Ice: Thaw the Frozen Heart [EDITING]

Chapter 3

Lin sighed leaning her head on the side door of the car while looking out the window waiting for the seemingly endless row of trees to be replaced by the view of skyscrapers. She then looked down at the rather worn out yarn bracelet encircling her wrist. She caress the bracelet with her thumb feeling its texture.

The dark colors of blue, green, and purple—their favorite colors!—of the yarn were braided beautifully into one bracelet. It's the bracelet that symbolized their friendship that supposed to last forever. They were still physically together, but it didn't feel the same somehow. Lin missed her two best friends who happened to be her own brother and sister-in-law. She missed the time they were all still living under the same roof before the two moved out. She missed sleeping late at night spending the time sharing stories with Yeojin.

But most of all, she missed that time before the other two were married. It wasn't that she disagreed with their marriage. She was beyond happy actually when she heard she would have her best friend as an in-law. Yet, she couldn't help but to notice the growing coldness from her brother when their dad announced it. And from that point, the friendship of the three was slowly broken. Even now, she was the only one wearing the bracelet. Sure she and Yeojin remained best friends, but it didn't feel right without her brother in it.

She wished she could turn back time to when they thought they had the whole world as long as they were together. She wished they never grew up. She wished that at least Yeojin never met that guy. Yifan did grow cold when he was about to get married; however, she noticed that he started growing distant, especially toward Yeojin, when Yeojin met that guy. Now, Lin could only sighed at her thoughts.

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She smiled looking at the picture she was holding with both hands. It was a picture of her and the tall guy she was in love with smiling next to each other; their cheeks pressed against one another and his arms hung around her neck. Her mind then traveled back to the time she first saw him.

*FLASHBACK*
She walked slowly at the campus park taking a deep breath of the fresh air. She enjoyed the warm colors of the dying leaves, that contrasted the somewhat cold wind, and the crisp crackling sound of the leaves she stepped on along her way. Finally, she found herself an empty bench with the small lake as the view. She sat down and opened her textbook to study it before the next class started. It was easy for her to concentrate on her text book with a serene view like this. But then, something caught the corner of her eyes and stopped her from reading.

There at the side of the lake she saw a tall figure standing while tapping his feet. He looked down at something he was holding on his right palm. A minute later, he walked away from the lake. But then a few seconds later, he returned to his previous post.

He seemed to be mumbling something as his right hand curled into a ball. The next thing she knew, something entered the water with a plop sound and the guy walked away. Seeing him leave, she couldn't help but to feel curious. Then again, it wasn't like she could ask him. She shrugged off her curiosity and went back to her reading.

The next day, she went to the campus park again bringing a cup of coffee along with her. She sat on the same bench and took a sip of the coffee before almost spitting it out because she was shocked seeing a head suddenly popped out of the water of the lake and disappeared into it shortly after. The person came out again, stood up, and looked down while his hand moved as if trying to part the water to get a better view of whatever was under the water. It wasn't long before she realized it was the guy from the previous day.

"What is he doing there?" She wondered and was feeling slightly worried.

She saw him walking back and forth in the water with eyes that are still glued on the water and with one hand ruffling his hair. He suddenly stopped and dived back into the water afterwards. It just hit her that he must be looking for whatever he threw yesterday. She started standing up when he didn't come out.