"Do you trust me,Ahana?" I asked having a tight grip on her shoulders and my eyes looking directly and deeply into her eyes. I was honestly afraid of the fact that even though I knew that she trusted me a lot there is always a chance that she will not trust me enough to open up completely.
"I-I.....I do.....I do trust you, Namchan" She said a bit nervous but I could see the truth of the words in her eyes and the true words coming out of her mouth hit me with a relief.
"Ahana" I said holding both of her hands softly in my hands "plzz tell me what's been bothering you since your childhood, plzz let me know your past and present, plzz tell me who or what is the monster that's harming you in this way, I want to protect you, Ahana" this time, tears fell from my eyes and my voice was shaky.
Ahana suddenly cupped my face with her one hand as my head was bowed down and eyes closed and tears rushing out. She touched her forehead to mine and said something with so mu h courage that really showed me that she was really a tough girl.
"I trust you more then anyone else, Namchan and I know you trust me too. Today let's clear our past and present to each other and be close friends"
I looked at her to find her closing her eyes and our foreheads still touching and the mature and courageous words melting our cold hearts into a new bridge of friendship. Each of the words came from the depth of her cold heart and hit my ice cold heart in the warmest way possible.
We locked our fingers and kept walking with slow steps under the night sky full of shiny stars, on the empty road that lit up with the side lamp posts hitting the road with bright lights.
"I was a very happy and jolly child since my birth till I was in my elementary school" Ahana, finally started to talk about her life and I tried my best to make her feel comfortable while telling her story as I knew she would go through a rollercoaster of emotions during this time. She started with a happy face as she remembered the shortest happy time she had in her life and tried to enjoy the memory to the fullest.
"You know everyone used to say that my smile was the most attractive feature, as my smile brought a happy vibe and the saddest person in the world would even smile looking at my smile. Everyone said I had a beautiful smile" She said with the same smile still sticking to her lips while her eyes looked distracted in thoughts. Surely it was an universal truth that she had the most beutiful and cutest smile and she can really make a person smile during the hardest of time.
"But I started hating the same smile, when I started going to middle school. Middle school was the starting point of my miserable yet I was so stupid back then to think that everything would get better with time. Anyway, as I started middle school it got harder for me, as everyone started knowing about my family background. But the worst part was that I still did not know why my family background made such a big deal that I can over come it, .....well untill one day I had to know it from a group of parents of some of my classmates it was the worst day of my life probably and I realize how badly truth can hurt."