A young maiden was
seen near the lake that was hidden deep inside a forest. She was sitting at the
edge of the lake with both her legs were dipped in the clear water, enjoying
the cool liquid flowed freely passed her legs.
The sunlight slipped through the leaves and twinkled on the ground
below. A light breeze played with the flowers and grasses that were there,
causing them to sway gently from side to side. And there were couple of birds
were perching on a branch, chirping to a happy tune.
“What a good day”
She beamed as she kicked the water playfully.
As she was enjoying
the nature while humming some song under her breath, a sudden rustle at the
bushes near her made her jumped in startled. She looked around her wildly,
afraid that something might appear out of nowhere and hurt her or did something
bad.
The bush just behind
her shook violently for a moment before it finally stopped.
She peered curiously
at the bush, but her heart was thumping furiously, as it was threatening to
jump out from its place.
“Eepp!” She yelped
in shock when something popped out suddenly from the bush.
A boy who looked
like the same age as her appeared before her eyes. She drew a sharp breath when
she stared at the boy. Messy, black hair that fell covering one of his eyes,
with a dark-brown eyes that had a mysterious shine in them, mesmerized her.
She snapped from her
little wonder. Her lower lip pursed out, with her eyes narrowed, looking at the
boy.
“Hi” The boy greeted
her first.
“H-Hi” She stammered
a little, a little shock hearing the deep, soft voice.
The boy sat down
next to her, both of his legs already in the water, mimicking her. He leaned
backward, with his arms supporting his weight as he looked up to look at the
bright blue sky.
“Wh-Who are you?”
She asked, voice quivering in afraid though she managed to hide it.
He turned to look at
her. “Aren’t you are supposed to tell your name first before ask other’s?” His
eyes twinkled in amusement.
“Oh- Oh. I’m sorry”
Blush already spread across her rosy cheek.
“I’m Zack. It’s nice
to meet you, Miss-?”
“Adrin”
“Miss Adrin” Zack
smiled.
Adrin blushed more.
“Uh- Why are you coming from that bush?”
“I went for a walk
to find this lake. Get lost. But I finally found it. Lucky, am I?” He grinned.
Adrin only nodded her
head. She was still blushing. She didn’t know why in the hell she was blushing,
but something in the boy that made her heart beat faster.
“You’re new here,
Miss Adrin?” He once again began the conversation.
“A-Ah, yes. Come
here to stay at my grandma’s home for summer holiday”
Zack only hummed.
“You’re staying here until-?”
“Next week”
More hum coming from
him. Adrin kicked the cool water softly, trying to distract her mind that she
was sitting next to a good-looking boy that came out of nowhere.
“Do you love this
place?”
“Pardon?” Adrin
raised her eyebrow.
“This lake. Do you
love it?”
“Of course!” Adrin
already grinned in happiness. She kicked the water again, causing splashes that
made her giggled softly in glee. “This place is really pretty. I only know
about this place two days ago, when I was going for a walk. As soon as I looked
at this place, I just got hooked. It is really pretty!”
“Glad to hear that
you love it” Zack tilted his head, glancing at Adrin.
Adrin gave him her
wide, happy grin. Then, both of them were having a conversation that was common
like asking what they like, or what’s their life.
“Oh no!” Adrin
gasped. “It’s already late!”
Zack only raised his
eyebrow as he watched the girl quickly stood up, brushing the dirt off her
sundress, snatched her sandal and ran off.
“It’s nice to meet
you, Mister Zack! Hope we can meet each other again after this!”
She called out over
her shoulder. Zack only waved as a reply before the girl slowly disappearing
from his sight.
“Sure, we will. Miss
Adrin Kazrina”
~~~
The next day, Adrin
came again to the lake, and met Zack who was waiting for her at the same place
like the other day. Again, they were having a decent conversation. Everyday
since that day, they will always met at the lake and chatting with each other.
Day by day, they knew about each other, and for Adrin, her feeling towards the
boy gradually became stronger.
It was until one
day, Adrin came to the lake with a gloomy look on her face.
“What’s wrong,
Adrin?” Zack asked in concern.
She drew out a deep
sigh as she plopped down next to him. “I- I’m just sad” She mumbled.
“Why?”
“Today is the last
day I’m here. My holiday is already nearing the end” Adrin bit her lower lip.
“I- I’m sad that I will never see you again” She choked out.
Zack went for a
silent for a moment before he started to talk. “But I’ll always in your heart,
right?”
Adrin sobbed quietly
as she nodded.
“There. That’s all
what you need. Always remember me”
Adrin wiped her
tears away before she faced Zack. “Why are you saying like you’ll go really far
away from me and will never meet me again?”
Zack only smiled as
a reply. He took Adrin’s hand and he slipped something on her ring finger.
Adrin blinked in shock as she looked at her finger.
“Why-?”
“Always remember me,
okay?” Zack rubbed his thumb over her knuckle. “I’ll miss you, Adrin”
Adrin blinked once
again, this time to stop her eyes from tearing. “I- I’ll miss you too, Zack”
Zack only smiled and
slowly he gathered the girl in his arms and hugged her gently. Adrin just
gripped the boy’s shirt tightly as she buried her face on his broad chest. Zack
just played with her raven hair affectionately as he wanted to calm her down.
Adrin sniffed
slightly before she slowly tilted her head up to look at the boy. However, the
sight that she witnessed made her eyes widen in shock and her heart stopped
beating.
“Z-Zack?” Her voice
shook in terrified.
The boy was
beginning to be semi-transparent. He looked down at Adrin and gave her one sad
smile. He gently palmed Adrin’s cheeks and rested his forehead against hers.
Adrin was trembling slightly, suppressing her upcoming sobs.
“It’s time already.
I’m sorry, Adrin” He placed one Eskimo-kiss on her. “Do remember me, okay?”
With that, he slowly
let her go. Adrin could only watch as he gradually disappeared right in front
of her eyes. Chocking her sobs, she curled up on the ground while gripping her
fingers which had the ring.
~~~
It was already three
months after her last encounter with Zack. The ring that she got from him was
hung at her neck, as a pendent. Everyday before she slept, she would grip the
ring while she was looking outside her window as she was wishing.
“I miss him so much”
She mumbled softly before she slept.
The next day, she
got ready to go to school just like usual. She walked slowly to her school, as
she was not care if the bell would ring in just a moment and the fact that she
would be late to her class.
She was too busy
weeping to her own misery to notice that she was just about to collide onto a
pool that stood there proudly, a few inches from her.
“You’ll crush onto
that pool if you take one more step, Adrin”
A deep, soft voice
that painfully same just like the person she was thinking about at that time
came just behind her. She immediately stopped walking and turned back. Her eyes
widen.
“Z-”
“Long time no see,
Adrin” That person smiled, just like the smile that made her fall on him at the
first place.
“Zack” She breathed
out.
“Miss me?”
Without waiting for
a second, she rushed towards him and tackled him, hugging him tight. Her face
was buried on his broad chest.
“I- I thought you-”
Adrin chocked slightly.
“It seems I managed
to get back to real world” He chuckled softly.
A month after he
disappeared from Adrin’s sight, he finally woke up from his comma after his
dreaded accident which happened during his way to go back home after visiting their lake. He was being run by a car
which didn’t even stop and left him lying on the road, near to death. Zack
tightened his hug and planted one small kiss on Adrin’s forehead.
“I miss you, Adrin”
“I miss you too,
Zack” Adrin replied softly.
