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FRIDAY, 25 SEPTEMBER 2015
it was reaching the end of the year and the weather had surely gets colder. the moon shows it self along with a few stars.
just like any other night, hwasung would go to the playground to meet with jake.
she hopped and skipped on her way while humming to a random melody in her mind. not long after she then arrived at the playground.
there's no sign of jake yet, so hwasung just sat at one of the swings and played with it. it's not the first time she came first, though most of the time jake would be the one waiting.
sometimes, when he can't come, he would have told her the night before so that hwasung wouldn't come the next night.
since it was september, the wind is pretty cold. though hwasung is already wearing a long sleeved she still feel the cold wind piercing her skin. she rubbed her hand together in hope it will give a little warmth.
hwasung pouted a little, what's taking jake so long?
and after what seems like a long time to hwasung, a figure running from far away came into hwasung's peripheral vision. she stood up and waved at the boy.
then jake finally arrived infront of her. the boy had a hard time breathing after the run. both of his hands on his knees, supporting his body. "what's taking you so long?" hwasung said while pouting.
the boy then fixed his posture and mess with hwasung's hair, "sorry, i had something to do."
hwasung nodded in response. then the both of them sat at the grass, laying down facing up towards the sky. "the moon is hiding," jake commented while pointing at the night sky.
"yeah," hwasung agrees. "but because it's hiding there are more stars seen."
"that's very nice of the moon," jake replied. "do you have any story?" he asked.
hwasung tilted her head and looked at jake, "no. i haven't found any interesting stories."
"i've got one, you want to hear it?" jake asked. "sure," hwasung replied.
"you know how stars are made of dust right?" he started the story by asking that question. "yes, i've read about it before," hwasung said.
"it was believed that we, humans, are made of those dust as well. they say, when a star burst it will split into many million pieces. but two of the main biggest piece will fall and each form a human being. that is how a human was born. and we all have those stardust flowing inside our veins. those who share the same dust from the same star are called soulmate. one day, it is believed that we'll meet them," jake elaborated while looking at hwasung who's also looking at her.
there was some silence before hwasung giggled. "that's so beautiful," she said. "if so i can't wait to meet my soulmate."
jake smiled upon hearing those words. then they continued chatting for some time until it gets later.
jake stood up and patted of the grass and dirt that stuck at his clothes from laying down, so does hwasung.
hwasung then casually walked out of the playground. but when she looked behind, jake didn't budge at all. he stayed at where he was looking very gloomy.
so she approach him, "jake? are you okay?"
jake let out a sigh and pulled out a lolly from his pocket. "here," he said while taking hwasung's hand and put the lolly at her hand. while the girl just looked at him with confusion.
"hwasung," he called her name softly. "i'm so sorry, but starting from tomorrow don't come here again, okay? i can't meet you anymore," he said while stroking hwasung's hair softly.
"what? what do you mean? did your parents found out and get mad at you? you'll get punished?" she bombarded him with questions.
jake shook his head, "no. i'm moving away. i'm moving to australia."
hwasung burst into tears upon hearing those. jake pulled her into his embrace. "i'm so sorry," he mumbled. "i didn't want to move either, but my family has to."
"but you promised we'll be together forever," hwasung said between her sobs. "i know," jake whispered. "i'm so sorry, i'm sorry i broke the promise."
hwasung pulled away and looked at jake. "will we meet again?"
jake smiled softly. his hand wiped the tears out of hwasung's face. "we will, i don't know when but i know we will meet again."
that night hwasung walked home with a very heavy heart and cried into her sleep. while jake who tries his best not to cry infront of hwasung finally cried on his way back home as well.
hwasung was twelve and jake was thirteen when their promise was broken.
