𝙁𝙀𝘼𝙏𝙃𝙀𝙍. ✔

5.

Flashback.

A 4 years old boy was staying at home with his nanny. It was his birthday today but his parents were working overseas.

A birthday celebration with his nanny didn't satisfy him even though he loved his nanny since she took care of him well.

He wished his parents were with him and celebrated his birthday together. With a deep sigh from that boy, he decided to express his sadness through drawing.

A small house built beside a tall tree, the three of them were holding hands while grinning widely.

If his parents were not a successful businessman and a businesswoman, will he get to spend more time with them?

A small house may be better than a big home.

He flipped to a new page, revealed a new and white paper. He wanted to create another drawing. Reached out to take the ruler, he noticed an orange flavour candy was on the table.

Did his nanny place it there when he was not here? He heard a gentle female voice on his left side as he slowly turned around.

"Hello." The presence of that woman didn't frighten that calm boy as he greeted her back.

"Did my parents told you to celebrate my birthday with me?" He put the pencil down, staring at the woman who was kneeling down to meet his eye level.

"No," She pointed toward the direction of the ceiling. "The deity assigned me to protect you." Smiling softly, she took off the wrapper of the candy before gave it to him.

"Thank you." He murmured and ate it. The sweetness of the candy caused his lips to curved. A little thing is able to make him happy. "Are you a deity too?" He asked curiously.

That woman shook her head while keeping her soft smile on her face. "I'm your guardian angel. I will be protecting you from danger and guide you in your life." She continued.

"Not everyone will have a guardian angel. You need to be a kind-hearted person to have a guardian angel or else the one who is guiding you will be a guardian demon." She said.

That boy nodded before he spoke. "That's mean I'm a kind-hearted person." His statement made them chuckled as she pinched his cheek lightly.

"Promise me you will always be a kind-hearted person and I will always be by your side to protect you." They locked their pinkies to make a pinky promise.

"Actually, you are the first human that I am protecting." Both of them heard noises from the door as someone was knocking on it. "I have to go now." She said.

That little boy was feeling sad and asked. "Will we meet again?" He looked up to her who was standing while glancing at the door.

The knocking sound has stopped and she was the one who did that because they needed a little more time to talk.

"We will meet again but I'm sure you will forget about me because most of the people don't remember the things they did and saw when they were around your age." She patted his fluffy hair softly.

"I will not forget about you, my guardian angel. I will promise you. Let's make a pinky promise again." He reached out his pinky finger.

His action melted her heart into two. "Alright." She made a pinky promise with him again. This caused that boy to have a satisfied smile on his face.

"Your parents are here to celebrate your birthday with you. Don't tell anyone about me. This is our secret." She placed her index finger in front of her lips and he copied her as a sign of agreement.

After that day, he will always await her to make herself visible to him so that they can talk and play but his wish didn't come true.

A guardian angel could not always show themselves to human. They could only do that when the human they were protecting needed their help.

As time passed, he slowly forgot about his guardian angel included their interaction. She expected that to happen and it was totally fine.

At least, she still remembered it and she was still his guardian angel until the day she did something she shouldn't.

"Be careful!" The people were shouting toward that boy because he went to the road filled with vehicles.

The strong wind blew a piece of paper away from his hand so he ran toward the middle of the road to take it back.

Some cars sounded their horns and avoided hitting him but he was not always that lucky. A car was driving in his direction without stopping.

The driver was focusing on somewhere. When he noticed that boy was in front of his vehicle, it was already too late to dodge.

It was his fate.

However, his guardian angel changed his fate without thinking about the consequence. She doesn't want to witness his death.

I saved you and I became a human.