Fountain Wishes (SonDam)

Final - Fountain Wishes

"I wish I'll win the contest this Friday." A blonde-haired girl whispered.

"You don't need to wish for that. I know you'll win the contest Kaede." The boy said to the blonde-haired girl which made the girl pout.

"But still this fountain can make your wish come true! Come on, it's  your turn Shuichi! Toss the coin and wish for something!"

"I-I really don't have a-anything to wish for. I a-already have you Kaede." The boy said while blushing and stuttering which made the girl blushed.

"Shuichi," the girl smiled as she stared at the boy which made him blush more. "I love you."

"I love you too Kaede."

Sonia smiled to herself as she saw and heard the sweet conversation of the young couple to her side. Aside from eavesdropping people's wishes from left and right of her, she stood by the fountain thinking of what she would also wish for. Holding the coin with her two fingers, she closed her eyes and intertwined her fingers.

She brought the coin in her grasp closer to her lips. A smile crept on her lips hearing another wish from a boy about two feet from her side. She side-eyed him, rotating her head in the slightest manner to be unnoticed.

The first part was unclear to her as he began mumbling. However, the other wish came out loud and clear, as if he was demanding for it.

"...at least get a chance for the Dark Queen to know my existence." She overheard him said.

What a weird name to call his beloved.

She chuckled and returned her focus to the coin in her hands. She sighed, looking up the blue sky.

She was a hopeless romantic. Aside from being in love with love itself, she wanted to experience it herself. This must be what watching romantic comedy movies has done to her. Movies made love all fluffy and lovely as if it was the most perfect thing. She might wish for a movie-like love story, but in reality she wouldn't get it ―at least, that was what she's thinking. It wasn't because she was a pessimist. She was only being realistic. Believing in fantasies is after all similar to lying to yourself, putting it in a way of disregarding reality.

Aside from occult and serial killers, she was also a fan of fairy tales, although she was aware of reality and was open to the fact that magic isn't real. It bothered her why was she even standing in front of a wishing fountain when she wasn't believing it and she have everything she could ask for.

Nevertheless, it was never a lost to try. It was just one coin and a wish, what damage would it bring?

After the minutes of contemplation, that's when she finally uttered her wish. "I wish I could find that man who truly loves me, not just because I'm a princess." She chuckled at her thought and said it loudly yet jokingly, "It would be better if our meeting was as romantic as those in the movies."

She tossed the coin to the fountain and watched it plop and sink to the bottom. She turned around and sat at a bench nearby and exhaled deeply, who knew she was holding her breath awhile ago.

She bit her lip, wondering if her wish would come true. Of course, she didn't expect it to happen anytime now. A wish as big as that was something to wait for.

She checked the time. "I have been here for 20 minutes. I should get going now." She said as she stood from the bench.

As she started taking steps away from the fountain, she bumped to a person. She was about to fall when he caught her swiftly in his arms. He settled her down and she awkwardly stared at his face.