Sae smiled widely and nodded. The wind blew bringing with it the fresh scent of nature, leaves that were falling sideways slowly on the ground while trees swayed and dance around them as the two made their way down the mountain.
After that, they slowly yet steadily made their way down the mountain. Sae then first brought Lubenica home using his father's car.
After making sure she was safe and sound [1] he then left to meet his good friend Ethan.
He then arrived at school; they had planned to finish a project that was due tomorrow. He had initially planned to do it in the morning after their climb but as they took longer than expected he rescheduled it in the afternoon.
He then parked his car and made his way towards Ethan. Ethan was already waiting for him at the one of the school's kiosk.
"Are you alright? What is it? Did something good happen to you today?" Ethan could not help but asked seeing his friend's relief, smiling and frowned mix expression.
Sae just smiled slightly at him and sat across him taking out his half-finished project.
"Oh, you're a sly man, so it's a girl isn't it?" Joe asked curiously
"How…? Where you spying on me?" Sae could not helped but be startled by his sudden question
Ethan laughed at him.
"His too honest. So cute" He thought to himself.
"Of course not! I just arrived here, it's written all over your face. You had that exact face whenever you look at-"
Sae glared at him daring him to continue, Ethan gulped.
"He could really be scary when he wants too. If looks could kill..." Ethan shuddered at the though
"A-anyways, I'm not going to ask the details…but, what's the name of the lucky girl?" He could not helped but asked still
Sae completely ignored him and started doing their project. Knowing that no matter was he asked or says his stubborn as a mule [2] of a friend would not answer if he didn't want to so he could only swallow his question and started helping Sae.
After that mountain climbing incident, the two eventually got to know each other more and became closer then eventually became a couple.
The fact was, Lubenica was his first love and first girlfriend but due to her having to leave their city as her mom was to be transferred because of work related issues and their young age, things did not work out the way they wanted it to be so they had eventually broken up after dating for a few years.
[1] Healthy, in a good condition, free from injury.
[2] stubborn as a mule means someone who is unyielding and resolute.