The Secret Stories

Wish, Luck and Fate

It's that time of the year, the holiday season. Christmas and New Year were coming. Everyone was happy which clearly shown by the smile on their faces. Yuri was sitting in the coffee shop, staring out of the huge glass that's separating the warm cozy coffee shop from the cold weather outside. Yuri was the only person who's alone in that crowded coffee shop. Everyone was with their friends, family or lover. It's quite pathetic when she thought how lonely her Christmas would be.

Yuri rested her chin on her palm, staring out to the crowd walking on the roadside. Hyewon came to her mind for a split second, her ex-girlfriend. They broke up a few months ago because their love died down as time passed. Yuri still hoped that the older had a happy Christmas and not lonely like how she was. Yuri sighed softly and felt slightly sad about it but she tried not to because it's already sad enough for her to be alone and she didn't need the heartbreak to add in the list.

"Unnie... wait for me..."

Yuri saw two kids running, the one on pink jacket chasing after the one in yellow jacket. It brought a small smile on her face, seeing the kid in yellow jacket ended up stopping and waited for the other before holding hands and walking together.

What Yuri saw, reminded her of her first love, the love that was too young for the two of them but still to Yuri the best one that she ever had. She did feel that what people said on how first love never dies was kinda true because that kind of love always has special spot in one's heart, especially if it's a story like what Yuri had. Reminiscing about her first love at least made her heart felt warm.

Yuri's story wasn't something extraordinary. It's just a common love story like how everyone's story was, not even too much difference with her relationship with Hyewon. Yuri only had two love relationships, one with her first love and the other was with Hyewon. The only difference between the two relationship was that Yuri and her first love let go each other's hand because of love instead of out of love.

"If we are destined to be together, we're bound to meet again."

Yuri smiled at that words that rang in her mind. Closing her eyes, she could even feel the warmth of being in her embrace. She remembered their goodbye very clearly. Right in front of her doorsteps both unwilling to let go, knowing it's their last meeting.

"No matter what.. you'll always have a spot in my heart, Yuri-ah..."

"You too, in mine, unnie..."

Yuri saw the older pointed to her chest where her heart was. It's like a promise to Yuri back then, a really special one or maybe that she's still young back then, believing on the words that probably wouldn't happen at all. She didn't even know if the older still remembered the things they said when they were together or it's only her for thinking it's the best relationship in her eyes. Nevertheless, she couldn't deny that it's one of the best memories she had, the time she had with the older. Despite that she didn't want to admit it, the older always stayed in her heart and never left.

Sure, Yuri and her first love let go of one another's hand. Even so, during that time, Yuri still loved the older until Hyewon came to her life. Hyewon took most of the space in Yuri's heart, slowly pushing Yuri's love for her first love into a corner that one tend to forget until that person who took the most space in their heart walked away and that's when one see that one thing that got left forgotten, tucked in the corner. That's probably the best way to describe what Yuri was feeling right now when her feelings for her first love came to take the space in her heart back.

"Unnie, I love you.."

Yuri remembered saying that over and over that night and she remember how the older smiled before returning the words each time. Maybe that's why Yuri felt it was special, her relationship with her. Whenever Yuri said 'I love you', the older never responded in 'I know', 'yes', or words of confirmation in general. It would always be 'I love you too'. The older would return the love as much as given if not more.