I raised my head to look at the sky and found myself surrounded with scattered clouds with intense blue background of the sky. I smiled as I closed my eyes. I could smell the scent of grass again. After a cold, bone-piercing winter, spring is finally here.
I am a tour guide and today, my agenda is to bring my group of tourists to Luna Park. In case you didn't know, Luna Park is a small amusement park nearby Sydney's Opera House. Unlike other amusement park, here, you pay for what you want to ride, so you don't need to pay the entrance fee.
I brought myself to sit down at a bench nearby while enjoying my turkey leg and a bottle of coke. "Umm... excuse me." Just as I finished biting the last bite of my smoked turkey leg, someone familiar patted my shoulders. "Oh, yes, Mr. Winwin. Is something bothering you?" I answered him as I wiped my hands on a piece of tissue.
"Are you free?" he asked me and I nodded right away. He took a seat beside me. "Slowly, you can finish your drink first," uttered the young man in brown shirt and blue jeans, accompanied with a tender smile on his face. I gulped down my last sip of coke and responded, "yes sir. What can I help you with?"
"Don't call me sir. I think we're of the same age, aren't we? I'm 23. How about you?" he shifted his eyes to gaze at me and I was amused for a while for his visuals. His jawlines were clearly sculpted, his eyes although slanted, were jet-black in color. "I'm also 23. So I guess I can call you Winwin?"
He nodded in excitement. "So, yes Winwin, what do you need my help with?" I asked in a friendlier manner as I've found out that one of my tour participant was the same age as me. Winwin turned his body back and seemed to pull out something from his backpack - it was his wallet. From his wallet, he took out some ride tickets.
"I bought two tickets," said Winwin, while showing those tickets to me. "Yes, you can go to the two rides in which you have purchased the tickets from," I explained as I thought that he didn't understand the system on how the ticketing at Luna Park worked.
"No. Two tickets for the same ride - for the Ferris Wheel," he proceeded to put the tickets on the table. "If that's the case, you can ride the same ride twice," I responded.
"No, Elena. I mean, I want to ride the Ferris Wheel together with you." Huh? Wait... what was he saying? He wanted to ride the Ferris Wheel together with me?
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"Oh... but... I see.... but... okay... but... wait... let me get this right." I couldn't seem to voice what I wanted to say and couldn't even process what he was saying just now. "Why do you want to ride the Ferris Wheel with me?"
"It's kinda lame to ride the Ferris Wheel alone, isn't it? Besides, you're kind of cute and I want to know you more..." he replied as he casted his eyes down but I could see his cheeks flushed. Unknowingly, I smiled and my hands took the tickets from the wooden table. I wore my backpack and stood up. "Let's go, Winwin. I, too, would like to know you more."
