I'm the type of person who doesn't believe anything until I experience it myself. I used to think that I wouldn't have a friend from Australia because Australia is far away from here. but not anymore. I have a friend from Australia, and even I fall in love with him. The story of how I started to fall in love with him was so simple. I was sitting in the park, reading a book, while trying to understand what the book was about.
"Hi, can I sit here?" asked a boy in front of me. I shifted my gaze from the book to the guy. I was a little surprised, I didn't hear someone walk toward me.
"Hello, sure, you can." I replied, then continued reading my book again.
"Ein Kleines Leben" I looked at him and felt surprised because he read the title of my book. "Ein kleines Leben. Is my pronunciation correct?" he asked.
"Yes. But I think the way to say e in nes is nis, and le is li." I replied.
He laughed. "I forget about that sometimes. What does the title mean? A life?" he asked.
"A little life means a little life. Do you know about German?"
"Yes, I learned that German is cool." His answer made me smile. There were many languages to learn, but I didn't think there was someone who wanted to learn German because many people were more attracted to learning Spanish.
"Right, German is cool. Where are you from? Your accent is like that of a person who does not come from here." I started to be curious about him. A guy who I had never met before suddenly came to me and knew a little bit about German.
"I'm from Australia and currently live here because I study at Yale University. I was playing basketball, and I saw you read a book in German. I wanna have a friend who learns German. Do you wanna study German with me?" I looked at him. He looked like a kind person and he was handsome.
"Of course, I do!" I replied with enthusiasm. I also want to have a friend who has been learning German for a long time, but I didn't find one. When someone asked me about that, I accepted it with pleasure.
"Great, we can meet every Sunday here to learn German. Do you like cats?" He looked at my bag. I followed him, looking at my bag.
"Yes, I love it. I have several cats at home."
"I love it too, they are cute." I rarely meet a guy who loves cats. Most of them prefer dogs. Since that time, I have liked him. The more we talked, the more I liked him. I liked the way he talked, I liked how he asked about me in a good way and answered my questions in humorous ways.
After our first meeting at that time, we really met every week. We met every Sunday at 3 p.m. and then learned German together like we wanted. We learn by watching YouTube, reading German books, and speaking German. Our learning always took 2 hours; after that, we talked about random things. Talking time is always my favorite; I like when I know more about him. To me, he is a fun person. He often tells about his experience, which for me was funny, until sometimes I feel my stomach hurt because I am too tired to laugh.
I remember one day telling him that I was watching a series called Breaking Bad. Beyond my expectations, he was so excited. He said it was one of his favorite series, he even remembered what Mr. Walter, the main character, and Jesse, Mr. Walter's partner, said the most. Then, he dubbed the quote that Mr. Walt and Jesse often said in the series. I couldn't reply but laugh out loud. For real, he was so funny. I liked when he was trying to change his voice for the characters.
Even though he was making fun of Mr. Walt and Jesse very often, He said Jesse was his favorite character. For him, Jesse was a good person who got caught in a bad situation. I agreed with him. Basically, some people are good people, it's just that they are caught in a bad situation, so they become bad people.
We continued talking about movies, and unexpectedly, both of us thought that Interstellar was the best movie. One thing that I understood at that time was that I liked him, maybe I'd fallen in love with him. I hope whatever happens, we will always be okay, because I thought he was the most fun guy I've ever met. I couldn't imagine how sad I would be if our relationship one day wasn't okay.
