DEOKSUGUNG STONEWALL WALKWAY - TEN

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— day in Bangkok with Ten —

Jeni »

"You ready?" My mother asked as she helped me to do my hair.

"Yeah, this isn't my first date with Ten," I said with a little laughed.

"I'm just worried, okay? And a little excited for you," my mother replied. "Your father did something like this for me before."

I looked at the clock and saw that I was 5 minutes late. "Mum, I'll love to hear the story, but, I'm late."

"Oh, right, sorry," my mother said and pushed me to the door.

I quickly wore my sandals and left the hotel room.

"Have fun!" My mother exclaimed.

"Mum, we're in a hotel," I said feeling a little embarrassed.

"Sorry," my mother apologise and waved at me.

I waved back and entered the elevator that I already pressed in advance.

***

"So, where are we going?" I asked Ten.

"It's a surprise," Ten said and I nod.

I somehow didn't even bother to make him tell me where we're going to go. I trusted him to bring me somewhere interesting and, hopefully, meaningful.

During our ride there, Ten pointed some interesting places and told me some of his childhood stories. Some were pretty funny and some were pretty lame. I tease him a little for that and he got a little mad - and he's so cute when he's mad. But, of course, he couldn't be angry at me for a long time.

By the time we reached our destination, Ten's stories ended too.

"Wow, what are we going here?" I asked as I looked at the river. There wasn't a lot of people, but there were plenty of canals floating around.

"On a canal ride," Ten said as he connected our hands together and guided me to one of the canals.

***

"There are so many fishes here," I said as I looked at the river.

"Here," Ten said and passed me some bread. "You can feed them."

"Are you sure?" I asked feeling unsure of his actions.

"Of course, I've done it plenty of times before," Ten said and threw some small pieces of bread to the fishes.

All of the sudden, the fishes went wild and finished the bread in seconds. I jumped a little at their craziness and it entertained Ten - a lot.

"You're not scared of that, are you?" Ten asked with a laugh.

"Of course not," I replied and hit him lightly. "I was just a little bit shock."

"Here, feed them," Ten said as he passed me some bread to feed the fishes.

I took some bread and threw a little bit of the bread into the water. The fishes immediately began to swallow it all in a blink of an eye. These fishes are no jokes.

"Is there any other sea creatures here?" I asked curiously and continued to throw more bread into the water.

"There's turtles," Ten replied. "But, I don't know if we can see them today."

The both of us observed the water and didn't see any turtles. "Well, never mind. There's always next time."

"So optimistic," Ten teased and I just rolled my eyes. "Anyway, don't only feed the fishes. Look the buildings we are passing by."