CHAPTER 1 : THE MEET UP

<Yanie>

I’m walking in the park that moment when I saw different kinds of people. I looked around and noticed two persons sitting on a bench kissing each other in that public place. They were kissing like no one is seeing them and they don't care if someone's looking at them. 

They both see me looking at them but instead of getting mad, they just smiled at me then showed me how much they love each other by doing the same thing. 

“What the... They are still young but they are doing such kind of thing that needs privacy,” I whispered and turned back. 

I walked around again. Somebody hooked my attention. I heard a couple fighting because of third party which means one of them had an affair with other man or another woman. They looked older than the first couple I saw a while ago. 

"Is this a park for a couple? Uugghhh! I’m not informed. I'm single for 3 years then my feet brought me here? Gosh! For what purpose? What the heck!” I irritably said.

The couple heard me and said, "This park is for everyone" then they smiled at me but when I turned back, they continued fighting.

“What a life! This is the reason why I’m afraid to fall in love again. Today you are good, tomorrow you’ll fight. One day, he’ll wake up and will tell you he doesn’t love you anymore. In fact, I’m not sure if that man and I had a relationship before. Maybe, that’s just a mutual understanding. We didn’t have exact date to celebrate our anniversary and what so ever, we just know to ourselves that we are happy together,” I told herself and reminisced my past relationship.

Sometimes, I’m wondering why every time I enter in a relationship, it fails.

I continued walking and I noticed an old man and an old woman walking together. I heard the old man said, “I told you when we are still young that I will take care of you, I will never hurt you because I want to grow old with you.

Then, the old woman answered, “I know that, we had the same thing in our minds that moment. I love you and I will love you even in our second life. I never felt that you deceived me. I’m sure you never had an affair with any woman”.

“I’m glad you knew that because I can’t do that to you. Some women are generalizing men as playful but not all,” the old man replied seriously. 

I followed them while listening to their touching love story. She is so lucky to have a loyal husband like him.

I stopped for a while to feel the fresh air that touches my skin it enticing me to walk somewhere else where it will take me.

“I love parks. I love the fresh air coming from the trees and plants there”, I shouted. 

I closed my eyes and widen up my hands and then I spin like what I usually do. Meanwhile, when I opened my eyes, I see everything spinning around. I really felt dizziness. I was about to fall down but someone tried to catch me. He's a man in black. I can't see his face clearly because of dizziness. I felt his hands touching my shoulder and legs. 

“Hey! It's not what you think!” He carried me and put me down to a bench saying, "Hey miss! Are you okay?

I saw him smiling, I just smiled back at him and uttered, "I'm fine." though I'm not really fine because I still feel dizzy.

"You don't look fine miss; I think I should stay here with you," he whispered. 

After few minutes, my vision gets back to normal. I saw his face sideward; he has a pointed nose. He is looking far like he's thinking so deep. "Hey!" I whispered. He turned his head aside. That time, I startled, he's handsome. His eyes, his lips, his skin are all perfect. I guess he's taller than me. He is a good-looking guy but not just that, he's also charming. I saw him talking but it seems like I can't hear what he is saying. 

I felt his touch in my hand, "Hey miss! Are you okay? I'm not a celebrity don't look at me that way." He laughed. “Don't tell me you had a crush on me already?” He added. 

"Hey you! What are you talking about? I don't have a crush on you. We just met here for few minutes", I said in an angry tone and I take off his hands on me then I stand up. 

He held my hand and said, "Hey miss! I'm just kidding okay? Please get back sitting beside me.

When I heard him saying those words, I smiled and sit back beside him. “I am Joshua Enrico Meyer III and you are…?” he offered his hand like he wanted to introduce himself for a handshake. 

“I'm Yassemin Niezel Chun,” I gave my hand for hand shaking. “Nice to meet you Josh...” I stopped and ask him, "Ohhh sorry, what do you want me to call you?

Just call me "Josh" he smiled at me like his eyes are about to close. He's very charming. 

“And you? What do you want me to call you?” He asked. 

Call me "Yanie" I replied and take off my hand to his hand. 

We had some talks like we are comfortable with each other. He told me his favorite food and more about his life and career, the same thing with me. I told her what's my favorite food and so on. A little bit details about my life and my family. 

It feels like we know each other since then. We walked around together. Like me, he always goes to this park to breath some fresh air from trees and plants. We are in the city. The air is polluted there. People needs clean air to breath in. 

I was about to go and get back to my work but he invited me to join him in the part where he pointed and said, "You will surely enjoy watching them."

He brings me to the playground where there's a lot of children playing. "They looked so happy right?" He said while looking at me straight to my eyes. 

Then, we both felt something "a spark" I guess? We looked at each other for how many minutes until a child pushed him and our faces get closer. I felt his hands holding my waist and my hands were closed around the back of his neck. That moment, everything around us got blurry aside from the children playing in front of us. 

Another kid pushed me that made our lips kissed each other. It lasts for 2 minutes before I pushed him away. I know he didn't mean it. We both didn't mean what happened. But what took us so long before we realized that it was just an accident? 

We both say, "I'm sorry". The children laughed at us so hard. We both widened our eyes at them which caused them to stop laughing at us. A girl held my hands and a boy held his hands. They put our hands together. They are like cupids who are trying to make us fall in love with each other that moment. They smiled at us and uttered, "We are hoping that you'll make each other happy.

Then, they disappeared. Even everything around us, then the man I'm holding started to disappear... 

I opened her eyes. I get up into my bed and said, "Ohh gosh... I thought it was true. How I wish... I hugged my favorite pillow and used it to cover my face. I looked at myself in front of the mirror. I saw myself wearing the same clothes yesterday. 

Uggghhhh! I had a very long day from work yesterday. I went home late, that was about twelve (12) midnight.  

I go upstairs and go straight to my bedroom for some rest. What I remember is, I took off my black hoody jacket and bag then I laid down to my bed. Gosh! What a tiring day yesterday, I wasn't able to change my clothes I’m wearing. I'm still wearing my boots right now and still wearing black turtleneck long sleeves partnered with black jeans and black boots.

I can't believe it! This is the first time I didn't change my clothes from work. I looked at my watch, it's already 6 o'clock in the morning. 

“Ohhhh nooo! I need to take a bath. I need to go to the office. Goshhh! What's happening you Yanie!” I crammed. 

I went to the bathroom to take a bath. I felt the water coming out of the shower that touches my skin. I took a bath so fast in just 15 minutes though I'm usually taking a bath for an hour. But because I get up late, I need a quick bath. I was about to wear my detective uniform when something came up into my mind. I looked at the calendar posted on the wall near the stairs. I was about to go downstairs when I saw the calendar. 

OMG! I don't have work today it's Sunday. 

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