"You're blind," I said slowly, still not removing my gaze to him.
He removed his headphones (finally!) before saying, "Yes, I am." I didn't even know he could hear me through those loud music over his ears. "And who are you?"
Blinking, "I... I'm E-emma," I said stuttering in the process.
He smiled, although not exactly towards me. "Hello, Emma. I'm Jace."
I thought the world had stopped moving around when he said his hello to me. It's crazy how he could make me feel like this even though I wasn't still sure if I was falling for him already.
"H-hi," I stuttered again.
"Isn't it a fine day?"
My brows furrowed. "Yes?" but it came out more of a question.
He chuckled. I never thought hr'd be like this. I thought wrong when I said that he's the snob-type of guy. He was actually the opposite of it. "Don't feel awkward with me. I'm blind but my heart and soul is not. It's just my eyes that can't see."
Those words - I'm blind but my heart and soul is not - it's just... wow.
"And don't pity me because I'm blind. There's a lot more out there that needs your sympathy but I'm not one of those. I'm still lucky."
Alexa was playing with some kids on the slide, transferring on the swing set and then roaming around the area like the game 'follow the leader'.
I felt my tongue hide somewhere in my mouth. We were actually talking now. And not just that, but he was the one who's mostly doing the talking.
"It's just...." I trailed off. I didn't exactly pity him, but I was wondering how. You know, what happened to him? I didn't want to ask him that yet because we just met. We're not acquiantances yet.
He smiled and turned his head to my direction, his eyes in the far distant. "Don't. I'm happy with my life as it is. There's nothing to sympathize about. It's only my eyes. I'm still breathing a normal life... just, you know, without the colors of the world."
"I guess you're right.:
"I am right."
And in that moment, I could finally say, he took my breathe away. He's just so amazing how he said those words without any second thoughts.
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From Afar
Poetry"I knew there’s magic between two people who falls in love with each other. That there was this invisible tie that cupid connected to their pinky fingers. And I was thinking, maybe cupid did that to us as well." ~ Emma
