Kapitel 1: Chapter 1 When We Met

Epigraph His hands are saying that he wants to hold her. His feet are saying that he wants to chase after her... He's probably forgotten that I'm here, beside him. Throws cream buns to all my readers This book is dedicated to those who think they don't deserve the one they love Here you go! When We Met "Love is like a wind. You can never see it, but you can always feel it."Birds were chirping, the skies were all clear except for kites. A soft breeze splattered over trees which reverberated with pleasure. It was the spring season, perfect for every girl and boy, man and woman. Two children were playing on the playground. Or more like fighting. "You can never win against me, " the little boy said, patting girl's forehead. The girl tried to reach him, but he was slightly taller than her. How can he be taller? He is just six, the girl thought. She pouted in annoyance at the rude behaviour of the boy who she didn't even know! "I will tell my mom that today I met a girl who actually plays with robots and not with those pinkish-pinky dolls, " the boy said while laughing loudly, gripping a grey coloured talking robot in his little finger by its antenna. "Give me my robot. My father gave that to me!" The girl ran towards the boy and pushed him hard to the ground. The boy fell straight on his stomach into the puddle of muddy water, his clothes dirtying and his knees bleeding crimson due to the scratch he got right after he fell down. He started to cry, his shrill voice reaching the ambient noise around them, and to the girl's ears. The girl stared at him. And stared. She blinked once. Twice. Then she came forward and offered her hand to him, her little fingers too small to pull him out of that mess, but her heart too big to ignore him lying there all injured. Now it was the boy's turn to stare. Instead of letting her pull him, he actually pulled her by her hand. She also fell into the puddle, the mud splashing all over their clothes, her hands gripping his t-shirt for support and his gripping her little frilly skirt in reflex. Ten minutes later... "What did I tell you about giving my robot back? I wouldn't have pushed you then!" the girl said, placing a bandage on his knee wound, blowing air from her mouth to make it less painful. She took out another band-aid, which her mother had made her keep in her pocket for safety because she had a habit of falling and getting into trouble every time she stepped outside. She unwrapped it with little difficulty, straightened it out before sticking it to his other arm which was injured while they were trying to get out from that puddle. He was sniffing his nose when she was completing her little treatment. "I would have given it to you. I am not a bad boy!" said the boy, while wiping tears carelessly from his shirt sleeves. "Sure, " the little girl dragged the word and continued, "Mommy says I shouldn't go near weeds like you, " she said, smiling widely and lifting his arm again to check if she had done the treatment well or not. "You just called me "weed". What is that anyway?""I don't know. Mommy says that boys are weeds!""Then I am not a boy. I am a man, " he said, standing quickly only to stagger back, pain evident in his eyes. "Don't stand. It will hurt. Wait! I will take you home!" she said, snaking her arm around his neck and placing his weight on her shoulders. They walked to his house, both limping from their respective injuries but nevertheless content with their meeting. "I am Emily!" she said, smiling brightly at him while helping him open the gate of his house. "I'm Edward, " he said embarrassed of his vulnerable condition, his manly pride kicking him too much for his short size and age. Adjusting the dirty, muddy robot in her arms, she untangled her arms for a handshake. "Friends?" she asked, waving her hand once again in front of him. The boy merely stared at her hand, cocking his head to his side before shaking it back with a huge smile plastered on his face. "Friends!"From then onwards, the whole Dixon street knew who they were. No, they were not famous. They were troublesome. Breaking glasses was a daily habit of theirs. She would always come to play in his house, his house being large, and he would always come to her house to eat and study when his parents were out of town often. They made a great duo, their minds in sync when it came to pranks. Twenty years later