PROLOGUE
Always Be
Before, everything was fine. My life and everything .. were just perfect. Until that incident, my perfect life ruined in a minute.
So, the story starts here.
It’s a lunch break. As usual, I took out my lunchbox that contained my sandwich. Today, the sandwich I brought was special. Because It was made by my mother. My mom’s sandwich is the best. With the salad, egg, chilli sauce, mayonese and my most favourite thing is … cheese!
I was about to take a bite of the sandwich, but someone took it away from me. I opened my eyes and ..
“Yah! Give back my sandwich.” I stood up and jumped a few times to take my sandwich back. But that guy was just too high. Sometimes I felt like I’m an elf while standing beside him.
Kris put up his hand up high just to tease me. Great, Kris. You know that I’m shorter than you.
“No, this sandwich will be mine.” Kris put the sandwich in his mouth. Okay, that greater. You gonna pay for it, Kris! That was my mom’s sandwich! You think it’s easy for me to get that sandwich?
It’s hard, y’know? My mom was sick. She is having a brain cancer. Yea, my life is hard. I have to take care of my mother, the house, pay for the bills, study, work and so on. But I guess I’m still lucky because I got my brother by my side. Donghae is working as a waiter at the café. His working day and night. Every night, he will back home late, as soon as he home, because of the tiring day, he goes to sleep straight away.
Crying ? My tears had dried because of crying. There is nobody can help us, except for us. My father ran away with other woman, and I don’t know where the hell is he right now.
Kris took his seat in front of my seat. I went to him and kicked his leg hardly.
“Ouch, that was hurt!” Kris looked me in the eyes with that angry face.
“Oops, my bad. You mad, bro?” I raised up my eyebrow while smirking at him. Kris opened his bag and took out the blueberry cream bread then threw it to me. I caught the bread nicely.
“Nice catch. So .. are you free tomorrow?” Kris kept eating the sandwich while looking at me. I took a bite of the blueberry cream bread. It was nice.
“You mean the whole day?” I looked at him while kept on eating.
“Yea.”
“I will be free at night. Why did you ask?” I kept on eating the bread without took even a glance at him.
“Nah, just thinking if you could buy some bubble tea. That will be great.” Kris smiled at me. He finish up the sandwich then took the tissue that was already prepared on the table. I kept on eating the bread. Eating and eating without even pay any attention at him.
He kept staring at me while his hand supported his chin.
“Look at you, messy girl.” Kris wiped my mouth with tissue he use just now.
“Yah! It’s dirty! I will never buy anything for you if you keep doing something like that.” I looked at him with an annoyed-angry face.
“Okay, okay, my dear. Never do that again. But look at you, the cream is all over your face, messy girl.” I continue to eat. He took another tissue and began to wiped my face using that tissue.
“That’s better.” I smiled. Yes, that’s how Kris and I treats each other. Like a bro-sis relationship and I like it. I like it when there is someone who really take care of me. That doesn’t mean I don’t love my brother, it just that my brother is too busy to earn the money for us. So, I don’t really feel the love of a brother.
“Okay, gotta go, messy girl. I will call you later.” Kris stood up while messing with my hair and walked away with a smile at his face.
“Bye.” I waved at him. As always, he waved back at me with that hot smile on his face.
As usual, I was focusing to solve these mathematics problems. Like my mom always says, practice makes perfect. So I kept on practicing for good mark on my exam.
Suddenly my phone rang. I put my pencil down and took my phone. ‘Angry Bird is calling ..’
Yah, this guy. Keep disturbing me when I’m in the middle of studying.
Amber : Yah! What do you want?
Kris : Hey, busy?
Amber : Kind of. Why?
Kris : Doing? Don’t tell me you’re studying.
Amber : Yea, I’m studying.
Kris : Can you help me?
Amber : Help you with what?
Kris : Do you mind to accompany me to school?
Amber : What?! School?! Are you crazy?! At this time?! You gotta be kidding me! No! I want to continue my study.
Kris : Wait! Ugh, Amber, the exam is two months away, okay? I know that you’re a top student, but please, don’t be pressured. Enjoy your life.
Amber : Whatever you said, I don’t care. This is my life!
Kris : Okay, okay. Chill . But please, come on, I left my MP under my desk
Amber : Yah! You will not die, believe me. You’re getting enough oxygen
Kris : Who says? I couldn’t catch my breath. Help me !
Amber : Stop it Kris. Still a no from me.
Kris : Please, for this cutie angry bird? I’m not the angry bird anymore, I will be the blue bird.
Amber : Haha, Alright, I will. But we will be quick, right?
Kris : Yup, promised!
Amber : Wait for me at the school’s gate
Kris : Don’t need to. I’m already infront of your house.
I took a peek at the window. Yea, he was there and now waving at me like an idiot.
Amber : This jerk . Just wait there!
I took my sweater, my jeans, watch, and the LA cap and walked toward him. He looks nice in his jeans, leather jacket, his blonde hair with that smile on his face. He just looks … hot.
“Are you sure?” I held his arm.
“I’m sure.” Kris took my hands to comfort me while smiling.
Kris was about to climb the wall, I tried to stop him by held his hand. I’m afraid, yea, I was afraid at that time. I heard many things about this school . The ghost in the field, the girl studying while crying in the classroom at night, kids playing along the corridors.
“Don’t be afraid, my little baby boo. Come.” Kris stretched out his hand and waited for me to take his hand.
“Come on, Amber.” I looked at him with the hesitate look. Finally, I took his hand and in a second, we’re already in the school area.
We walked to the class while I’m holding Kris’ shirt. Kris laughed with my actions. I kept on holding his shirt until we reached the class.
“You . Take your MP quickly. I will wait here.” I let go of his shirt. The reason why I don’t want to go inside the class is because I don’t want to say my greeting to that ghost of girl that will study while crying at night.
“Are you sure? How about … the gh--“ I grabbed Kris’ shirt.
“Okay, I will follow you.” I said while Kris laughed at me.
I was busy looking at the surrounding, suddenly, Kris shouted ‘Happy Birthday’ to me!
I looked on the table. There was a cake, with candles on it. I was surprised because I never expect that he will be this sweet to me.
Kris took my hand and went near the table while singing the ‘Happy Birthday’ song happily.
“Now, make a wish.” Kris took up the cake.
I closed my eyes and began to make a wish and blew the candles. It was great. My tears kept flowing out. I was touched. Crying of happiness, never thought it will be like this.
“Why are you crying? Don’t cry, my little friend. Come, let me show you something.” Kris’s took out his phone. Suddenly, I felt something on my cheek and he already captured my expression before I could do anything.
And the war started. We kept putting the cream on each other faces and took pictures with our messy faces.
“Hey, wanna play basketball with me?” Kris’ took out the ball under the table. We were having a great time that night.
After tired of the basketball, we laid on the court while looking at the stars. Kris laid beside me.
“You know what? I’m having a great time tonight. Thank you. I was touched.” I said while smiling at him.
He look at me and smiled back. “My pleasure, dear. Just one question, what is your wish when you blow the candles?”
“Err.. nop, I will not tell you.” I answered.
“You better tell me right now.” Kris looked at me with that evil smile on his face.
“No.” Then .. the war started again. He kept tickling me, be gan to chase each other. That was the last night I spent with him.
“Hey, wanna see your face last night, look at this.” I took out my phone and keep on teasing him like hell. Then we laughed like hell and everyone looked at us like hell.
“Hey, Kris.” Suddenly a girl named Jessica came and sit on Kris’ table. Jessica is the most pretty and hot girl in this school . And all of us know that she really like Kris. But Kris don’t pay any attention at her. Everything she did, looks ugly in Kris’ eyes. But she didn’t care. She still trying to catch Kris’ eyes.
“Hey.” Kris’ stood up from his seat. “Sorry, gotta go, Jess. See you later.” Kris took my hand and walked toward the door. Everyone were looking at the scene.
Now, we reached the rooftop.
“Why did you do that? That was kind of .. rude.”
“I don’t like that girl. She is annoying. With that fake face, fake smile, fake, fake, fake!”
I looked at Kris’ face. And he seems really annoyed with Jessica. Better not to let the fire get bigger.
I pick up all the books from my locker and walked to the class. Suddenly someone hit me. And all of my books fell onto the ground. I looked up to see who is it. And I’m not surprised by it. It was Jessica. That was not the first time she did this.
“Oops . Sorry, Amber.” She smirked and went off, leaving me to pick up all the book by myself.
“It’s okay, Amber. You can bear it.” I talked to myself while picking up the books. Kris was busy with his basketball match. So he will not be here for 2 days. But it’s okay for me, well, of course it’s boring without him. But, what can I do?
The next day, I went to the school as usual. As soon as I entered the school’s gate, everyone look at me with a disgusted look. But I pretended like I never saw it. This is not my first time. So it’s okay since I can bear it.
“So, that’s the girl .. “ The girls were gossiping while looking at me. And I know that the topis is ME.
Suddenly, that girl came toward my table.
“Nice post, girl? Never thought that you are that kind of girl. A liar and the hypocrite one.” I looked at her with a weirdly. I didn’t have any idea what was she talking about. What post?
“Aw , Don’t pretend like you don’t know about it girl. Everyone know this.” She said while playing with my hair. “Well, good luck.” She tapped my shoulder then walked away with a smirk on her face.
Everyone look at me. Why? What did I do wrong?
At that time, my phone rang. This is it. This is when my perfect life began to ruin.
‘Angry Bird is calling..’ I smiled and quickly picked up the phone.
“Meet me at the park tonight.” That cold tone. Why? Did he is angry with someone?
I’m excited to meet him after two days without him was like a hundred years without sunlight.
So, that night, I took my cap, wear my jeans and the jacket. I went to the park. I already saw Kris is waiting for me at the bench-with an angry face.
I ran toward him with a smiling face. I’m just too excited.
I was about to hug him, but suddenly he stopped me. He took out his phone then he showed me our school homepage.
I was shocked with his sudden change. He was being so cold. He was cold toward me. This is the first time.
“What is this?” I startled.
“What do you mean by what is this? That is what I supposed to ask. What is this?! What do you mean by this?!” He seems really angry.
“Wait, Kris. This is n—“
“What? You’re gonna say that this is not you? Who else handle our school homepage? You, right? ONLY. I thought you are different. Different from other girls, who want to get my attention with that fake smile. But, you just the same! You tricked me! You’re worse than Jessica. You’re a fake! A liar! A hypocrite friend! From now on, you’re not my friend, and I, Wu Yi Fan, don’t know who are you except for a liar!” Kris’ walked away with that angry face.
I didn’t know what to do. I tried to chase him. But he was just too fast. This is terrible. Whoever did this, he or she is the worst person I’ve ever known!
I fell onto the ground while crying. He is my friend, my brother, my everything. Now, he’s gone. He will not there anymore when I need his help. He is not my protector anymore. I am a stranger to him.
That’s the end.
Now, I was left here …. Alone.
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