"What! Am I seeing things?" Krystal exclaimed and questioned to herself with a sight of awe on seeing Richard waiting for her as she went out to throw some trash.
"No you're not!" affirmed Richard with a warm smile on his face.
"Didn't you say you would be coming tomorrow?" questioned Krystal who was still stuck in a dilemma.
He opened wide his arms and said, "I suppose you will not be that stingy to give me a hug!"
She directly placed the trash she was holding beside her and rushed to him and hugged him tightly with her hands round his wide back.
As they were hugging Richard said, "I came here directly all the way through the airport just to surprise you and meet you cause I felt so restless without you by my side."
She felt pleased at the same time felt shy and said rubbing her hair behind her hair, "You're getting better and better at being a sweet talker!"
He then asked her, "Do you like it when I talk to you like that?"
She looked in to his eyes and made a teasing gesture and replied, "How narcissist you are!"
She invited him over for breakfast but he declined her invitation saying that he had to deal with something at home. He then invited her for a date but Krystal noticed that he looked tired and so she declined and said, "Rest well for the day. We can meet tomorrow! I'll contact you later!"
Winter celebrations were over as well as they were about to start their new and fresh classes the next day.
She went inside her house and as she finished helping her mom in doing the household chores, someone knocked at the door. As she went to open the door to her house, she was taken aback by the sudden visit of Suzy and Mina.
They had visited her to invite her to go shopping together with them to buy the things necessary as they were about to start their new classes the next day.
She hurried up to her room, dressed herself up and after some few minutes she came down fully dressed and they all went together for shopping.
As they were shopping they entered a store where many cute accessories were sold. There Krystal saw couple key-chains made of pearls and it looked cute at the same time elegant and beautiful, so she decided to buy a pair, one for Richard and the other for herself.
Later as they were about to finish buying whatever they needed they visited a nearby aquarium. There they clicked many pictures at the same time they had a great time and so Krystal decided to visit again with Richard some other day.
As they were wandering looking around the fascinating aquarium, they could hear their stomach growl with hunger therefore they decided to have lunch at a nearby restaurant.
As they were having lunch Krystal innocently asked Suzy, "I thought you were coming tomorrow, why did you come back today?"
She then smiled at her and replied, "Ah! Coming to the topic…. I have to leave early after we finish our lunch. I have a family gathering at home."
Mina also added, "Me too! I have to arrange my room. I left it empty for so long. I wonder how dusty it would it by now!"
After they had finished their lunch, they all departed from the bus stop.
Krystal as she came back, she went to her room and tried to check the things she had bought that very day. She suddenly saw and realized that she had bought couple key chain to hang it in their bag.
She called up Richard and asked, "What are you doing now? Are you perhaps busy? If it is inconvenient for you to talk I'll call you up later!"
He answered, "How can you ask so many questions at a time? Don't worry! I am not busy at the moment."
She then said, "Can we meet up now? I have something I want to give you."
He then said, "Of course! Where do you want to meet up?"
She then answered, "At the park near my house!"
He then rushed to his dressing room and dressed himself up and went to the appointed place. As he arrived, he saw Krystal waiting for him sitting on the seat beside a big banyan tree.
He called her name aloud and ran towards her and sat near her and asked her, "What's the thing you said you wanted to give me? I am very curious about it."
She smiled at him and said, "Ooooo….It might not meet your expectation."
She showed him the couple key chain and said, "When I went for shopping earlier, I saw them and it reminded me of you so I bought it. Do you like it?"
He became speechless.
She then sighed and said, "I told you it would not meet your expectation. If you don't like it, you can give it back to me."
He laughed at her and flicked her forehead and said, "Silly rabbit! I like it so much. Thanks for the gift."
She then looked at him and said, "Do you really like it?"
He re-affirmed her and said, "I liked it so much that it left me speechless."
They took a long walk together with their hands held together and as they were about to reach her house she said, "I can walk by myself from here. You go now. It's getting late."
He then said, "Let me walk you to your house!"
She replied smiling at him, "It's okay. You go ahead."
He hesitantly said, "Okay! If you want me to go first, can you kindly fulfill your duty as my girlfriend?"
She blushed and said, "Close your eyes and bend down."
He agreed. The moment she stood on her toes and touched his lips, he opened his eyes and pushed her towards him with his hands round her waist deepening the kiss.
They wished each other "Good Night" and departed.
She came back to her house with a smiling face. The whole time as she was having her dinner she smiled. Her parents knew she had went to meet Richard and they also felt happy looking at her being happy.