The Bench (one shot)

Loving and Hurting, First and Last

"Z! Where have you been?" Tin asked me.

"I just wandered around the campus." I answered. This is a new day with new surroundings, so I should familiarize myself by strolling around.

Let me introduce myself. My name's Zana Sheeran, but I prefer being called as Z. I'm tall, I'm the brightest in our class. I love to dance, to sing and to play the guitar as well. I like to write and read stories. I may look like I'm happy and carefree but inside I'm sad and hurting.

And now, I'm in a different campus because of a contest that I was counted on. I made a friend named Christine, but she prefers to be called as Tin.

"Z, you should've told me so I could accompany you." Anne told me. Anne is a goddess in disguise. She is the realest (a/n: first thing's first) friend you could ever have.

"I decided to be alone in this journey." I explained. I always liked to be alone so that I could think a lot of things without anyone interrupting my thoughts.

"Fine, let's go out of our room and rest on the field." Anne and Tin decided and pulled me out of the room.

While we were walking towards the field, someone shouted at me.

"Stealing the attention Zana Sheeran! Someone has a crush on you!" A stranger announced/shouted at the mic. What!? Is this even true?!

"Who could that someone be, Z?" Anne and Tin smirked at me. I decided to shrug it off. Whoever that person could be, I hope he confesses to me as soon as possible.

~At the Field~

We were at the field, when something caught my eyes. A bench. I know it's strange but I love to sit at benches and just draw or write, not caring a single thing about the world. A and T told me to go there, so I obeyed them.

While I was sitting at the bench, someone decided to sit beside me and talked to me.

"I hope you don't mind me sitting beside you. I'm Rain by the way." He introduced to me. Well, I think this Rain guy is cute.

"I really don't mind at all. My name's Zana. Nice to meet you, Rain." I introduced myself as well.

We talked about things like how I got here, how he became a sports writer and stuff like that. Time has passed, I was drinking when he decided to ask a very serious question.

"Do you have a crush?" Rain asked with a smirk. I spitted out the water that I was drinking, looking like I was watering the grass from my mouth.

"Why would you want to know?" Why would he really want to know?

"asdfghjkl." he whispered very quietly that I couldn't hear it anymore.

"What was that?" I forced him to repeat it. I am very curious right now. Please tell it to me. ;-;

"I said, I have a crush on you. My best friend told me to confess to you right away, so I'm swallowing my pride and telling you it right now." he shakily confessed.

I was going to reply when the bell rang. Shoot, it was our curfew!

"I'm going to tell you my thoughts tomorrow! Good night!" I bid goodbye.

"Okay, good night babe!" WHAT DID HE JUST SAY!?!???

~THE NEXT DAY~

"Okay, so we will have this day as an introduction day. First thing's first, the new comers will introduce themselves as they were late yesterday." our proctor explained to us.

"Hey Z, you'll be the first one to introduce. Good luck!" Anne told me with a smile telling to give my best.

"Greetings! The name's Zana Sheeran, but you may call me Z, or whatever you prefer. Feel free to talk to me, I don't bite. I don't really fall in love easily but when I do, I give my best to make him smile, to make him feel he's loved. That's all, thank you." I really hope Rain's listening because that falling in love part is dedicated to him.

They were shocked because of my speech. Well our proctor told us to add about love in our speech, so I did that. They were all silent when someone clapped. I searched for the one who clapped, it was Rain. Rain was always the supporter.

Time has passed, a lot of things happened. But this night will be fun.

~At The Bench~

I searched for Rain when I got there. He told me that he'll arrange a dinner for us two. I was overjoyed when he told me that, is this the feeling when you have a crush on someone? I dressed up pretty neatly and nicely, so I hope he'll be happy when he saw me.

"Z! Over here!" Rain shouted at me. When I looked at him, I felt the whole world stopped. (a/n: cliché but whatever :b) He was dressed in a checkered polo, damn, he looked like a model or something.

He smirked when he saw me checking him out. No, don't be too confident. When I looked at the surroundings, woah, it was very lovely! And there was music playing. (a/n: play the song/video if you'd like to.)

"You should appreciate this, I worked hard on it. And I'm sorry if the food is just an order, I just love pizza so I'd thought you love it too." I laughed at him because he was very nervous, how cute.

"It's fine, I really love pizza!" I smiled at him which made him smile too.

When we finished eating, he offered a dance. I accepted his hand, why not?

"Loving can hurt, loving can hurt sometimes. But it is the only thing that I know." This song, is my favorite. And Rain's favorite too.

We danced to it, we looked like we were fictional characters from a book.

"When I'm away, I will remember how you kissed me, back under the lamp post, back on sixth street. Hearing you whisper through the phone: 'Wait for me to come home.'" I will remember how you whispered that to me.

I will remember that night, when I trusted you.

~14 years after~

Dear Rain,

Do you remember those times? When you told me you liked me, you said I was the only one? Yeah. It was unforgettable.

Thanks for making those memories with me. Thanks for falling in love with me, because I fell in love with you, too. I'm still in love with you, you know.

I remember how we fought always because of your best friend. When you told me that you were just friends but no, I saw you two kissing! You should feel special, 'cause I still forgave you, you arse.

But now, I feel very lucky to have you. Because we now have a family, you work so hard for us. I'm sorry if there were times that I was stubborn. I wanted good things for our family.

We were married at 22, had kids at 23, and we're still living at the age of 29. Thanks for the memories.

I'll be dead anytime now, my heart can't take it anymore. They're trying to make me alive, but the heart can't cooperate anymore.

Thank you, I'm sorry and Goodbye.

I love you baby! :)

Yours truly,

Zana.

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