Lian's pov(point of view)
Ever since I was young, I wanted to be like my father. His delicious sweets and pastries made my mom and older sister very happy.
His sweets and pastries were super delicious that by the end of the day, his shop would run out of everything. His shop is very popular.
When I see people eat his sweets, they all seem to be very satisfied and happy. They all loved it.
So, I want to be like my father who brings happiness to everyone.
But most importantly of all, it was because of this incident.
When I was a child, I often made a very huge mess while I was trying to bake cookies. I was clumsy and a klutz.
My baked goods were not as delicious as my dad's bake goods so I always felt very upset.
My family would often try to cheer me up but I felt hopeless.
Until, I met her.
It was a normal day, I was still madly practising my baking skills. I was attempting to make mint cookies that my dad often made for us.
I tried my best to not mess this up and finally got a desirable result but it was not good. The cookies taste okay but it wasn't as good as my dad's cookies.
I was reaching my limit of tolerance. I was very frustrated and wanted to give up on my dreams.
That day, I felt very depressed and tired...I felt hopeless and useless
I felt very sad....so...
As usual, I decided to go to the park to discard my failed goods to feed it to the hungry birds.
This is the time when I met her.
She looked very beautiful and adorable but her eyes were lifeless, she did not resemble a human being but a doll who had no emotions.
She looked very cold.
I tried to ignore her but she looked too lonely.
I approached her and asked"Hey! Why are you here alone?"
But she ignored me....
I tried to talk with her, but she seemed to be too deep in thought.
I wanted to give up and go but I couldn't leave her alone like that, so I tried one last time and said"Hey! You know it's rude to ignore someone, but I will forgive you. Here, eat this cookie, eating cookies will make you feel better."
I offered my failed attempts to her.
She finally responded to me. She took the cookie and ate it.
Her expression totally changed.
She smiled.
I was totally captivated by her beautiful, adorable appearance.
She no longer resemble a lifeless doll...
She was now finally human.
"Thank you! It was delicious."she said with a smile on her face.
I felt my heart beating loudly, it was when I was 8 years old that I experienced my first love.
I felt too shy so I couldn't speak clearly and quickly ran away. I felt like my heart will explode.
The next day, I went to the park in search of hoping to see her but she never came. I always went to the park but it seemed like she had disappeared.
I felt very sad... but because of her I decided to continue with my baking.
I felt joy when my cookie could bring someone happiness.
Although, I am not as good as my father but one day I will definitely surpass him.
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Years went by...and I continued to bake.
It was during middle school, my older sister and my mom were very concerned that I will not have any friends so they forcefully made me try to make friends. It didn't go well and my reputation got worse.
So, they decided to use another method, that was through online. They threatened me that if I don't make at least one online friend by the end of tonight, they will beat the hell out of me.
I reluctantly decided to make an online friend.
My sister and mom decided to name me Strawberryfairy 💜 because I love to eat strawberries. They just added fairy to make fun of me but I couldn't protest because I was weaker than them.
Anyways, I was playing the cooking game that they introduced. It was very unique and interesting.
One player in particular caught my eyes, she was very strong, the player name was CoolMint.
She had beaten so many players and reached the number 1 ranking in the game.
There was an event in the game which required players to be in groups of two. The event reward was limited edition of the famous twin's poster.
I had no particular interest in the event but suddenly I got a notification. It showed that CoolMint wanted to partner up with me.
I was perplexed by this invitation, then I noticed that CoolMint was actually right next to my game avatar.
I was curious about the number 1 player so I decided to accept the invitation.
As we played together, we realized that we have very good team membership.
Even without her instructions or my instructions, we could understand each other. It was so fun and enjoyable playing with her.
We won the event but I rejected the posters and I just decided to give it to CoolMint.
Through the game we bonded with each other. That was how we became online friends.
It was fun chatting with her, although we do not chat with eachother for a long time, but it doesn't feel short.
I would tell CoolMint about my daily life and in return she would also tell me about her life.
I found many things about her, she seemed like a very lonely person whose goal was to be a doctor.
She shared to me her biggest fear.....
She has a bad relationship with her family and blames herself for her mother's condition.
I found it to be very sad and I wish I could do something for her, but I know that I can't do anything about it.
I felt very hopeless.
So, my mom just suggested me to send her some sort of lucky charm.
I found my mother's idea very good, so I began to knit a key chain.
Luckily, the key chain looked pretty good. I was very happy with the result.
I asked CoolMint, her address and then I shipped my keychain to her.
Later on, she also asked me and shipped a keychain to me.
I found the keychain to be very girly but I still treasured it.
Chat log:
CoolMint: Did you received my keychain?
Strawberryfairy 💜: Yup! I did, I love it!
CoolMint: I'm glad, I love the keychain you sent me as well. I hang it on my bag.
Strawberryfairy 💜: Is that so...then why don't we do this? We must bring the keychain with us when we go outside. So if one day while we are going outside, if we happen to see the keychain, we can recognise each other.
CoolMint: Wow, such a wonderful idea. Let's do that!
Strawberryfairy 💜: Do you promise?
CoolMint: I promise.
I never knew that because of our keychains, I would soon be able to find her.
Because of that I would also meet my first....
To be continued....