Bright as the moon

Chapter 12 Love yourself

It looks like I want to tell Lily again how I feel about her maybe this is the right time for me to tell her that I will invite Lily to dinner later I hope she can hear what I have to say

"Good morning Lily"
"Good morning Rome?
"Ah Lily, I'm leaving, I'm going to the office first because we have a meeting today"
"Oh yeah sure, why don't you have breakfast first?"
"It's ok I'm going to eat at work and can I invite you to dinner later?"
"Ow yeah sure just text me ok"
"Sure sure I'm leaving"

I have to leave early because we have a meeting for our mission to the moon I had to be there at the meeting because we were assigned for this mission

As I entered the building, I met my colleague on the mission

"Hey Rome, let's go to the office together"
"Hey Cole good morning"
"You seem happy today, what did you eat?"
"I haven't even had breakfast yet, I'll tell you later after the meeting"
"Ow ok ok I heard that our launch has been rescheduled"
"Who did you get that information from?"
"I just heard, we will find out in the meeting later so I hope not"

We entered the office and our other group members were there. There are five of us assigned to this mission

"Good morning boys"
"Good morning bro"
"Let's wait for Commander and let's start"

We waited for our Commander for this mission
while we were waiting, one of my colleagues asked me how happy I am today

"Rome you look happy now"
"by the way Rome what are you going to say?"
"I'm happy because I saw Lily again"
"Wait how did you see her?"
"I saw her at the antique shop yesterday and we talked in the dorm where I used to stay"
"That's why he's happy because he's found his true love"
"I hope she is my true love"
"Does she know that we have a mission?"
"I haven't told her yet but I will tell her later"
"Did you tell her that you will have dinner together?"
"Yes, I told her earlier"
"Talk to her and marry that girl"

While we were talking, our Commander arrived and we started the meeting

"Ok good morning boys"
"GOOD MORNING SIR!" [ALL]
"So first of all congrats to the four of you"
"Thank you sir" [ALL]
"So our launch was rescheduled, they rescheduled it so that we could accomplish our mission early"
"For what reason, sir, why was it rescheduled?"
"It is said that the rocket to be launched was finished, so they rescheduled it"
"So what is our mission sir?"
"Our mission there is that there is a small meteor that hit the moon, it's very small but it has a strong impact, we need to study that meteor to see if it harms our moon"
"So he's a fragment of a big meteor"
"It's like that, but we'll know if it's from a meteor or something else, Our launch is March 30, don't forget that"
"YES SIR!" [ALL]
"You can leave now"

My friend asked to go to a coffee shop so I agreed and we can eat too

"Let's go to a coffee shop"
"Let's go have breakfast"
"Yep sounds great"

We went to the coffee shop and had breakfast there. My friend asked what is Lily's status in her life now

"Rome tell me more about Lily"
"Ow, Lily is one of the CEOs of her father's company, she is the one who handles it"
"Wow CEO is a high position"
"Yep and I'm still proud of her even though we didn't become astronauts together"
"It's ok Rome as long as you see her again and keep your promise to become an astronaut that's ok"
"I have a question for you guys"
"Yeah sure go ahead"
"What a good gift that will suit her?"
"Hmmmm maybe a necklace and the Flower symbol is beautiful"
"Looks like a good idea and she loves the moon thank you bro"

I wanted to express my feelings so I thought of giving Lily a gift I would have given her a stuff toy, but she is not kid anymore

After we finished eating, I went to Emily to tell her that I had seen Lily

"Emily, I've seen Lily"
"Is that true? Maybe you're joking"
"Yes, it's true, I've seen her and we met at your husband's shop"
"How is she?"
"She is ok and her life is going well"
"That's good, I miss Lily, where does she live now?"
"She said that she will not leave the dorm because there are already many memories"
"Of course, that's when you and Lily became close"
"Lily and I have dinner later so I'm leaving to buy her a present"
"Yeah sure be careful"

I left Emily's house and went to the mall to look for a necklace for Lily

"Hello sir, what are you looking for?, Ring necklace bracelet earrings?"
"Do you have a flower symbol necklace?"
"Of course sir, we also have different colors, let's check it sir, follow me"
"We have Blue Red and Yellow sir these colors also have meaning"
"May I know?"
"The blue flower sir is love and Desire the Yelow is spreading happiness and joy And the last is Red which is feelings of true love"
"Wow, I can take it, it looks like it suits her"
"Yes sir, just wait for me there, I'll just put it in the box"

I bought the matching color for Lily and I hope she likes it

I called Lily and asked what time she got off work

*On the phone*
"Hello Lily what time do you get off work?"
"Hi Rome, when it's 6 I can go out, but the teams in the company here go out at 7pm"
"Ow ok ok I'll wait for you in your dorm ok"
"Ow yeah sure the key is just under the vase"
"See you later"
"See uou later Rome"

*Phone hang up*

I went to the dorm to wait for Lily while I was waiting, I went into my old room to see if I had any things left behind and I saw my old stuffed toy that I bought

"Wow, I was looking for you at home you're still cute even though you're dirty"

I cleaned my stuffed toy so that he could look clean, while I was waiting for Lily, I cleaned the dorm first I spent more than an hour cleaning the dorm so that she would have nothing to do when she got home

"ok done"*phew*

Lily arrived and looked very tired from her work so I decided to eat here in her dorm

"Hello Lily"
"Hello Rome, Why is the dorm so clean you cleaned it?"
"Yes yes and I saw the stuff toy I bought"
"Oh, because I don't go into your room, that's why I can't clean it"
"It's ok, you look tired, take a rest first"
"But you said let's have dinner outside"
"It's ok Lily, let's eat here in the dorm"
"Ow ok ok that seems like a good idea"

Lily's favorite dish came to my mind first, so that's what I cooked when I finished cooking our dish I called Lily to eat

"Lily let's eat, the food is ready"
"Ok just wait"

After a few minutes, Lily came out of her room and we ate

"Wow, this is my favorite"
"Yep, I can't forget that"
"You are still the best Rome"
"I'm your friend, I'll never forget that"
"Let's eat"

While Lily and I ate, we laughed and teased each other I miss the days when we were like this

"I have something to give you Lily"
"Oh ok"
"This is my gift to you and I want you to know that I have liked you for a long time"
"Rome.....Thank you but I can't accept the way you feel about me"
"I know that's what you're going to say but you don't know how many times I've been hurt"
"I just want to tell you to love yourself first Rome and you will understand everything"
"I understand everything so it's ok even if you don't accept me as long as you accept my feelings for you"
"I'll accept that if you know how I feel"
"I will wait for you Lily even if a few more years pass I am ready to wait"
"Thank you Rome you understand everything"

I gave Lily the necklace I bought for her and she liked the color

"Her color is beautiful"
"Yep, I bought the yellow one because it matches your personalities"
"What does yellow mean?"
"You will find out"

In this situation, even though Lily only thinks of me as a friend, I'm ready to wait for when I can win her heart.