TNT Oneshots

Photographs ~ Song Yaxuan

I was strolling around in Hong Kong, taking pictures of the wonderful views and statues. I decided to go to a park to enjoy the moment.

I went to a cafe nearby to take a short break. I was seated beside the huge glass windows so I can still admire the view outside.

While waiting for my order, I was staring out the window and saw a boy that seems to be having a difficult time walking. He was limping a bit so I went outside and asked him if he's okay because he was holding his knee. I let him in the cafe and went back to my table.

When we were both finally seated, he thanked me. "I kind of tripped on my own foot and scraped my knee a bit." He sheepishly admitted.

"I have some bandaids here with me. You can have one." I offered him a bandaid and he gladly accepted it.

"Thanks." He smiled.

I smiled back then noticed that he also has a camera. "You take pictures, too?" I asked and he nodded.

He glanced at my camera which was sitting on the table like his. "You, too?"

I gave him a confused look and he pointed at my camera. "Oh, that! Yeah."

Soon enough, my order came.

"Want some?" I asked him.

He looked hesitant but I can guess that he also wants it. I told the waiter to give me another one of my order. He nodded his head and told me to wait.

He flustered and covered his face with his hands. "You didn't have to."

"It's fine. My treat." I reassured. "Can I look at your pictures as payment?"

He nodded and handed me his camera. Just as I was about to check the pictures, he opened his palm in front of me.

"What?"

"Yours, too."

I took my camera then gave it to him. "So, why did you trip on your own foot?" I asked while looking at his pictures in his camera.

"I was taking pictures of the sky while walking." He sighed.

I snickered. "You must be so engrossed with taking photos, huh?"

The waiter then came back with his order on a tray. He thanked me and we both continued looking at the pictures we took while eating.

"Hey, why do you have a picture of me?" He asked and showed me a picture of a boy, walking.

I choked on my cake since I remembered I had a lot of photos of a certain boy in the picture. Way worse, it was actually him. I found him cute so I thought I should take photos of him.

I didn't even know I've already seen him yesterday. Those photos were from yesterday when I was with my family and he's wearing a different outfit today so I couldn't tell. I also didn't mid remembering his face.

"I didn't know it was you." I said as soon as I stopped sipping on my fruit shake.

"I like these pics you took. Send it to me!" He said and took out his phone.

"Sure." I gave him my phone. "What's your name by the way?" I asked as I put my contact number in his phone.

"Yaxuan, Song Yaxuan."

•••

Days passed and we already had to fly home to our country. Yaxuan turns out to also be visiting Hong Kong that time as well and is now back to his hometown. He and I kept in touch with each other so we eventually grew a bond together as months passed us by.

We would send photos of almost everything we see as random updates, and it was a really fun thing to do. Recently, we've been calling each other almost every other day to talk about our days.

I don't want to admit it but I was slowly starting to like him. Who knew the boy that I found cute was suddenly friends with me?

"Hey," Yaxuan started as soon as I answered his call, "sorry for the sudden call. Did I bother you with anything?"

It was almost midnight when he called but I was wide awake so I didn't mind. "Not at all. But what's with the random call, silly?"

I heard him sigh on his end. He seemed restless. "So I can get the timing right."

"Timing?" I chuckled. "Yaxuan, it's 11:58pm. Can't you think of a better timing?"

"Two minutes until February 14th." He said. "It's just right. Trust me."

Yaxuan took a deep breath before starting, "Ever since we met, I looked forward to talking with you even through the phone. You're just so alluring to me, you know?

"I don't really look at messages on my phone but if it's from you, I'd reply as soon as I see your name pop up on my notifications.

"What I'm trying to say is...

"I like you."