Boys will be Boys and Girls will be Pandas - Turning Red Fanfic

Chapter 6

The two met up at the park early that Sunday, just past noon.

They walked side by side together, their hands holding one another's as they strolled quietly through, the sun not too hot yet, but neither too cold.

It just felt nice, being there at that moment. No words could properly describe the feelings inside the two.

Soon they sat on a park bench and smiled shyly at one another as Mei finally breached the silence.

"Wasn't yesterday great?!"

Tyler smiled back at her and nodded his head. Though the words his mother had said were still in his mind.

"Yeah, nearly as good as today."

Mei chuckled when she heard him say this, giving him a playful nudge and he just beamed back.

"But we haven't done anything yet today," She went on and he laughed softly. He took her hand in his and rolled his finger around her palm. Mei watched in silence and asked nervously.

"What are you doing?"

"Reading your palm," He said softly and glanced up at her for a second with worried eyes, but pushed the fear off as he gazed back to her hand. Mei stared at it as well, very intrigued and Tyler began.

"You're going to marry a rich boy who loves Spiderman as much as you,"

"Hmm..." She murmured, a small grin growing up her mouth.

"And you're going to live in a mansion and have tonnes of baby pandas."

Mei only burst into a laugh at this prediction and she looked at Tyler, asking with a smirk on her face.

"Can you actually see that?"

It took him a moment to reply, a giddy smile on his own face and he shook his head as he chuckled.

"No... not at all."

Mei's eyes were glimmering with intrigue and fascination. As Tyler let go of her hand, she quickly took up his and played along with the game.

"You're going to become a famous basketball player..."

He listened to her closely but felt a bit of hurt in his heart when she said those words.

He slowly pushed her hand away and only stared into his own, not really seeing anything like that in his future.

"No... I won't."

His voice was sad and Mei blinked surprised that this was his reaction to the game.

"I'm too short..."

"You're not short, Tyler." She replied, being honest and he strained his lips into a pathetic frown as he claimed.

"But too short to ever be a professional basketball player."

He sat now, looking broken at the ground and Mei only tilted her hand, confused by this all. But she gave a small smile as she held his hand softly in hers and uttered with a soft gleam.

"Yeah... but if you did, then you wouldn't have any time for me."

He gave a smile in return, and gulped, as he sat up straight from his hunch and slowly turned his eyes to Mei as he said.

"You're such a nice person."

She continued to smile as he said this. He didn't want to admit it, but he knew somehow that she was out of his league... she was just so much nicer than him.

"You are too," She said with a squeeze of his hand and he painfully shook his head.

"No... I'm a bully."