It's Sunday evening, "The weather is nice isn't it?" Hanya questioned while holding onto Kylie's arm, Kylie's is putting both of her hands on pockets while adoring the little one. "It is." Kylie agreed and they have approached the park, they met someone and stopped on their way.
The person is not that much tall now, Kylie is only one inch shorter than her, Kylie has Kylie has grown up for the past years. The person is with a little baby boy, he did not look like her. It's no other than Neo, her hair is the same and the tomboy fashion hasn't changed a bit.
"This is my cousin and our old friend I want you to meet today." Hanya said and Kylie flashed a smile towards Neo. Kylie stepped towards her and, "Long time no see." Side hugged her with a friendly greeting. For Kylie's surprise Neo hugged her fully and tightly.
"Yes, it's been a long time." Neo said letting go of Kylie and wondering why she didn't hugged her properly, like old days, like she has forgotten about them, Neo wonder if Hanya's experiments has been successful. "How have you been?" Neo asked while Kylie bent down to meet the little one for avoid the awkwardness.
"I'm alright, he's so cute, is he yours?" Kylie asked with a smile playing with the little one's hair and Hanya's face light up thinking she has really forgotten. While Neo felt some other weight.
"He's not." Neo admitted since she has to remove her womb a long time ago due to a cancer. "Oh... Have your time, I'll be right back." Kylie ran towards the nearest grocery. Hanya got the chance to speak with her cousin.
"Guess your treatments has worked on her. It's good." Neo commented with slight pain since her memories are still the same.
"Thank you for fullifilled my wish." Neo is the one who requested her to bring Kylie because she want to see her for the very last time. "Are you sure you want to go abroad with that man?" Hanya asked to confirm, "Yeah. I can rest assure her with you." Neo commented bearing the pain not wanting to ruin Kylie's new life.
"Maybe I'm not meant to be with her but you are." Neo commented painfully but sincerely. "I don't know what to say." Accually Hanya used to have a crush on Neo first but end up having a bigger affection on Kylie so she felt sorry about Neo.
"It's alright, you don't have to say anything." Neo commented with a smile, Kylie came back and bent down to the little one's hight. "Here you go." Kylie gave a heart shaped lollipop to the little one, it's a red one. "Thank you." He said with a happy smile, "Where's mine?" Hanya asked being a baby, "Here here." Kylie gave her a yellow one which is Hanya's favourite.
"Your cousin still acts like a baby. See?" Kylie teased Hanya with Neo, Neo just looked at them with a smile, Kylie gave it a second thought of giving her the lollipop or not. She finally decided.
"Take one." Kylie said while showing the mint green one and sky blue one to Neo, the mint green one is her flavour and Neo knew the sky blue one is Kylie's favourite, why would Kylie say her to choose one instead of taking her own favourite flavour and giving the remains to the old friend.
It reminds Neo of Kylie's habit of switching the favourite flavour with eachother when they were in the past.
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"Sharing flavours is a part of sharing everything." Kylie bla blared again just wanting to make Neo try her flavour. Kylie has already put the avocado lollipop on her mouth which is Neo's favourite. "If you like my flavour why didn't you buy two of them, please I don't want to try this." Neo commented feeling not good to try on mint lollipops.
But has to try it having no other choice, "You'll be responsible if I'll be sick after trying this." Neo said seriously and with a disgusting face she taste the lollipop. Kylie laughed and seconds later Neo's face became surprised "Hey, this is not that bad as they say." Neo commented making Kylie excited.
"So you can be my favourite flavour and I can be yours." Kylie commented being a little naughty and Neo got the idea with widened eyes, "You've become naughty!" Neo complained licking the lollipop. "Thanks to you." Kylie teased the elder.
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Coming out of the flashback Neo took the mint flavour since then she has to used to it, since they have used to change the flavours Neo couldn't stop liking mint flavour.
What about Kylie? If she has forgotten everything why she couldn't get rid of this naughty habit, if she has forgotten that she has used to like avocado flavour why would she made Neo choice one flavour? Is this all a coincidence? Maybe Kylie has forgotten everything and not sure about the old friend's favourite flavour. So she made her choose made her choose?
Neo wonder, "Thanks." Neo said with a smile and Kylie smiled back, "Take care then. Wish you two success journey." Neo said and bid farewell. Hanya didn't except to separate this quick, "You too." Kylie accept the separation and wished back. Then they moved forward in opposite directions, the young couple crossed the road in front of them and little did they know Neo is looking back.
"I thought you like mint flavour, the most." Hanya said and unwrapped her one, "I do like this flavour too." Kylie commented while unwrapping her one as well, Hanya shrugged and not thinking much throw the wrapper on the road, Kylie noticed it and pick it up. "You shouldn't do this again." She Advised the little one and Hanya smiled unsurely "Sorry, I won't."
Kylie approached the nearest street dust bin, putting the lollipop on her mouth and tried to open it while pressing the button with her feet as she used to do, Hanya laughed finding it's funny, "It's not a button." That's when Kylie noticed it has been changed to a normal one, "Oh... I see" She murmured and opened it with fingers after putting the two wrappers on the bin, she noticed Neo is still there looking back at them.
Neo got another flashback of getting scolded by Kylie because she throw wrappers on the ground. It's always Kylie who pushed the button with her feet to open the dust bin and Neo is the one to throw them in the right place.
Kylie waved at her and as a vehicle passed she was going away facing back to them, but the little boy is looking back at Kylie while licking his lollipop.
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When Kylie came inside the grocery she looked for lollipops straightly, and saw a green one and a blue one near together, "Even candies make fun of me." She thought, she knew from the first place that Hanya's old friend cousin might be no other than Neo. And Hanya wants to check if her treatments has worked so Kylie decided to act along since she doesn't want the little one to be upset with her failure.
But she do want to tell that she do still remember Neo and if there's a chance for them. Atleast a little one. "Let me tell you, I do still remember you, without telling you." She thought to herself before buying the candies.
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"Maybe it's good for both of us to let go of the past." Neo thought while teasing the mint flavour, she knew Kylie is the same as the older one, with all of her memories. "So there's a chance." Kylie thought while teasing the avocado flavour cause she didn't wave her hand means she doesn't want to say good bye.
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𝗙𝗹𝗮𝘃𝗼𝘂𝗿 (𝗚𝗟) ❥︎ 𝖲𝗁𝗈𝗋𝗍 𝖲𝗍𝗈𝗋𝗒 ᵉⁿᵍˡⁱˢʰ
Short Story"The flavour she choose will decide, my answer." Kylie thought to herself.
