Love Or Lies; The Memories That Could'nt Help But Flow

"See you! Thanks for dropping me off!"

"Dota2?"

"Sure but not now. Maybe later? See you!"

He took out a bunch of keys from his pocket, opened the gate and advanced to the locked door that prevented him to advance further in to his house. He searched for the key that was hidden under the pot that was at the side of the door, unlocked the door, took out his Canvas shoes and advanced further in to his house. He went to put down his bag on the chair and went back to lock the door that he had left opened. He advanced upstairs so that he could take a nice warm bath. He took out his shirt but before he could approach his toilet door, his phone vibrated on his bed. 

*brrrrrrrr

He went to check who was it from. He unlocked the phone and pulled down his notification screen from the top of his black Apple Iphone. 

"Hey. It's been awhile hasn't it?

As silence filled the air, everything started flowing back to his mind. 

"I Love You"

"I'll never let you go"

"I Promise"

"I wanna get married to you"

"I miss you"

"I Don't Love You Anymore"

"I wanna break up"

"I never promised you that"

"I wanna marry him"

"Go away from me please"

He sat down, leaning agianst his cupboard. "Why of all times, did she have to text me now? I thought I had gotten over her?! What is going on with me!?" he thought to himself, wondering in both confusion and anger. Tears started streaming down his face and he couldn't stop crying. His memories started to flow like a violent river across his mind and he couldn't do anything to stop it. He picked up his phone, looked down at his phone. As tears fell on top of the phone, he replied "Hey. Yeah. It's been awhile.". He eagerly waited for her reply, clenching his left fist, clunching his teeth with his eyes all red from the tears as he felt different types of emotions going through his heart. Was he angry? Was he sad? Was he happy? Or was he all three? 

"I miss you"

*thud thud

His heart skipped a beat. He felt glad for a short period of time but after that, everything he felt was filled with hatred and with anger.

"YOU MISS ME?! HOW THE HECK COULD MISS ME!? AFTER EVERYTHING YOU PUT ME THROUGH!? AND NOW, YOU COME BACK AFTER SO LONG AND SAY YOU MISS ME!? HOW INHUMAN CAN YOU GET!? WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU EVER SAY THAT YOU MISS ME AFTER SO LONG!? AFTER EVERYTHING! GET THE HELL AWAY FROM ME! STOP TEXTING ME! STOP COMMU..........." but he stopped halfway. He wiped the tears away from his eyes, he rationalised his thoughts and deleted the text that he wanted to send to her. He brought himself back to the day he first met her in his memories and he wrote...

"I miss you too"

To Be Continued

He's Always Here

He needed help. He craved for help. He felt lonely after all the things he went through. His girlfriend left him. His parents were always busy and his brother never acknowledged his existence and was constantly calling him a freak. He decided, "Hey, I guess I'm not important to anyone in this world right? No one will care if I'm gone right? I guess... It'll soon be all over.." as he elevated himself upon a stool he had brought from the kitchen and tied a noose around his neck that was hung from a ceiling fan. As he took his last breath, he said "Goodbye world. I won't be seeing you anymore.." as he let a tear down his face. He took a step but restrained himself from completing that step. "Can I do it? Does anyone really care about me...? Please.. Someone stop me...!!!" but it was too late. He tripped and fell. As his body hung from the ceiling fan, his life flashed before him and he saw something that changed his decision immediately but it was too late... He thought.

*Snap

The rope snapped as it couldn't take the weight of the boy. He breathed a little yet he remained unconscious. As he awoke within a dream, he saw his body lying on the floor. "Am I dead? Am I really dead? Well, no one will miss me..." as he spoke to himself. He turned around and to his amazement, a bright white silhouette stood before him. "I guess you're the one who's gonna bring me to heaven aren't you? You can't be the God Of  Death because you're all white. You're an angel right? I guess I am going to heaven." as he let out a breath of relief. "I'm not an angel. I am your Saviour. Your Creator. Your God. Your Father." "A god? Please. Don't lie to me angel. A god would never come before a worthless being like me. My existence wasn't even acknowleged by anyone living person on Earth so why would this 'God' be bothered with my existence! Just take me to heaven please." "It's because this 'god' loves you like none any other. It's because I love you like none any other. I am your Father. I have called upon your name so many times but you didn't hear Me. I wanted you to hear me, my son but you didn't choose to hear me." "If you're really God, then what the hell have You done for me!? What!? After all the times I suffered, were you there once!? WERE YOU!?". The white silhouette let out a tear from His eye and waved His hand across the floor. A stream of memories flowed across the floor like a calm flowing river. "I was there, my son. I called upon your name so many times, Peter. I wanted you to come back to Me." As Peter stood on top of the stream of memories, he noticed the times when he was depressed. He saw himself picking up a phone and reading a text from one of his good friends. It was written "The Lord Your God  is with you, He is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, He will quiet you with His love. He will rejoice over you with singing. Dude, this is a passage from the bible, Zephaniah 3:17 . I recently studied it at church and I really hope you are doing well. When I read this passage, it reminded me of you. Dude, don't forget that I am here and that God is always here with you. You have to know that. Don't do anything stupid okay? Bro, I am here for you. Talk to me if there is anything okay? Don't try to take the toll by yourself. Call me when you can!" As Peter watched himself, he let out a tear because he saw himself throw that phone away and ignored everyone that ever cared for him. Then another memory passed him. He noticed a white dove flying pass his house. During that time, he caught eye of the white dove but he never actually took note of it. Peter then realised that awhile ago, he read online that the White Dove represents the Holy Spirit. More tears started to flow down his cheek. "I..I didn't know... I DIDN'T KNOW! I DIDN'T KNOW, GOD!!!!" "My son, no matter how far you drift away from Me, I will always be here, chasing after you." As the white silhouette spoke, He got closer to Peter, He took him in His arms, He lifted his face, wiped the tears from his eyes, He said "Son...". Peter thought to himself, "He called me son... After everything, He called me son...." "Son, do you know? That I still love you". As Peter cried, he said "YES, MY FATHER!!!!"........

As he awoke from his slumber, he saw a white room. He thought he had reached heaven but as his vision got clearer, he realised that he was resting on a  hospital bed. His mom's head was lying beside him, sleeping while his dad was sleeping on a couch before him. "Mom...Dad?" As his parents awoke from their sleep, to their surprise, their son was awake. They ran to him and threw their arms over him. They cried so much but were interrupted by how wide Peter's smile was. They asked why was he smiling. "Mom, Dad... I met Him. I met my Father." The parents were confused as to what he was saying. "What are you talking about, my dear son? Are you feeling okay? How are you?" "No, mom and dad. You've got it all wrong. I met Him. Our Creator. Our Saviour. Our God. Our............." As tears started to flow out of his eyes..."Father...." 

The Unexpected Pair; The Extraordinary Proposal

Sitting on his chair at his table, while scrolling through 9gag, he had nothing to do in class as he had completed his work. He was alone. He had no friends. All his friends were either in different colleges or in a different class. He felt so alone that all he wanted was just someone to talk to. He decided that he would call Kon and ask him whether would he like to have lunch. He lifted up his phone to level it with his eyes and his background appeared blur to him as his eyes concentrated on his phone to dial Kon's number. Then, his eyes moved, meeting with a girl wearing a floral romper. He strained, squinted and forced his eyes to get a glimpse of her name tag. His eyes met with hers, his heart pounding as he swallowed his saliva. He thought... "She's beautiful..." He knew he couldn't proceed her with any ordinary means. In fact, he just couldn't bring himself to even introduce himself to her. He knew he had no chance with her because he was just an ordinary guy. He plays games, watches football and only once in a while would he play football. He had no special achievements made through studies nor did he have any in the field of sports. Everyone else in the class was good in something. They either had looks, brains, brawns or a special achievement while he had nothing. In that instance, he immediately gave up and started browsing through 9gag again on his phone. He then decided to just give Kon a call to see whether was in the area and whether would he like to have lunch with him. "Hey Kon, do you wanna have lunch? I am kinda... Lonely!" as he let out a laughter that was sarcastic but one that was not good enough to fool Kon. Kon knew how he was feeling so he accepted his request. During the time when Rick was on the phone with Kon, he didn't know what was going on. Something caught her eye. Samantha noticed a boy dressed in a black Polo t-shirt and a green short pants. She sat in the corner of the table in front of the class, looking back at Rick and immediately wanted to know who he was and what was his name.

5 mins later

The teacher enters the class and the students immediately stopped their chit chatter and looked at the teacher. Rick was relieved that she didn't look fierce and strict but he knew he still had to behave or he would get in trouble but that wasn't bothering him at all. Seated right in front of him was Samantha and even though he told himself that he would give up on her, he still wanted to find out more about her but he just couldn't bring himself to do it so he tried to look away. He fails every time. He notices her hair which was as black as night, her body that could make any guy go crazy and the way she smiles. Even though he only saw her not more than 10 minutes ago, he noticed every aspect of her. Samantha could sense that someone was looking at her but she did not want to look back. Fearing that it was Rick. The teacher then asked everyone to introduce themselves to the class. Rick hated this part the most in all his classes. The introduction part. That is because it would involve him standing up, talking in front of everyone and even telling his name. He did not want to be noticed, didn't want his notoriety to rise up, didn't want to be known as he feared for what may happened but this time, it was different. He was looking forward to the introduction part. He wanted to know who she was, what was her name and everything about her. "Hi everyone!" with a cheerful smile she had, "I am Samantha Lee! Nice to meet you all but please.... Do Not Piss Me Off." as she said with a high pitched cute voice. Though everyone knew she wasn't kidding about the pissing off part, they all played along and laughed. 10 more other people introduced themselves and when it was his turn, he decided to boost his confidence in himself so that he would look good in front of her instead of his usual "Umm... Hi... I'm Rick... Nothing special about me... Umm... Yeah..." routine. He got up.. "Hi everyone! *ahem.. I'm Rick and it is really really really nice to meet you all!" as he looked at Samantha with blood rushing up to his head and he did this same routine a few times but only when Samantha was in the same classes as him.

2 hours later

He went down to Old Town White Coffee to have lunch with Kon. He went inside and looked for Kon but he was nowhere to be found which means he hasn't reached yet. He took a seat which was meant for two and let out a really big sigh of relief. He never ever introduced himself like that before and for once, he felt good. Out of nowhere, a hand patter his right shoulder and he turned around to only notice that it was Kon. "What's up with the big 'SIGH..' man?!" and they clapped their hands together. Kon saw something different in him. He noticed that there was fire in his eyes and determination and immediately, he knew what was going on. "So??? Aren't you going to tell me?" as he asked Rick but Rick had no idea what was he talking about. "The girl dude. You like someone don't you?" but Rick kept on insisting that he didn't. Suddenly, through the entrance of Old Town White Coffee, a girl dressed in a floral romper walked in. Rick noticed it and he was shocked but at the same time, he was really happy to see her. Kon straight away sensed it and quickly looked the direction that Rick was looking at. Kon then looked back at Rick.. "Dude.. You like Samantha?" with a huge smile on his face. "Wait.. HOW DO YOU KNOW HER NAME!?" as Rick was really surprised but his question and it caught him off guard. "She's Sally's best friend dude. I've met her before in Starbucks." and Rick kept on persuading him to introduce him to her. Samantha noticed Kon and Kon waved and smiled at her! Kon immediately schemed out his plan and looked at Rick and said "NO. You will go and introduce yourself to her. I ain't helping you with this one. Good luck!" as he got up and pushed Rick off his chair. Samantha who noticed what was going on started to blush but smiled as she turned away to pretend like she didn't notice anything. Rick was persistent in following Kon's plan but in the end, he gave up and gave it a go. He walked up to her with this hands in his pocket, trying to play it cool and said "Hi.. I am Rick. I'm in the same Creative Thinking class as you? Not sure if you would ever notice me." Samantha was trying to constrain her smile but she let it show a little. "Yeah. I've seen you around." as she let out a laugh. Rick wanted to tell her that he was best friends with Kon but as he turned around to point out where Kon was, he had vanished. "Kon.. You bastard!" as he shouted that in his mind. It echoed through his mind. Instead of letting him go away, Samantha asked him to take a seat and they immediately started talking. They laughed, they talked and they shared a lot. Suddenly, his phone rang and it was a message from Kon and it said "You'll thank me later:)" and he kept his phone back in to his pocket.

2 weeks later

Sally picked up her phone "SALLY.. Where are you? Umm.. Are you nearby college? Umm... HELP ME!!!!!" as she screamed for help. Sally then looked at Kon and was really worried and they quickly drove off to where Samantha was. On the way there, Kon also noticed that when Samantha was asking for help, he could hear Rick in the background. They drove as fast as they could.

A few minutes later

"LET ME OUT OF THE CAR! I WANNA GO HOME!" "NO. YOU ANSWER MY QUESTION FIRST!" "WHY DO I HAVE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION!?" "BECAUSE I WANNA KNOW!" "WHAT DO YOU WANNA KNOW!?" "WILL YOU BE MY GIRLFRIEND!?..."  and there was silence in the car for a few seconds. "I DON'T KNOW! I DON'T WANNA ANSWER YOU NOW!" "I AM NOT LETTING YOU OUT OF THE CAR UNTIL YOU ANSWER ME!" "IF YOU REALLY WANT ME TO ANWER YOU, WHY CAN'T YOU DO THIS WITH A LITTLE MORE ROMANCE!?" "FINE!". Rick got out of the car and he went to the side of the car. "GET OUT HERE!" as he still shouted at her. Samantha got out of the car and went in front of Rick. "WHAT!?" "SAMANTHA! I'VE LIKED YOU FOR A LONG TIME! SCREW THIS! I THINK I LOVE YOU! PLEASE LET ME BE THAT IDIOT WHO WILL BE BESIDE YOU FROM NOW TILL FOREVER! PLEASE!?" but Samantha's reply wasn't something Rick expected. "Mom... I've found him. The person I'll madly fall in love with..." as tears streamed down her face... "Yes...." Rick was confused for awhile. "What..?"  "YES LA! I SAID YES LA YORH!" Rick smiled for the longest period of time.

10 minutes later\

"What's going ON!?" as Kon and Sally rushed out of the car to assist Samantha in what ever trouble Samantha and Rick got themselves in to. Suddenly, Sally screamed out of excitement and ran back to Kon, hitting him on the chest. "LOOK!!!!!!!!" as she pointed at Samantha and Rick. Kon's jaw dropped and he shouted "HOLY CRAP!". An image and a moment that was snapped, captured and stored in both their brains. An image.. Of Samantha and Rick holding hands.

The Unexpected Pair; The One Who Longs

Past

Ever since her mother passed away, it felt like her whole world was falling apart. Everywhere she went, there was a memory of her mother and her. Walking pass by the park she used to exercise in, a memory of her mother carrying her when she was a toddler. Walking pass by the coffee shop she used to eat in, a memory of her mother feeding her. Walking pass by her mother's room, a memory of her mother loving her. She sat down alone at home, always thinking about her mother, about how much she missed her and also, about how much she loved her. She cried. She cried every single night where the tears could fill an ocean or form a river moving drastically fast. She prayed to God, with such anger and sadness.. "I WANT MY MOM BACK!!!!" but she knew she could never get her back. She was no longer the same in school. She felt so alone. She longed for someone. She longed for someone who could could fill that gap for her. She didn't want to feel alone anymore.

She was popular in school. She was known for her grades, for her looks and for her athletic abilities. She could run a 100m in 9seconds, she could get straight A's for her results and many guys were chasing after her. Did she feel she accomplished alot? Yes, she did but did she really care about it? She walked home alone again, without anyone beside her and praying to God once again, pleading to give her back her mother. As she reached home, she went to feed her two pure breed rabbits, Lucy and Sabby. She hugged them and kissed their head. They were the two pets that were given to her by her mother not long before she passed. Samantha treasured them. She took very good care of them and made sure they felt loved like how she felt the love given to her by her mother. She brought them to her room and she dropped her bag on the floor, took off her clothes and went in to the bathroom. Turning on the shower tap and she allowed herself to drown her misery and sorrow in the hot water falling on top of her head. She thought about her school, her friends and her mother. As she turned off the tap, she wiped her hair with her brown towel and put on her favourite pyjamas. She lied her head on top of her white pillow and covered herself with her blanket. It was warm. This warmth brought back memories of her mother embracing her daughter so tightly in her arms as it felt like she was never going to let go off her mother. Then she remembered something her mother said to her when she was young. "Samantha, you know I love you? I love you so much and you're my whole world. I am so fortunate to have a daughter like you. I will never ever leave you, my dearest daughter. Samantha Lee, I'll always be here for you okay?". Samantha, whom at that time was very small and did not understand what her mother was saying and all she could do was smile, nod her head and reply "I love you, mommy!". Samantha's mother smiled and hugged her once again with tears streaming down her face. "Thank you God for making this life, a memorable one. You have blessed me with this wonderful gift and now I'm ready to come back to You."

She remembered those words "...I will never ever leave you..." and she broke into tears. She screamed and her two siblings came rushing into the room, only to see what was going on. They went to restrain her and they heard the words that were coming out of her mouth. "YOU SAID YOU WOULD NEVER LEAVE ME! YOU SAID YOU WOULD NEVER GO! MOM, COME BACK! PLEASE COME BACK!" and it made their siblings cry at the same time. At that time, for the very first time, she realized that she wasn't the only one who was suffering, Her brother, her sister and her father were all suffering too. She realized they all missed their mother and she cried along with them. After what felt like hours, she fell into a deep sleep. "Samantha...? Samantha...? Samantha..?". Someone was calling for her name. She woke up on green grass that was so clean and in front of her was an ocean so blue that it shocked her. For awhile, she was wondering where was she. She remembers falling asleep but now she is somewhere not known to her. As she was looking around, something caught her eye. A woman dressed in white and looking at her. Samantha could not believe her eyes. She covered her mouth with her right hand and tears started streaming down her face. Her left hand grasped the grass and she dashed towards her. She jumped to her with open arms and hugged her so tight. "MOM! MOM! MOM!!!!!!!!" as she screamed it out loud. Her mother hugged her gently and looked at her in the eyes. She smiled, " You've grown up. You're so pretty now. Have you found anyone you have fallen madly in love with?" as she laughed. Samantha who could not respond and just rubbed her face against her mother's chest. "Mom... I've missed you... I've missed you so much..." She realized that all these was just a dream but it felt so real to her. The feeling of being hugged by her mother again, the familiar warmth from her mother's body and the gentle voice that came from her mother. "I've missed you too Samantha but Samantha, you must not be this weak. I told you before didn't I? I will always be with you. Maybe not physically but..." as she raised her index finger and pointed it to her heart "...I will always be in here. In your heart. I love you Samantha!" as she kissed Samantha's forehead and she waved goodbye to her daughter as she started to drift further away from Samantha. "DON'T GO! MOM!!!!!! MOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" as she screamed. She woke up, tearing but this time, it wasn't out of sadness. "Mom... I'll do my best... I love you mom..." and she grabbed her chest as she could still feel her mother's warmth.

Present

A few days after Rick confessed to her, she decided to give this relationship a try. For some reason, she saw something different in Rick than the other guys. She saw something special in him that she did not see in other guys. She realized that he was special to her in many ways but she did not know what. One night, Rick decided to ask her to be his girlfriend. Shocked by his proposal, she couldn't answer straight away. "ANSWER ME NOW!" as Rick was so nervous and wanted to know as soon as possible but Samatha didn't wanna answer right away. Rick who was very persistent got out of the car, got on his knees under a lamp post and said with a little more romance and politeness, "Samantha, I've liked you for a long time. Screw this! I love you! Please.. Please let me be that idiot who will be beside you from now till forever! Please!" as Rick clenched his left hand which was behind his back. Samantha's reply, wasn't something he expected but something which made him even more curious, "Mom... I've found him. The person I'll madly fall in love with..." as tears streamed down her face... "Yes...."

The Unexpected Pair; The Crush

Past

*bleep *bleep

"Could you please stop bothering me.... I'm trying to relax here!" as he received a text from his girlfriend. Rick didn't like clingy girls neither did he like girls who would get mad at him for no reason. His girlfriend would get mad at him if he didn't reply within 30 seconds and he could not take it. When Rick did reply, she wouldn't reply him because she was already too mad at him. "What does she freaking want!?" was something he would always wonder. "I love you, I am with you.. How much more do you want!?". He did not know what to do with her. He didn't have the courage to end it yet he didn't know whether should he even end it. Should he give her another chance? Should he have the patience to learn how to deal with her? The next day, he tried. He tried to change for her. He stopped playing his games, he stopped getting frustrated with her and he tried to be a better boyfriend. 

*click

He turned off his computer, swearing that he wouldn't be touching it the whole day. He got into his car, drove to the florist store which was near his house and bought a bouquet of roses. As he returned to his car his shoulder knocked against someone. He dropped his flowers and looked at the bouquet and it was ruined. 50 bucks wasted just like that. He felt as if God was punishing him. He looked at the stranger who bumped into him and saw that it was Kon. "Dude.. I just wasted 50 bucks because of you!" as he shouted in pure anger and clenched his fist. Kon, who knew something was definitely out of place asked him if everything was okay. As an apology, Kon bought a new bouquet of flowers but also treated him to coffee as he wanted to know what was wrong with Rick. Rick explained how frustrated he was with her but was confused about his decision to whether he should just end the relationship or let it continue. Kon told him to follow his heart. Kon advised him that if staying is what he wanted to do, then he should go with it but if he really couldn't stand the fact of having an over-attached girlfriend, that he should end it because things will just get worse and in the end, the break-up will be one made from anger and not peace. Rick wanted to just give it another try so he thanked Kon for the coffee and returned to his car. "I love you okay?" as he typed it in to his phone and sent the text to his girlfriend. When he got home, he found out that there was a football match going at the night so he told his girl that he would be watching the game. 

2 hours later

He put on his Manchester United jersey, got his food and drinks and went in to sit in front of his 55" inch Samsung Glass TV. He passed the food to his father who was sitting beside him. Sweat ran down his face, his heart pumping and excitement grew in his eyes as his team scores. The match goes on for another hour and as the game ended, he shouted "MU FOREVER!" with his father. He was happy and he ran upstairs with an eager heart to tell his girlfriend the highlights of the game. As he picked up his phone, his heart stopped pumping with excitement, his eyes were no longer the same, he clenched his left fist and gripped his phone tighter. 96 missed calls and 50 text messages. He couldn't take it. He thought he could but he could no longer. He called her up and the first thing his girlfriend said was "Where the hell were you?!" and he told her that he was watching the game. She couldn't understand what he was saying and he couldn't take it. "He screamed with anger "It's over! I no longer wanna be with you!" and he hung up. There was total silence and tears ran down his face but his heart felt somehow, relieved.

Present

Sitting on his chair at his table, while scrolling through 9gag, he had nothing to do in class as he had completed his work. He was alone. He had no friends. All his friends were either in different colleges or in a different class. He felt so alone that all he wanted was just someone to talk to. He decided that he would call Kon and ask him whether would he like to have lunch. He lifted up his phone to level it with his eyes and his background appeared blur to him as his eyes concentrated on his phone to dial Kon's number. Then, his eyes moved, meeting with a girl wearing a floral romper. He strained, squinted and forced his eyes to get a glimpse of her name tag. His eyes met with hers, his heart pounding as he swallowed his saliva. He thought... "She's beautiful..."

Somebody To Love; The Pre-Proposal

They walked with their hands intertwined with each other as they walk along the streets of SS2. Happy as he was, he couldn't stop smiling. He was living the fantasy he had always wanted. A girl who was loyal to him, a girl who would love him for who he was, a girl who wouldn't want him to change himself for her. He was madly in love with her. "Hey... Have you ever kissed anyone before you met me?...". Hoping for the answer he wanted, he held his breath as he waited eagerly for her answer. "No. I'm embarrassed as most of my friends have already lost theirs but I was waiting for the right person. I'm glad I gave it to you. What about you?.."as she asked curiously. He let out a sigh of relief. Finally, he met a girl whom hasn't lost her first kiss to someone else. He wanted her to be his and her first kiss. He wanted to be hers forever. He looked in to her eyes, opened his mouth and was interrupted by, "Hey Kon! Fancy meeting you here! What are you guys doing here?" as he was interrupted by Rick. They both looked at him with surprise. "Hey! Yeah we already had breakfast! What are you doing here?" and they both continued their conversation as they all proceeded to a coffee shop to have a drink before starting college. As they returned back to their car, Sally kept looking at Kon and her heart continued to beat faster and faster. She never got his answer so she decided to ask him again. "Hey.. You never actually answer my.... "

*ring ring

The phone vibrated in her bag and she went to answer it. She excused herself and answered the phone in the car and Kon smiled at her. She was talking to her best friend, Samantha about Rick. Samantha had this huge crush on Rick and no matter what she did, she couldn't stop thinking about him. So Sally was giving her advices on what to do. The conversation went on until college. Kon dropped her off a her class and they kissed each other goodbye. Kon proceeded to Starbucks where he would normally sit down, sip a cup of coffee as he opens his laptop and starts blogging about what was happening in his life. His phone vibrated on the table, he opended his Whatsapp message and it was from Sally. "I miss you, baby. Sorry for always making you wait. I know it gets boring. You're the best;) I love you!". He smiled at the message and replied "Anything for you:) I love you too!". It wasn't more than 2 hours but he started to miss her so much. His only weakness was being away from her. She was his kryptonite. "I miss you a lot... Don't ever leave me okay?" as he unlocked his phone to send her a message. 3 minutes later, his phone vibrated. He opened the message and he smiled as he felt a warm feeling in his heart. A feeling he never felt before.

"Dear, you okayy? :( Don't ever think that I'm gonna leave you, alright? I love you so so so so much. You're really the best thing that has ever happened to me. I'm sorry. I know I am very demanding and all. I know I shouldn't be. Just tell me if there's anything :/ I love you, baby boy <3 ;) You are mine, I am yours."

1800hours

She got into the elevator, pressed the G button and as the elevator was descending to the ground floor, she took out her phone and told Kon that she was on the way down. As she walked into Starbucks, he was no where to be found and a pair of arms were wrapped around her back. "Gotcha didn't I?" as he smiled and kissed her cheek. She slapped him on the arm and gave him the angry but cute look "Not funny okay?!" as she folded her arms. He wrapped his left arm around her and they both journeyed to their car. Kon decided to bring her to a hill where you could see the rays of the sun as the sun sets. It was the most beautiful place that he has ever seen and so he brought her there. As it was isolated, it was peaceful. You could hear the birds chirping, the crickets rubbing their legs to produce that high pitch noise and the movement of the leaves as the wind dances around them. The rays from the sun reflected so beautifully on her brown hair. Kon stared at her and was lost in her eyes. Sally thought to herself and breathed in heavily "Kon, you haven't answered me yet. Did you lose your first...". She was interrupted by a pair of lips landing softly on hers. Her eyes widened. He wrapped his hands around hers tightly as he pulled her closer to his body. "No. You were the first person I've kissed. I will never let you go ever. You were and are the best thing that has ever happened in my life in such a long time. Don't ever leave me. Don't ever leave my heart to be in solitude again. You are the girl I wanna spend the rest of my life with. You are the girl whom I wanna marry." He glanced and searched the surroundings for a vine. "What are you doing, Kon??..." He smiled at her and continued searching and there he found a vine beautifully hanging down from a tree. He pulled it apart and crafted it in to a shape of a ring. He knelt on one foot, grabbed her hands and asked with a soft but loving voice, "Sally, will you marry me in 8 years time?". Her heart stopped, a tear drop rolling down her face, her hand covering her mouth as she opened her mouth and answered ...






"Yes..."

Someone To Love; The Warm Greeting

3 months ago...

He closes his eyes and the only thing he sees are the needles that pierces his heart. The images of the kissing and the hugging were stucked in his head. He could not sleep because everytime he would close his eyes, he would get nightmares. The pain that he has been trying to forget, remains still in his mind. He thought that talking to his friends would have started the healing process but it did nothing. So he took the only way that he thought was best which was keeping to himself. Every time his friends asked him out to go out with them, he just said "No thank you.. I just wanna be alone..". They understood his pain but they just didn't want him to be alone because they were worried for him. Worried for what he may have done to himself. Why? Scars all over his hands, hospitalized for a week for over-dosage of sleeping pills and was given anti-depressant and anti-anxiety pills. Until one day, Jayson, a friend of his, decided to confront him and tell him that whatever he was doing was really stupid. 'You're just taking the easy way out of life, aren't you!? You'll find someone better! She didn't love you! Get up on your ass and start facing reality like a man!". Right after that, Kon reflected back on his life. He realized he has been pushing his friends away. He lost someone he loved but he knew, he didn't wanna lose everyone he loved just because he lost one. He thought to himself, "Right now.. The best thing I can do is not to push everyone away but at least act like I am okay.. I don't want to lose them all.. I'll fake a smile for them...". The next day, he sent a text message to everyone. "Hey guys... I know I have been pushing all of you away and I am really sorry. It is just hard because of what happened so I would like to make it up to all of you. Do you guys wanna go out tonight??..." The good friends he has, they all went out with him just to help and to support him. He smiled, he laughed, he played but it was all fake. He went home drunk from the sadness within him as he could not take lying to his friends.

Present

No more nightmares, no more depression and no more insomnia. This had been one of the best sleep he has ever had. Thinking about the way she flipped her hair, how she smelled like, the way her chest pressed against his and the way her lips moved around his, he just felt so very happy. He woke up the next morning with a smile on his face and in an instant, he quickly grabbed his phone, dialed her number and waited for her to pick up. "Hello? Baby, good morning!!" as she said with a loud and cheerful voice. It warmed his heart. He wanted her voice to be the first thing he heard in the morning and he missed her so very much. "Good morning, baby. What time did you wake up?" as he asked with a warm but tired voice. They continued to talk on the phone until she said she wanted to meet up with him on that day itself as she missed him so very much too. He grabbed his keys, opened the gates and got in to his car. He drove fast but carefully to the house and as he walked to the compound of her apartment, she was waiting downstairs in the lobby. He got out of the car and was greeted by a pair of arms surrounding his body. His eyes opened widely, another heartbeat could be felt against his chest and her lips on his, that was the best greeting he ever received. He smiled and said "Good morning, my love. I am here.." and they both hugged each other. She smiled, held his hands and looked into this eyes, "Good morning, my love. Welcome home..." and they both kissed while holding hands.

Someone To Love; The Second Meeting

*beep beep

She checks her phone.

"Hey! It was nice meeting you the other day at thes snooker centre! Hope we can meet up again. By the way, this is Kon!"

She smiles but out of confusion, she asked herself, 'How did he get my number' but she was overwhelmed by the fact that she still received a text from Kon. Without any hesitation, she presses the menu button and presses reply. "Hey! How did you get my number!? It doesn't matter :3 yea it was nice meeting you too! Hope to meet you soon!" She holds the phone to her chest with two hands and looks up to the sky wondering what could this be that she's feeling. As the days go by, they continued to text each other. Every one minute, the phone will start to ring. They take out their phone, look at the message and smile as they reply back. Kon would normally imagine what she would be wearing, what she would be doing and what her emotions would have been when she replies him. At last, Sally took a while to reply. She was wondering to herself for awhile and then she gained the courage to do it. "Hey Kon... Would you like to go out a second time..? It is okay if you don't want to okay??". As she pressed the send button, her heart racing and a cold sweat ran down her back. Kon reached into his pocket, pulled out his phone and opened the message. His grinned and replied "Yeah! Sure! When!?"

Dressed in black a shirt and blue jeans, he waited at the ice skating rink. Dressed in a red batman t-shirt and a green hot pants, she walked to the ice skating rink. Both wondering what would it be like when they met up. "Hey! I'm already at the ice skating rink waiting for you! <3" as he said on the phone flirtatiously. "Turn around" as she tried to talk in the cute voice. He gulped, a sweat rolled down the side of his face, he turned with a grin and before he could react, she ran into his arms and hugged him. Both blushing, both wondering what the heck they were doing but both wanting it so badly. "I missed you alot..." she said to him in a soft whispery voice. He didn't know what to say but just held her tighter. "Hey.. I've actually never done this before but would you like to be...My... Girlfriend?....". Instantly in a heartbeat, she replied with a satisfied yet embarrased voice "YES!" and held him even tighter. Speechless, he held her back close to his chest yet both blushing altogether. To break the ice between them, Kon quickly came up with a topic. "Imagine Rick's reaction when he finds out that we're together. Let's go and pick him up from college!" as he smiled to her. Out of curiousity, she agreed with a huge grin and nod. After ice skating, they got in to the car and held hands on all the way.

1800hours

The time had come for Rick's college to come to an end as he walked down the stairs. Kon and Sally were waiting by the stair. As Rick followed Kon and Sally to the car, Kon held Sally's hand and looked at Rick. Sally, with a blush, smiled and looked at Rick too. "Hey Rick!". As Rick turned his eyes to meet with Kon, he looked confused and replied 'What?". Kon smiled creepily yet happily to Rick and Rick realized what was going on. Jaw dropped, right hand raised up and fingers pointed at Sally and Kon. Finding the words to say, he finally caught a few and shouted with surprise "I KNEW IT!". Sally and Kon looked at each other and started laughing. Rick decided to walk awkwardly behind and didn't talk the whole way back to his house. Instead he was moaning weirdly and hiding behind his bag in the car. Kon looked at Sally and smiled saying.. "Thanks for everything.." as blood started to rise to his head and feel the blood vessels in his cheeks. Sally looked at him with eyes that looked like the sea and said 'There's nothing to thank me for. I said yes. Thank us" and kissed his cheek. Rick just raised the bag closer to his face to avoid what was going on. He was shocked yet happy for them but needed time to adjust. As Kon dropped Rick off at his house, Rick quickly ran into the house without saying thank you and locked his door. Sally and Kon laughed at him but decide to drive on.

As Kon drove to Sally's house to drop her off, he was wondering to himself. "Should I do it...?" and decided to grow some. He looked at Sally in her eyes at the front of her lobby, put his arms around her, and leaned in for a kiss. Instead of rejecting it, she willingly accepted it. She wrapped her arms around his neck and said...

To Be Continued

Someone to Love; Kon's Beginning

On the way home, under the hot sun, I sat in my friend's car. He kept going on and on about how irritated he was with his girlfriend. He always complained that his girlfriend always wanted to spend time with him. He hated the fact that his girlfriend was so clingy. He even asked me why did he even get together with her. The truth is, I think he just didn't have the balls to break up with her but what right do I have to say anything? I'm single, I'm lonely. I want someone whom I can talk to about my day. Someone whom I could cuddle with. Suddenly, I thought of my ex girlfriend who cheated on me. We were together for about 2 years. I went on a trip to Thailand for 2 weeks. I didn't wanna go because there was a fear in me that she was going to leave me by the time I came back. She told me to trust her and so, I did. I trusted her. I adventured Thailand with my friends and everyday, I would receive a text from her and it always ends with "I love you!". I was having fun in Thailand under the beautiful sunlight, surrounded by nature and really friendly people. If you were to compare them to the people back at my homeland, you would never get a warm greeting when you enter a restaurant or even a taxi.

Three days before I went back home, a friend of mine sent me a multimedia message. I waited until I got back to my hotel to open it. As I pressed the screen of my Iphone, my hands started vibrating with anger yet sorrow, tears started to roll down my face, clunching my fist and grinding my teeth. I saw it. I saw it all. They said a picture can tell a thousand words. This time, a picture didn't tell a thousand words. It only made me speechless. She was hugging someone else. As I scrolled to the next picture, she was kissing someone else. I dropped my phone and every thought of suicide went through my mind. I only thought of running to the balcony and jumping off the 32nd floor but my sub-conscious got the better of me. It held me back.

Six months has passed since that incident. I haven't talked to her eversince then. I hadn't contacted her since then. As I stared out the window of my friend's car, I kept wondering to myself. Will I ever find someone else? Will I ever find love again? All these questions went through my mind. Here, I have a friend complaining about his girl yet all I see is him being a jackass. She loves him so very much and that's why she's clingy yet all he can do is rant about how clingy she is. He doesn't appreciate her. I hated that part of him yet I was jealous of him to have a girl like that. A girl who wouldn't cheat on you yet remain loyal to you. He dropped me off at my best friend's college, Rick. He studied multimedia and I found that very interesting. Rick told me that he wanted to introduce me to some of his friends at college. So he drove me out to a snooker centre. It was raining so heavily and it was hard to see the road. He drove slowly to avoid any careless accidents. We parked right outside the snooker centre. I knew the moment we got out of the car and ran to the snooker centre, we would already have been drenched. So I took out my poncho and shared it with him. As I walked in to the snooker centre, I saw two guys and a girl. I couldn't see her properly as I was drying my poncho. 

After hanging my poncho somewhere to dry, I wiped my hands on my shirt and put on a fake smile. I looked up and shook the hands of Rick's college friends. As I walked to the her, I looked down as I couldn't look at another girl with such dignity. As I shook her hand, she scolded me, telling me that I was rude. That shocked me and all of the sudden, my back stood up straight, head held high and eyes looking at hers. She was wearing a blue short hot pants, a blue Superman t-shirt and her brownish-red hair falling freely. As I looked into her black eyes, I thought "Wow..". I apoligized but I tried to play it cool. "Well, it is nice to see you. So you're the Japanese boy Rick has been telling me about eh? It's great to finally meet you. Hi, I'm Sally.". I smiled and said "Umm.... Hey. I'm Kon. Sorry about it earlier... Just not used to talking to girls.". My heart began to beat fast, sweat started to roll down my back and as I gulped the viscid, watery fluid down my mouth, I said "Rick talks about you too. It's nice to finally meet you in person.". In Rick's mind, he wondered, "Now what is the worst that can happen by letting Kon and Sally meet?". This is where it all begins... To Be Continued