Searching For Euphoria

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"May I take your hand in mine?" Lorn asked her.

Euphoria grinned at how ridiculous he looks in that tree costume. There's no one who calls her out but him.

They just finished a school play and Lorn played the tree while she was a gypsy.

"Why of course tree," she replied and put her hand on his.

They both laugh and dance crazily at the backstage, not minding that their classmates were looking at them.

"Do you want me to walk you home?" He asked her as soon as they were outside the theatre room. They were dressed normally now.

Euphoria giggled and replied, "Let's walk together towards the intersection. From there we can go separate ways then."

"Alright," Lorn agreed and took her hand.

They were like together but just not official yet. But for Lorn, labels just didn't matter as long as she was just right there with him.

It was only for a light-struck that they reached the intersections and Euphoria let go of his hand.

"I guess this is good night," he said smiling at her.

"Yeah, call me out tomorrow," she said and smiled back.

"Will do."

Euphoria knew the setting. Lorn likes to see her fade into view before leaving so she started to walk away.

She couldn't help it but feel uneasy all of a sudden. It felt like something was missing in that scene so she looked back and saw an old yet new face. She can't miss it... she just can't.

Forlorn thought something was wrong when he looked at her face at a distance. He continued to smile and wave at her regardless the look on her face.

Only, Euphoria didn't smile nor wave, she started running back to him. And when she was finally in front of him, she surprised him with a kiss that made his whole universe turned.

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Lorn just got to his condo unit after spending the morning with Brei. Now he feels a little ridiculous looking for a lady who might have never existed. But on the contrary, his intuition is telling him that she's just around. It's too much of a dream, the emotion he felt were so real.

"Where on this town are you Euphoria?" Lorn asked himself as he lay on his bed.