Boxes

We're all have one faithful friend that doing things alone and hard to express their feelings.
I have this friend and it's a girl. Her hobbies is making boxes.

I didn't know she was my classmate in middle school. Until, she gave me a present on my birthday.
It surprise me, because nobody knew my day of birth and celebrate.

I look at her.

"What does these for?", I point at the box on my table.

She smile and said ; 

"It's your birthday present. Happy Birthday !"

My stomach ache, those wonderful words said by stranger, not even my relative. My heart flutter and beats faster. I can't see her face, as my eyes starting to watering, I looked down, avoid her to see my tears.

She tilt her head.

"Open it, There's a surprise in it", she said and give the box that wrapped carefully and delicate, the blue ribbon tied tightly and make a butterfly ribbon on top of the box.

I look at it, wanting to keep it like that, but her face want me to open it.

My shaky hands slowly, open the wrap carefully, want to kept the wrap. It reveal the the box, made by her hand because these box never been sold anywhere.

As I open, butterflies flew from the box, each of them have the beautiful color such as rainbow. She standing by the window said,

"Happy Birthday, Niel!"

It's astound me.

"Thank you"

She smile, a blush forming her cheeks.

In that box, there's a letter in it. 

It's written :

'Happy Birthday, Niel ! Thank you for still living and stay healthy. I'm grateful for that'

Truly, stranger that has name,

and wanting to be your friend,

 Lucy

She give me a cheerful smile and making a peace with her hand.

"Would you be my friend?", she said and reaching out her hand.

"Would mind so", I hold her hand. We shake our hand, so our friendship begins on that day.

Everyday, full of her stories, brighter up my daily routine.

We have been together for 3 years, we're now, in our last year of high school.

Even so, we still spend our time together, studying together, working out our weakness subject together. Just the two of us.
I didn't know, it'll bring jealousy for other people.

We didn't do anything harm and hateful to other people.

"Hey, you wanna hangout with us?", said Chang Jo, trying to flirt with her. I was so furious, that I almost punch him.
"It's alright, I have somewhere to go with Niel", she said, rejecting him politely.

"What's so great about him?, Just a nerd", he said with his group. Gossiping about me or talking bad in front of me.

' Yeah, I want to know too', I said in mind.
"Niel, Tomorrow meet me at theme park at 4 P.M.", she said and send a goodbye wave.
"Owh, Ok", I wave to her.

Tomorrow.

Place : Theme park

Time : 4 P.M.

'Where's she', I feel kinda nervous. Yesterday, I've decided to confess my feeling about her. I have kept it for 3 years.

"Niel!", She yelled my name, her red velvet blouse with a pink jacket, her white shoes, matching with her long black hair, white skin, long eyelashes, her big brown eyes, shining when looked at it,her sharp nose match with her red lips.

"Lucy!", I wave at her.

"Sorry, I'm late for 1 minute", She said and apologize at me.

"It's alright. Let's have fun today, shall we?", I said and spread my hand, showing the game we could play.

"Isn't fun?", I said and hand her out a can juice, flavor strawberry.

"Yupp, Thank you", She took it and drink it.

"Niel, I want-", she shutter

"Yes", I said and face her.

"I LIKE YOU!",She shout, her red cheeks looks cute.

"I-I Like you too", I said, eventually both of us laugh.

We can't go out, dating like other people, examination in the corner,

But, our date is perfectly great, because we spend our time in library, studying, we never talk about our self, It's fine.

One day, She want to celebrate 4 months of being a lover, dating for a day, kinda releasing  tension.

"Let's go over there!", She point at the swing at the park.

"I'm coming", I said and took place beside her.

We talk about our studies and we pause a moment. Watching the sunset almost down.

"I wish that we could spend a lot of time doing this", She said.

"We could ! If we get married!", I close my mouth.

She laugh, "Yeah, Married! That's a brilliant idea", she search something in her pocket.

She walk towards me, and kneel in front of me.

"Niel, Would you gladly accept my propose to be my husband?"

"It should be me that propose you! But, I do", I kiss her, smell and taste like strawberry.

Our first kiss. But, on the next day, she didn't come to school. Even worse, she didn't replied my message.I go to her house, there..

have many relative at her house. They're crying. They wearing a black suit, my heart twitching, Who's dying?, her grandparents?

"Why're you crying?", I asked her sister.

"She's gone, She's gone", she hugged me.

"Who's g-gone", I look at the body, stay still in that position.

"What's wrong with her?, Lucy, why're you laying here, why're they crying?, Lucy, wake up, we need to go to school", I cuddle her cold body, tears flowing from my eyes.

"Why didn't you say anything? Didn't we promise on getting married, Lucy...", someone patting my shoulder.

"She want me to give you these", her mother give a blue box, with the withe laces. Even in the corner of her death, she still remember about me.

I open it, inside it, there's a couple ring. 

"Happy Birthday, Niel. Be grateful and cheer up, I saw this rings and suddenly I want to give it to you. It's our wedding rings, isn't lovely. I can imagine the wedding day with you. I 'm happy to be with you, Thank you ,Niel. Forget about me and move on. There's another woman that like you"

I take a smaller ring and put on her finger. I kiss her forehead and bid a goodbye for her.

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