, yea i know what you mean, well lets think…Her smile. that’s the thing that pops in first.”

“oh yea, shallow much? haha, just kidding”

“well everyone’s shallow, isn’t that true?”

“Yea i guess…”

“Love is a funny thing, isn’t it? it just hits you out of no where and you can’t really explain it” Said Liz, it seemed more like her talking to herself.

“that’s true, well, let me ask you something…”

“Yea? go for it?”

“Do you believe in Love at First Sight?”

…

That question is the question Liz always asked herself.

This is the first time she’s been asked face on…

But she answered with a faint smile…

“Yes..”

Life has all it’s up and downs…

“Liz??”

“Hi~! How are you?”

“Um.. Where is Abigail?”

“Abigail? I have no idea… must be still at uni. Why?”

“You…um…”

And then it hit Will. He suddenly took out he’s phone in a swoosh, scroll down to [Sent Messages]…..

Staring back at him..

Sent to: Abigail…..’s Sister

…

…

Liz standing there, at the garage door. Slowly the smile on her face drifts off. Looking blankly at Will, standing there, looking at he’s phone.

“um….what’s wrong?”

Will is speechless.

He has made such a stupid mistake. Ok, he has made many mistakes in he’s life, but none of which was so stupid?… He doesn’t know what to say to Liz. Lie and pretend he never did anything wrong? Or Be truthful?

“Liz..um…I’m sorry..”

“Why? what did you do? Well i did think your message was a bit werid and full on, but I knew you always joke around, so i thought it was just a random joke u wrote before you went to sleep.”

“Um..yea, about that message..”

“It’s ok, I didn’t take it to heart~! haha, i came out to see you to see what’s going on as well, nothing more.”

“All dressed up?”

“hehe…I always dress like this…yea”

“Well about that message, it was meant to be for Abigail, but i accidentally sent it to you as you are in my contact list as Abigail’s sister, which is one under her name…”

“Oh..that make so much more sense now..um…yea, i will see you later then………….”

She knew, well, a part of her did. Her life wouldn’t be so wonderful. It just won’t

“I’m really sorry, to have scared you like that with the random message. “

“That’s ok, I didn’t get scared, what you on about, haha everyone knows you joke alot, I never take anything you say to heart.” [Although i do remember everything you say….] Liz thought, but didn’t dare to say the second part.

“Sorry again, for all these trouble…..yea”

“all good, i will see you later..”

“yea…”

Will can tell the disappointment on Liz’s face. It was a Friday night, and he ruined her night for her….

“HEY~! Wait~!” Will called out.

“Um..Liz, are you doing anything tonight?”

“Um..not really”

“Well, wanna go grab something to eat then? I’ve known you for so long, but we never really hung out before. My treat~! lets just treat it as my apology to you.”

“Haha, I told you already, you don’t need to apologies. it’s no biggie” Liz smiled. One of the brightest smile Will has ever seen. No wonder they are sisters he thought.

“No it’s ok, i insist, for causing you all the trouble, let me buy you something to eat.”

With a bit more convincing, Liz is sitting in the passenger seat.

She didn’t picture tonight to turn out like this. As the car backs out of the drive way, she’s mixed with emotions. Happy? that Will is driving her to somewhere? that they are eating together? Or Guilty, because the person he really wanted to see tonight was Abigail…

As the car backs out of the drive and heads towards the sunset, Abigail appeared from the corner of the street. She can recognize the car from miles away, with the distinct roar. And as she walked closer, she sees a familiar person sitting in the passenger seat…

Seeing the two people sitting with a smile on their faces…and driving off.

It cut her…deep.

He slept pretty well

She didn’t sleep at all

He woke up at 8am, wide awake, with a smile on his face

She stayed up till 8am, wide awake, with a smile on her face

—-

The whole day, Will couldn’t concentrate on anything, checking he’s watch every 2 minutes, praying it will hurry and reach 5pm.

He started getting dressed at 3pm in the afternoon.

Took him so long to find a nice outfit.

He never spent such long time to make sure he looked just right.

Putting on the perfume that she once gave him.

He also spent hours just thinking about what to say to her.

Apologize for all this stupid things he’s done?

Start chit-y chatting about everything and pretend nothing has ever happened?

Or live on he’s EGO again, and brag about all the girls that tried to chase after him.

No, that’s a bad idea he thought. Last time he followed he’s ego, it didn’t lead him to anywhere pleasant.

No, he will just be honest and maybe romantic this time.

She always called him un-romantic.

He always thought romantic is so materialistic and fake.

But he started to appreciate it all when he lost it all.

A restaurant was especially booked for the night.

Everything was set. A nice dinner by the beach. Eating her favorite pasta while watching the sunset. Then it all ends with a walk on the beach…

It will be perfect.

He thought.

As 5pm approaches..

As he’s heart races

As he drives up the drive way of her house.

He gets off the car.

He stands by he’s car, looking at he’s watch. Looking at every sec ticks by

5:00:00pm

It showed.. (in analog, as he never liked digital watches)

The such familiar sound started to raw.

The garage door slowly ascends upwards.

He can see her feet.

She’s wearing a nice pair of boots

He can see her whole leg now.

A nice short skirt.

It keeps no ascending.

He was never so happy in he’s life to be able to see her again.

He notices she changed the way she dressed, he always have told her to have some variety, and she finally listened.

That’s why he loved her, doing everything, even the little nitty gritties just for him.

As the garage door fully opens up.

He started to walk forward, closer and closer, to get a long awaited hug.

And then, he froze.

What awaits him is her, standing there, with the arms open and huge a smile on her face.

He, though, can’t smile at all.

Is it all too much to see her again?

no…

He slowed opened he’s mouth

He’s eyes are twisted…

And he pushed out one word….

“Liz???”

Life as a single isn’t as free as everyone makes it out to be.

Will totally forgot what it was like.

Girls every where.

Doing anything he wanted to.

Life would be great.

At least that’s what he thought.

But all he got was a few comforting lines, and a lot of space.

All the girls were afraid to go near him, even the ones that are interested in him.

Everyone is scared of the so called ‘rebound’

He misses her

He misses the time they had together

The laughter they shared

Everything about her, he missed…

He will not call her tho. He’s ego’s way too big for him to do that.

And he will not pick up her calls. He doesn’t want her to know the state that he’s in. Since he initiated this experiment, he has to live up to it..

Does he?

He still question himself, every second of the day. “Why am I doing this? I was living such a wonderful life, why do I torture everyone?”

“To make the future better..” A little voice inside he’s voice said.

Every night, he sits on he’s bed, and the mind just go through the same thought process.

Tonight, it got disturbed.

*ring ring…*

“Hello?” He picked up, greeted the person with a question, as the number was foreign to him.

“Hey there~!”

It’s a cheerful girl voice… Who could this be, he asked himself.

“Um..Hi..Who is this?”

“Will~! Can’t recognize my voice?”

“Um..” In he’s mind, all the girls he knew scrolled through, none of which jogged he’s memory.

“It’s me~! L-L-L—-iii—z”

“Liz? hm…”

“I’m disappointed in you Will, we see each other practically everyday…”

“We do? I’m so sorry…but….”

Then it hit him, it can’t be Liz, but all clues points to that direction.

Liz, Abigail’s younger sister. Will does see her every time he goes over. Which is practically everyday.

But why is she calling me? He’s puzzled.

“OH~! Abi’s Sister?”

“Bingo~! Took you awhile.”

“hehe..um..not meant to be rude or anything, but why are you calling me?”

“Er.. that is very rude Will”

“oh, i’m sorry..um.Can I help you?”

“I just felt like chatting.. :D”

” Er.. hm.. Yea I am currently in the middle of something, so yea..”

“Oh ok, maybe I will call you back later then~!”

“Yea, thanks, um..before you go, can I ask…did Abi ask you to call me? To see how i’m going?”

“Haha, in your dreams~! She forgot about you ages ago.”

“oh, um..yea, that’s good”

“Ok, I will call you another time then”

“Yea, ok, that’d be good….cya”

“Bye”

…

He’s speechless..

Why is she calling me?

Maybe she just got nothing else better to do, and choosed a random number to call…

maybe..

Oh well.

He didn’t put much thought into it.  Saved the number under [Abigai’s Sister] and simply went to bed.

He loved sleeping.

The whole feeling is just so relaxing…

…

…

He always have good night sleeps,

Not tonight tho.

Half way through the sleep, he suddenly woke up.

A bit of sweat coming out of he’s forehead.

Did he have a nightmare?

Will tries to re-collect he’s thoughts, no it wasn’t a nightmare.

Infact, it was actually a nice dream

A dream of Abi and him, on a sunday afternoon, counting the clouds.

The moment he opened he’s eyes…

He felt so alone

So useless

15month seemed to be a lifetime away.

He couldn’t take it anymore

That moment, he throw he’s ego into the trash.

[Hey there. Um..I’ve been thinking about all these. I am wrong, I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have done what I’ve done, I really need you. I’ve finally realised, discovered my love for you is not something that can simply be put away for a while. Can you meet me at outside your house tomorrow please? 5pm sharp. We will go somewhere?]

He typed this message, without a thought at all, it all just came from he’s deep inside. Rushly clicked send so he couldn’t change he’s mind about it.

(Message sent) the phone beeped.

Afterwards, a part of him felt relived, happy to have her back

Another part of him felt ashamed, to retreat everything he intended to do, but the joy was over powering.

Such joy comfortably put him back to sleep..With a faint smile on he’s face…

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*beep.* The message tone rang loudly.

The half asleeped her, woke up, grumpily grabs the phone and tries to read the message.

She hates people waking her up while sleeping. But this time, she smiled

She was so excited to read the message.

Such joy, kept her up the whole night.

She lied on her bed, eyes wide open, thinking about tomorrow…with a smile..

To the rest of the world, they are just another good relationship gone down the drain. People simply forget about them after a few days.

A few “aww you will be fine”

A few “there’s more fish in the sea”

and a few more “Don’t worry, she/he wasn’t right for you anyway”

All that are meant to make people feel better…. really?

Abigail, not use to this whole ordeal, really feels like they’ve broken up. She has no idea what to say to him anymore, and he never calls her at night anymore.

It’s only been two days, would he really forget about her that fast? If he did, then he wasn’t worth having in the first place.

As day drags on, Abigail hates the idea more and more. She tried calling him, ask him to change the plan.

*ring … ring … ring..*

*”"The person is currently busy, please call back later”"*

That’s what she gets everytime.

Is he really ignoring her?

Is he that cold hearted?

Abigail knows Will quite well. Well enough to know he’s a stubborn person. Once he’s mind is set, nothing is going to move it.

She knows that for a fact.

But a part of her wanted that to change, she wanted…no, she needed this to stop.

Every night, she sits in her room, with her door locked.

With the night light he gave her, on their first month.

She stares into it blankly, hours at a time. Dreaming about all the time they had together.

Sounds corny, but that’s what happened.

It went on for a few nights…

*knock knock*

“I’m busy studying~! Please don’t disturb me” Abigail shouted, with the anger from such disturbance causing her to lose track of her thoughts.

“Abi, it’s me, open the door”

“Go away~! This is not a good time, I have to rush an assignment”

“Hehe, I’m holding your bag right now, you left it by the door when you came back….now tell me, how are you doing assignment without anything?”

“Damn it.” “What do you want?”

“Just want to talk to you lah”

“This really isn’t a good time”

“Com’n, just open up~!”

Abigail really didn’t want to talk to anyone, but her sister is being extremely annoying.

She dragged her feet to the door, opened it up.

“What do you want” She questioned

“Com’n, lets talk. I know why you’ve been upset lately…”

“Yea, you think you know everything”

“Haha, of course I do. Just because he dumped you, doesn’t mean you got be all ‘end of the world’ right?”

“How did you know?”

“Well, he hasn’t been coming around, you haven’t been on the phone at night… and you haven’t been talking or smiling”

“…”

“It’s alright sis, he wasn’t right for you anyway”

There goes that line again, what does that even mean? How does insulting someone I still love makes me feel better… Abigail never could understand.

“er..ok”

“So yea, cheer up~!”

“Thank you….you’ve made me feel better now, now please leave”

“No no, I didn’t come in here to cheer you up…well that wasn’t the main reason.” *hehe*

“I knew it, what do you want?”

“You know how Will is single now..”

“Yea?”

“Um… um…” *blush* “Um..”

“Spit it out”

“Can I get he’s number off you?”

“ARE YOU SERIOUS? My Own sister is moving onto my boyfriend?”

“EX~!”

“But he’s like….three years old than you”

“Love has no boundaries my dear sister”

“Don’t say that in front of me, give me the creeps”

“Com’n, just give me he’s number, I’m just helping you to forget him for ever and ever”

“”I shouldn’t let him play with my sister, what if he breaks her heart? I can’t let them go out…I can’t even let her get in contact with him. I should just let him do he’s own thing for the 15month….”" Abigail thought to herself.

“Thanks sis~!”

“What?…”

Abigail’s phone is lying on the bed next to her, on the screen, showing Will’s name highlighted…

Her sister copied down the number without asking.

“That girl~! Come back~!” She screamed.

She could never let her sister get involved into this whole thing.

A cruel human experiment shouldn’t hurt more than one person…. Herself.

“Remember that experiment you told me? I still don’t like the idea.”

“Why not~~!”

“How can you treat our love as a game?”

“I’m not, that’s the point, I have great faith in our love, that’s why i proposed this thing, i believe we will still love each other, even more in fact, after all this.”

“You think so?”

“Definitely”

With this, these comforting words, Abigail is slowly drifting towards such idea.

“”I trust him”", She thought to her self.

“Ok then, if you say so….how long will this be? one month?”

“Haha, your kidding right? How is one month going to be enough for anything?”

“Haha~~! 2 min is enough for YOU to do everything….*wink*”

“Oi~~! that’s not suppose to be joked at….anyway, I reckon 15 Month.”

“15 Month? Why”

“Because if my calculations are correct….5 month is enough for one relationship, 15 month is enough for 3 relationships..Actually, make it 15 month and one day. Give me a day to recover from everything :P”

“You, you you, always you, everything is about you isn’t it?”

“Hehe…”

“Sometimes, I really don’t understand you Will…”

“That’s ok, after 15 month and 1 day, you will fully understand all this”

“You know this hurts me right? But I do trust you, and hopefully all this will turn out to be good”

“Of course it will, and for the time been..just enjoy life!”

“What ever you say…Just remember, I will always love you…”

“So will I!”

*Click*

Abigail hangs up the phone, tear runs down her cheek.

Why did she agree to something that she feels badly about?

Why did she do something that hurts her so much?

Love.

Love is so blind.

She wanted to prove to herself and the rest of the world, their love is strong.

She wanted to truly test this thing they have.

“”I will not go out with anyone in this 15 month, it’s just too cruel to muck around with people’s feelings like that. I shall just sit here and wait. 15 month can’t be that long right? For now I should just concentrate on family and friends, and everything will pass by so fast. Next thing I know, I will be in he’s arm again, and we will be lying under the blue sky counting clouds…again..”" She comforts herself.

. . .

Will hangs up the phone, a smile grows on he’s face.

Why did he start something that could potentially ruin two people’s life?

Why did he start something that might hurt someone he cares so much about?

Love.

Love is encouraging.

He wanted to prove to her and the rest of the world, their love is strong.

He wanted to test he’s love for her.

And he also wanted to have fun.

“”15 month, three girls, I’d go through all the heartbreaks and everything else I need. It’d just be like a normal young person’s life. Nothing is taken too seriously, the main aim is to have fun. 15 month won’t be too long, time goes fast when your having fun right? And before I know it, I’d be back with her again, and we will continue to live our perfect life.”" He thought to himself.

PART I

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The sky is blue

The air is fresh

The grass is green, always green…

but

Is the sky on the other side bluer?

Is the air on the other side fresher?

Is the grass on the other sider greener? Always Greener?

<In this life, we are always unsatisfied with the life we are living, there will always be someone else living a life of our dreams. Next time you see that, ask yourself, do you really want that?>

“Hehe, yes I do”

Saying such statement without a thought. He, Will, always wanted to be a super star, always wanted to be the middle of the attention. To get such attention, he loves going against the grain, not saying he’d break laws, but he never follow trends.

Lying on the green grass on the deserted oval, admiring the clouds that passes by, one of he’s usual doings on a Sunday afternoon.

Lying next to him, a beautiful girl. Abigail.

“You serious? Why don’t you like your life? Am I not good enough? You know there’s a a line for me right? so you should just 好自为知”

“No no, your perfect, I love you. But don’t you think there’s a better life out there?”

“I’m sure life’s has it’s own possibilities, and that possibility is endless, but what do you mean?”

“Ok, let me ask you something, and make sure you answer me honestly, and don’t be pissed ok?”

“er..ok then, what is it”

“Do you miss being single? Do you miss the whole having a crush on someone and like, flirt with them, try to get them to like you back, you know? the whole thrill, the whole…yea”

*looks blankly*

“Are you pissed? i told you not to pissed lah, i’m not trying to dump you, i’m just..just..making conversation”

“No hun, i was just thinking about it. You know what, yea I do miss it, but what makes me not to miss is your smile”

“HAHA~~! Com’n~~! That’s so corny~~! haha, send shivers down my spine~~!”

“Just coz you don’t know how to be romantic…”

“you were serious? haha, I can be romantic~~! …..um… *puppy eyes* I LOVE YOU HONEY~~!!!”

“er..yea, wateva”

“Anyways. Think about it right? Our first relationship, and we’ve already gone out with each other for so long….everyone else is breaking up and re-falling in love…how come we haven’t even had a fight yet?”

“Coz we are deeply in love?”

“Seriously, i can’t take this corny crap>.<”

“Hmp”

“Do you think we will get married?”

“Er…i haven’t really thought that far yet…”

“Yea, neither have I, but if this goes on, i reckon we have a good chance….Do you believe we will get married?”

“YES =)”

“See, this is what i mean, don’t you think we are missing out on all the heartbreaks and the re-crushing?”

“No..not really”

“Com’n, think about it, if we know we will love each other forever… Then why not use our youth to enjoy what young people suppose to enjoy..”

“What? Guilt free sex?”

“Haha, just the whole thing i said before”

“Where are you going with this?”

“I reckon, we should separate for a while…Live life as singletons again, and see what fate brings us. Enjoy life now, and after a period of time, after all the ups and downs, we can come back together and treasure what we have now…like they said, no pain no gain right?”

“I don’t know, that’s a really stupid idea you know?”

“Don’t trust me? Haha, I guess you have the rights not to trust me, with all these girls eyeing me everyday..”

“In your dreams~~! I’m just scared you’d cry your eyes out when you see me with another guy”

“I promise i won’t~~! I trust you honey~~! *shivers, no more honey*”

“This is a really big decision you know…what you just going to go enjoy/experiment life at other people’s expenses? What if another girl falls in love with you? You just going to break her heart?”

“Well, that’s the genius of the plan…I’m not ‘breaking her heart’, i’m letting her enjoy life!”

“This is really a big decision, I will have to think about it…”

“Glad you are just not shooting it down~~! I know you trust me, and you know that I trust you too”

. . .

They spent the whole afternoon just lying there, discussing which cloud looks like each other.

That’s their Sunday Afternoon, every week, without fail.

But this could be the last of it, for a long time…

Be Free and Fly

a story about a boy, and his love towards a forbidden fruit.

a story about a boy, turning into a man.

a story about how bs love is…

Part 1. Passing By

Part 2. Slip Away

Part 3. Free

Completely fictional.

anduz.net holds no responsibility for anything.

Enjoy. [Excuse all the english mistakes, i tried…:(]

“Justin…Justin, can you hear me Justin?”

Light peaked into his vision, took some time to focus the image, but it got there, someone wearing a white coat.

White…first thought that jumped into his head was “I should have believed the Christians, I should have believed in god, now the angels are going to shoot me down to hell, because I was a non-believer”

“Please, I don’t want to go to hell, can I do something to make it up to you?” He spoke with all his energy.

The person in white looked at him with a puzzled face and said :”son, welcome back to the real world, I’m Dr. Ting, how are you feeling?”

“i’m not dead?”

“Not just yet…”

As the vision continues to focus, he realized where he was.

The curtains were closed, but he could tell it was still dark. He started to remember it all, the whole happening.

He felt restricted, as he couldn’t move, and it ached everywhere, but the sight of the peaceful room was a nice change from the fright.

Sitting in the corner, a girl, sleeping peacefully on her knees.

Someone he couldn’t recongize.

The doctor understood the puzzled look and said:”She’s the girl that drove you here, is she your girlfriend? Such a nice girl.”

He didn’t know who she was, although, there’s something about her that made it all so familiar.

Maybe the sound of this conversation woke her up, she slowly sat up.

And right there.

It could be the best moment of his life.

Right there.

He wished this was not a dream.

Right there.

He was ecstatic.

That face, that girl, that smile…

It was her.

He somehow knew this was all a dream, and he is still lying on the beach sleeping.

But the pain on this body told him, this was no dream at all.

“Hey, you woke up” She said.

“…”

He had nothing to say

“How are you feeling?”

“..”

He could not find the words

As the doctor slowly exist the room, she approached the bed still holding that nice perfect smile.

“My name is Jessica, and I have your car keys?”

“…no way” he thought..

“I hid away for a whlie, after he ran away from you, i drove you here.”

“…” *blinks* “…”

“Well, not very friendly are you…thanks..”

“..”

“Thanks….for..that…yea..”

She turned around, swung her hair around, walked towards the door.

“No don’t go, stay with me~!” He didn’t speak such words.

He watched

Tried his best to process all.

He couldn’t

How can he be so lucky? Well, not lucky considering the state his in, but her. It was really her, smiling at him. Talking to him, introducing herself to him. Maybe even carried him… That thought could have melted him, if his body wasn’t so stiff.

She left. He didn’t get the chance to even say bye.

His such an idiot. First chance she took the initiative to talk, and he had nothing to say.

She left. Only thing he could do was watch the swinging door.

…

Days past, injuries recovered.

All his skin, flesh and blood was back, but something was missing.

Going to lectures everyday, he would always reach there extra early, and observe everyone who comes in.

She wasn’t there.

She never came.

She doesn’t usually skip lectures. But it had been days without even the sight of her anywhere.

He pondered on the thought of whether it was all just a dream. A dream from his creative mind.

He couldn’t stop thinking about her, even if she was imaginary, she was perfect. But if she was imaginary, then she would be perfect.

The emptiness took the best of him. Until one day.

He saw her, sitting under a maple tree, face buried in a dictionary sized book.

“Roadmap to the mind” it said.

“I didn’t know she was doing civil engineering…” He told himself.

“Hey~! Jessica” He called out.

She looked up, puzzled.

“Justin. Remember me?”

“Just..Justin~! oh it’s you~! Sorry i couldn’t recognize you without the bandages on your face…haha” “Glad to see you made a full recovery.”

“Heh, yea. Well, how come I haven’t seen you around in lectures anymore?”

“I um…took a few weeks off, to sort things out with myself…and I transfered course too.”

“Transfered why?”

“Well, i’m doing Psychology now, after what I’ve been through, and all the people that’ve helped me, it made realize how interesting the human mind is, and I would like to help people as well”

“hm..”

“there’s your speechless again.”

“Oh, yea sorry. Um.. that’s too bad, enjoying it tho?”

“Yea, it’s so much more interesting~! =D”

“That’s good Hey, I always wanted to ask this, sorry to bring this up, but who was the guy, you knew him?”

*Sigh*”It was..my boyfriend.” “We were on our 2nd year anniversary date, it was a bit late, because we all were so busy with work..”

“:|, your boyfriend? Why..what..why?”

“I guess he just got caught up in the moment”

“^o)”

“Well. We are fine now… :D”

“You what? still with him?”

“Yees~! hehe, he just made a mistake, and we still love each other very much..”

He could have died on the spot. Thinking of saving her from her brutal bf would have won her love, or at least break up something, but to his surprise, he actually toughened the relationship.

This is his life, all through out, he we face something exciting, and soon after it will be brought down by something else.

He was use to disappointments and failures.

But not this..this was over the moon.

Out of the blue, a force was exerted onto his left shoulder, a force he was familiar of…

Scared to turn around, but he did, and saw. It was him. Her boyfriend.

Knees trembling, he didn’t know what to say.

“You…um….yea…i’m just leaving now….um…..cya..”

“No mate, don’t go” A smile grew on the boyfriend’s face. “I really want to thank you, for that night.”

“Thank me?”

“If it wasn’t for you, I would have made the biggest mistake of my life, and lost the love of my life…Because of you, I didn’t do what I wanted to do, because of you, our lives are still normal, if not better.” “For that, I thank you”

“..”*that’s touching* he thought.. *Your lives are better, but what the fuck happens to me?* He continues to think. *You two are happy, enjoying each other..what do i get?* *Not a freakin thing…* *A few thanks? would that do? nop, would a few thanks smile at me when i’m down?* *No effin way* All these thoughts, of things he wanted to say, but he couldn’t With a joyful couple in front of him, he couldn’t do it.

“Er.. that’s alright, no need to say thanks…” *looked at his watch and went on* “Oh i’m going to be late for a lecture ,bye”

No one has lecture on the half of the hour, but that was the only excuse he could think of to get out of there, get out before he let himself burst out all the things that he wanted to say. He knew, if he does express it out, the girl would be hurt…and that’s the last thing he would want to do.

He ran.

Running, the only thing hes good at.

Running, such a crowdly thing to do. But there’s no other choice.

Ran he did.

As he past a lecture room, he slipt in.

This room was currently closed for demolishing. It was an ancient room, just the place he would want to be, somewhere dim and lack of people.

It was a big room, a 600 people lecture room, due to it’s age, it has to be demolished.

He ran to the middle, kneed down, as it seemed like the easiest and most comfortable position right now.

…..

All the way back to where the girl was at, she could sense there were something wrong. Her eye followed him, witnessed him entering the old room.

She made up an excuse as well, and hurried behind him.

She loved her boyfriend, she was sure.

The boyfriend loved her too, she wanted to be sure of that as well.

But she couldn’t just let a friend who once saved her to be hurt, she had to find out why.

…..

The door swung open.

Seeing him kneeing there, it wasn’t a pleasant sight.

“Are….you…alright?”

He heard her, he saw her, the smile was gone, but the expression of care that’s on her face was still as sweet as ever.

“yea. i’m alright, just…..i guess everyone else..is….late to lecture?”

With this, tears fell from his face…

He never cried in front of a girl before, it was one of his morals, but this time, it was too hard to hold it in.

Her footstep approached, and one of her hand landed on his shoulder. Patted.

It was more than a comfort pat. It felt more like sympathy and apology.

“I am sorry..”

“ddd.on’t be” Cold shiver rushed through his body.

“I do love him tho..” After saying that…she turned around and started to walk off.

He couldn’t help himself anymore, and slammed his fist into the years old wood floor.

Such shock sent through to the near by black board that’s hanging on the wall.

It shook..

It became unstable…

It fell.

In that split second, he could see from the corner of his eyes, that the board is falling directly at her.

The size of the board would crush her to bits….

Without thinking, he found himself on his feet, pushing her out of the way.

The board slammed down. And broke into pieces upon impact.

Such impact….made sure this would be the last lecture he would ever attend.

Using his very last strength, looked up, at the girl on the ground in front, clearly in shock..

“I do …..Love…..”

That’s all he could do…

Even on his last moment, the situation didn’t let him to express his true feelings.

Fate some would call it…It was just not meant to be….

“If you truly love someone, you set them free, He was free, and along setting her free…”

….the end….

…….

As someone requested a happy ending:

Since his out of the couples lives, they lived happily ever after…the end.

As time passed, he tried his best to forget.

To forget her, the one he thought was perfect.

He was not a family wrecker, he doesn’t destroy happiness.

As another wise man once said:”if you truly love someone, you set them free” right?

Easier said than done.

If he loved her enough, her happiness should be his happiness.

If he loved her enough, it doesn’t matter whos arms she’s in, as long as she’s warm.

If he loved her enough, the idea of breaking up her relationship shouldn’t exist at all.

He was confused.

Bewildered, at the choices that faced him.

He wanted the possession of an perfect being, but by doing so, he could destroy that perfect smile on her face.

He was baffled.

Flabbergasted, at the fact of not being able to have what he wants.

He sat there, in the corner of his room, ear plugs plugged in to block all the noises outside.

He couldn’t take it, his brain is too full of confusions, he had to find a way of relief.

Next thing he knew, his driving towards the east.

For the ocean.

He always liked the ocean, especially at night.

It’s not peaceful, but the lack of population makes the place seem to be the most quiet place on earth.

The vast space mixed with the nice breeze is the best combination that he needs right now.

Thinking about the beach, he drove, ignoring the speed signs, he needed to get there as fast as possible.

It was a long drive, but the thought of the girl made it all seem too short.

He started to believe that his going crazy, over something so trivial. He hated himself.

“I’m pathetic, what’s a girl good for? whining and spending money?” he told himself.

He knew it was true, from all the complaints he receive from the friends, but he couldn’t help it, it wasn’t his fault he was made to be straight, there’s something about girls that fascinates him, something that attracts him, doesn’t even have to be sexual, just spending time with them and watching the smile on their faces makes him happy.

Was this love? He doesn’t know. He always thought that his too young to even understand the meaning of love. Love seemed to be such an deep emotion that unless you have gone through 20 years of pain, you would not understand.

He knew tho, this was a lot more than just an affection towards the opposite sex, lot more.

The thoughts accompanied him all the way to the beach, he arrived, jumped off his car and ran straight for the sandy land.

He sat down, looked up at the clear starry sky, suddenly, all the questions seemed to have been erased away. The world seems to simple and beautiful.

He could not help but to think, this all would be even more perfect, if she was sitting there with him, next to him, sharing this all so wonderful time.

…

Such thoughts were disturbed, by the sound coming from down the beach. He was startled, as never before there was people there at that time.

The disturbance came from a female, he could tell, as her cry of rejection sounded just some what desperate.

He didn’t want to check what’s going on, for all he knew, it could be cries of pleasure.

He never liked helping out strangers, as he was brought up with the philosophy that never mind other’s business, because you could end up hurt.

He tried to ignore the noise, hoping it would die out soon. He kept on telling himself, it’s just the girl enjoying her self instead of being in trouble.

He tried to lie to himself, as he knew, it didn’t sound anything like the show his friends watches.

“no~! please, don’t~!” The cry continued, getting desperate by the second.

“I’m warning you luke, if you do anything….” It calmed for a bit.. as it gave her time to scream out such words.

He still sat there, he really didn’t have the balls to check out what’s going on, as he could just picture himself getting stabbed in the heart.

But another thought followed, if the girl is not with him, is there any point to live? Living a life of disappointment and sadness? Seeing the girl everyday but can’t even say hi? There’s nothing really for him to lose.

This gave him the courage, death, for a few seconds, didn’t seem to be that scary anymore.

Without anything to lose, he got up, and slowly ran to source of the sound.

As he got close, he saw the attacker, somewhat forcing himself on the victim on the ground. He couldn’t see their faces due to the darkness of the night, but he knew it was a guy and a girl.

No idea where he grew the balls from to scream:”Hey you~! What the fuck are you doing?”

The cry from the girl suddenly amplified, but it was mixed with a sense of relief.

He could tell the guy was shocked too, the guy looked back at him.

Without the ability to see the guy’s face, he can sense the anger. He was in too deep to turn back now. He got to do what he’s got to do.

“Get the hell off her, what do you think you are doing?”

“What da hell does it look like? Mind your own business~! kid” Barked the male in the darkness

“Doesn’t sound like she’s agreeing to it, get the hell off her”

“Fuck off”

“…” He had nothing to say, he doesn’t usually swear, but today, he had to break some rules.

The man doesn’t seemed to care about his existence, as frankly, he is only 170cm, half the size of the man.

He realized he was being ignored, and he had to help the girl.

Not knowing what to do, he found himself grabbing a handful of sand, and throwing it towards the general area.

Straight after, he knew, that was not a good move:”omg, that was so sissy..”

It certainly got the man’s attention tho.

Without thinking, he charged, towards the man twice his size, he knew it wasn’t the smartest thing to do, but it was the only thing he knew how to do.

*BANG* The impact nearly knocked him out, he fell backwards, the man didn’t move. His whole body ached, the man didn’t move. He already can see the result of this fight, and a really wise man once said :”Never fight a fight you know you can’t win”. 三十六计, 走为上计, He ran.

He ran as fast as possible, using every little bit of energy his got.

He wasn’t stupid tho, before he ran, he slipped his car key to the girl, and nodded.

Running as fast as he could, but the short legs that’s attached to his hips didn’t help the situation one bit. Each step, he could feel the guy catching up to him.

A swoosh of wind, he was down, the pure weight crushed onto him. He feltthe jaws break. Either the shock or the pain, one of them brought a wave of darkness upon him, something that was even darker than the night.

….to be continued….