It was a pretty hot day for the summer of 1982 , pretty exhausted from sitting all day in home so i took a walk

out to the park nearby. For me it would usually be a causal walk but for some reason that day it wasn't the same walk that i always had. The heatwaves were on rampage yet the flow of small stream of wind just

gave the coolness for few seconds , oh how rude of me i didnt even introduce myself !you may all call me

shibou-kun or san

whatever preferable to you, ah right

continuing with the story , as i entered the park there was this different fragrance in the air that day , as i made my way for my usual spot ! The bench were i would always sit and work on my sketching .. oh yeah i liked

sketching whenever i got bored of , not that

i was aspiring to be a mangaka but i couldnt.... i will talk about this some other time ,so as i approached my bench it was the first time i saw her , she was sitting on the bench and gazing at those lush green trees blocking those sunrays , without minding her much i went on my sketching as usual ,as something caught

my mind it was the same fragnance i smelled as i entered the park and it was radiating from the girl besides me..,i slowly tried to take a small peek but i couldnt see her face as it was covered with long bangs over her face , withput minding much i went on with my sketching as i didn't recognise how 2 hours flew by , i noticed that girl was still besides me staring at the tree i thought "what a weirdo" as i was sketching a small bliss of wind came our way as i turned to see her thanks to that bliss of wind i could see her those big round

eyes dazzling under the sunlight i don't why but without thinking much i just straight forward asked her even though i didnt knew who she was or anything about her i asked her "are you ureshii-san" to which she turned towards me and looked at me , lifting her bangs to make eye contact as she said "mmmm no ! I am

not ureshii ...how come you ask..?" I was really ashamed to how this had turned out i just said "sorry i might have misunderstood you for someone else" she gave a small smile at me and said "i see .. you needn't

apologise for such small things" she extended her hands towards me for a handshake as did i she said "i am jinseii" as to which i replied "I am shibou , pleasured to meet you" to which she smiled and nodded a bit , as she watched me her gaze came up on my sketch book she asked "so you like sketching huh ? Are you some mangaka sensei" to which i shook my hand and said "no nothing like that just a hobby of mine to sketch when am bored" she giggled like a small kid , for some reason i got a feeling as if i was blushing ,as i saw her i asked her "say what are doing here gazing at the sky and trees for the last 2 hours" to which she chuckled a bit and said "its a secret" she giggled again as i said "oh i see you won't tell me" to which she replied

"if you can figure out the closest to what i am thinking of right now i will tell you" as i gave a sigh as to her challenge i said "well i dunno what maybe the reason but it must something so funny that it couldn't even think of it' as she stared at me for a good minute and then said cwell well aren't you clever for a young boy' as i said "i am not that young you know i am just 20 this year" to which she chuckled and said "well i think i am the senior here cause i am 4 years older than you" as she was saying .. i saw here smiling and thought as if she was

laughing like this after a long time ,it reminded me as if had forgotten all reasons to laugh but

somehow she is getting back up well that's how i felt when i saw that face i don't know why i felt that way and that evening we both had a pretty long chat till i heard the chirping of sicada's just to realize it was already past 6 in the evening ,as she said " oh look how late it is already , well atleast the talk i had with you was really wonderful ,sorry but i gotta go" she waved hands as she was walking , i called "jinseii ... do you think we can ever meet again" to which she turned to give me a wide smile and said "maybe if fate brought us together today maybe it will bring us together someday" i was in awe at what she had said like why did those lines felt out of a novel ... as she had already left ,i picked up my books and bag as i walked out of the park making my way home ,as i was walkingthrough the street the street lights lit giving a better and clear view of how even a normal street can be so dazzling under the street light , that evening i don't know what was in my head but i felt as if i was some romance novel's protagonist.