My Hundred-Years-Old Promise

The First Day of Summer Vacation

*school bell rings*

School is finally over, and summer is about to start. The boy looks out the window with the coldness of winter on his face, despite the excitement of his classmates as they ran out the room talking about playing in the park or the arcade. He is not excited.

He turns around look at the other side of the room. Sitting there is his classmate, the most beautiful girl in his class.

She felt like someone is watching her, so she turns around and saw the boy by the window. "Let's go home together!"

Shocked by what she said. He immediately nodded his head yes.

"Why do you look so sad?" She asked him as they leave the school.

"It's summer! We can already play all the time." She excitedly shouted.

The boy did not respond.

"Let's pla-." He interrupted her and said,

"I am sad because I won't be able to see you again!" He shouted as he run home covering his face in embarrassment.

The girl was shocked by what she heard him say. It was clear. She heard every word.

"I'm home!" she said to her mom.

"How was the last day of school-." Her mother said. "Why is your face so red?! Do you have a cold?? Was it so hot outside??" her mother worriedly asks.

"No... I'm fine mom...He said he will miss me." She sweetly said as her face starts turning more like a tomato.

At dinner time her mom told her dad what happened. The atmosphere suddenly becomes quiet. The girl is nervous to what her father might say.

"Baby..." Her father called her out.

"Yes, Daddy?" she answered with a teary eye that is ready to cry.

"Will you miss him too?" her father asks while he drinks his juice.

"Yes..." she quietly answered.

"THEN LET US GO AND PLAY WITH HIM TOMORROW!!!" Her father shouted in excitement.

She was shocked to see such a lovely smile from her parents, and she starts to cry while munching her supper.

"um!" she nodded.

The next they together with her mom and dad, they went to the boy's house to play.

*knock* *knock*

The young boy's mom opened the door and immediately greeted the guests.

"We are here to ask you if your son is willing to play with my daughter." The young girl's mother asked. Then they all looked into each other's eyes saying "Come in."

The girl went to the park where the young boy is supposedly playing.

The parents are at the dining table facing each other. The quiet and serious atmosphere was broken with the young boy's father saying, "It's been a while!!!"

Turns out their parents were all best friends during their high school days. So, they are glad to support their children's feelings.

At the park, the young girl saw the boy playing soccer with some kids. She approached them and asked if she could join. They happily accepted her request and let her play. The young boy was fired up and plays his best to impress her. He kicked the ball with hardest kick and ended up scraping his knees. But he did not cry, and they continued to play.

Hours later they all went home. He and she were happy as they tell their moms their day as they get ready to clean off the dirt from their arms and legs.

The young girl proudly tells her parents that she wanted to be a doctor so that she could treat the young boys wound.

"That's great! Then you have to study well so that you can be a doctor, okay?"

"Um!" She nodded with a happy face.