'My Dearest Love'

'Chapter Three'

Knowing where he was going to head to , Ling Yi stepped foot in the empty dark hallways of the school. Memories of the past rushes through his head yet again , instead these were somewhat pleasant ones of the past.

A familiar melody fills up the empty and lonely hallway , somehow bringing it back to life. Ling yi couldn't help but walk towards the source of this nostalgic melody that carries much comfort to him.

He walks towards a classroom , thinking to himself , behind that door just might be her. The thought of her could even make him smile right now. Ling Yi slowly opens the door. Revealing the back of someone as the door slowly uncover.

A familiar view he once saw back then. The person wore a school uniform , with her hair tied back in a ponytail.

Ling Yi froze , staring with wide eyes and a soft gaze like he finnaly made it to his destination. The flowing melody stops as the girl turns around , meeting eyes with Ling Yi.

"Ling Yi..?" the girl slowly got up and walked towards him , reaching out. She places both palms on his face and cups it with care , like what you'll see in a movie.

The two looks at each other , longing for one and another as tears of relief formed in the corner of their eyes.

Her heart aches for him as her thumb slowly caresses the scars around his cheeks. Blinking her eyes , trying to hold back her tears from falling down.

Seeing her like this , Ling Yi couldn't help but just embrace her. Squeezing tight around her , letting his tears flow freely as he mutters her name under his breath in relief.

'An Zai.'

Oh how he missed her.

An Zai slowly wraps her hands around his back , patting him almost as if she's trying to tell him that it's all fine now.

Though was it truly fine?

As time goes by , Ling Yi slowly loosened his grip around her , now wanting to tell her something. An Zai looks back at Ling Yi waiting for him to say something.

That innocent expression on her face soon reminded Ling Yi of the past.

' "I like you..." An zai said to Ling Yi '

Sucked back into reality , he decided to not waste any more time between them. From strangers to friends, friends into what they both want.

Ling Yi gently reached out to her hands and grabs it. An Zai looks back at Ling Yi with big round eyes as her head tilts in confusion, wondering why.

With the back of her hands in his palms , he writes down a simple 'I like you too' in response.

Taking in every stroke and feeling on her palms , somehow it felt like time slowed down. A mere minute turned into what felt like Eternity.

'I'

'Like'

'You'

'Too'

Ling Yi stops as he looks straight into An Zai's eyes , excited yet nervous waiting for her response. A simple nod and smile would mean everything.

Their symbol of friendship would change. Everything.

An Zai who's currently in disbelief of what was written on her hand. Her mind and heart full of knots , not knowing how to react. Should she just jump in and give him a big hug with kisses?

So that means they are a thing now , aren't they?

Maybe it was just their imagination , if so why were their cheeks so flushed. In the midst of their sweet confession , An zai could only give a nod back in response. Unable to hide the small smile on her face , full of happiness.

Ling Yi who's currently over the moon had his mind replay the scene over and over again. A nod. A simple nod which literally means evrything to him or I mean them.

It was like fireworks in his heart , thumping and exploding. The feeling of happiness and success. She is his everything ever since that day and after today , now he is able to completely call her his.

"Then since we are a thing now... coffee date tommorow?" An Zai looks at Ling Yi with sparkling eyes. Ling Yi tries to read her lips as they moved , sadly he wasn't able to. Wondering how to tell her that he was currently deaf.

He could only use movements to tell her , raising his right hand and placing it on his chest.

An Zai furrows her eyebrows , wanting to know what he meant by that.

"You?" An Zai replies uncertain , looking up back at Ling Yi with those doe eyes.

Successfully understanding what An zai said by reading her lips , he nods. The hand on his chest was then joined with his left hand , making a cross.

"Don't? Can't?" An Zai replies again uncertain. To her surprise Ling Yi nods again , which means she was right again.

Ling Yi's hand was then placed on his ears. After that one moment , Ling Yi couldn't help but feel nervous. If she knew , what would she think of him?

Even without being able to hear , Ling Yi could feel the strong silence between them. Maybe he shouldn't have told her...

"Ah..." An Zai voiced out after realising. The silence between the two grew. An zai looked around the empty music room and coincidentally found a left over book and pen.

Ling Yi looks at her movements attentively , what was she going to reply? Thinking about it just made him even more nervous than before.

An Zai slowly jotted down her reply , taking another look at it before crossing it out. She looks at it again and smiles , satisfied.

As the book slowly turns around in Ling Yis perspective , a sentence caught his eye.

'I don't care...' Ling yi's eyes widened at the words she chosen to reply. An Zai gave back a confused Ling Yi a cheeky smile , flipping the book to another page, revealing another sentence.

'Café date , tommorow? Official start of a date!'

Ling Yi felt like he was in a dream , was it a dream? He looked at An Zai full of relieve and admiration. Maybe he was just overthinking after all.

Ling Yi smiles back at An Zai with sparkling eyes like he just won the world. Replying back with a shy nod. Now they are really , I mean confirmed a 'couple'.