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05 | what if?

ZHONG CHENLE。

my eyes slowly fluttered open.

i was met with a bright light that soon dispersed and revealed the breathtaking little dream land i go to.

i looked around and saw the girl i awaited for.

she sat on one of the benches as she read a book.

where'd she get that?

i slowly walked up to her, silently sneaking up from the back.

once i got close, i quickly covered her vision, making her squirm and talk gibberish.

"who's this?" she questioned

"yaaah!!" she kept whining.

"guess who?" i asked her.

she chuckled, now realizing who i was.

"lele!" she exclaimed and i took my palms off her eyes.

i gave her a back hug, resting my chin on her left shoulder.

"i miss you."

"i missed you, too." she replied softly as i felt her fingertips play with my hair.

i looked down on her lap, "what's that?"

"a book!" she said with a lot of enthusiasm.

"i found it while walking around here."

"what's it about?" i questioned, trying to take a peak of one of the pages but she closed the book, placing her left hand on top of the cover.

"about fate, lele."

i noticed her bandaged hands.

how did that happen?

she never had those before.

"are you okay?" i blurted out.

she didn't seem okay.

she wasn't as excited as usual.

she suddenly turned around to face me with a big grin, "of course i am!" she threw her hands up in the air and stood up.

"let's go walk around!" she suggested and pulled me towards her.

we kept talking and talking for what seem was like forever.

i didn't want this to end.

i want to keep seeing her.

not just in dreams...

but what if i actually could?

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