"Urms…I just want to say.." she fidgeted with the hem of her shirt, venting her nervousness on that piece of cloth, why are words that hard to speak of?
“I’m sorry”
His eyes grew wider and a cloud of confusion can be seen. She sighed at the cue to explain further, she never imagined it would be this hard.
"I’m sorry that I wasn’t strong enough"
She pushed her head down letting her hair cover her blushed cheeks.
He chuckled at this girl, what a cutie, but he love her just like his little sister.
"And…?" he adores teasing her.
She threw a hateful glare at his beautiful almond eyes that she always desires to have.
She pouted before continuing, “And… I.. I just feel that sometimes not being strong enough gives you burden,.. mum and dad always asked of you to take care of me,” her voice grew softer, “but I have bad temper, I want everything..”
He chuckled, wow, his “baby sister” is finally growing up. He continued chewing his food as her words replayed.
After minutes of thoughtful silence, “Why… Do you not scold me after all these years? Why didn’t you tell me I was a burden?”
He stopped chewing and brought his eyes to face hers. She had such an innocence with her that no one will ever dare to scold her anyways.
He laughed, “Because, you’re not a burden…”
"Really???"
He nodded, “A burden, is something that holds you down and you’re unwilling to face it. You fit neither of the category..”
She softly nodded and chewed her pancakes. He stole a glance at her before smiling, she has really grown up.
"Hey…" she started, this breakfast is getting so much more interesting for once, "Do you think… anyone will think that I’m not a burden too?"
"What do you mean? "
"You know.. Ah.. What I am trying to say is.. If the right guy will ever find me a burden.."
"I’ll beat him up then! "
"Yahhh! I’m serious! "
"Hmm,… If a guy ever finds you a burden, he ain’t the guy."
"Huh… Really? I won’t ever find one then.. What if I can’t find one..” she hung her head down and pouted.
He ruffled her hair, how can such a young girl be concerned with such worries?
”_____, Do you believe in fate?”
"Nah, those are fake. Come on, its just like the movies, how is it possible that such coincidence occur?! It just doesn’t make sense!"
He smiled, life is not as easy as how you understand it, “If fate never exist, we wouldn’t have met.”
"That’s different, we found you at the park, near our house, we walked there every day. "
"I went to the park for two months before I met you. "
"Oh ..really?"
He nodded.
“That’s fate. “
"Hmm.."she unwillingly agreed, still in denial to what he had proposed.
"If a guy thinks you’re a burden, he may not be the right one,"he paused.
A million thought ran through his mind as he ponder on how and why he should tell her this.
He ever once read this from an old and dusty book found in the corners of the Big Library near the end of the street. He had believed it ever since, she’ll be the first person he shares with…
He continues, ” You see, before we are born, we are destined to be with someone. A Man with three hearts.”
"Man with three hearts? My right guy?"
"Yup, who ever that man is. "
She hummed suppressing any urge to scratch her head, “Mm.. “, he chuckled knowing she was pretending she understand to act as if she’s all grown up.
He carried on with his explanation.
“The first heart, goes to his mum,the first woman he’ll loved. That’s love for his mum who has carried him for nine months and been through labour pain for him. “
"The second heart, goes to his father. For father love. Which ever the gender of the child, the father is definitely protective of them. Like you, how your dad set all those rules for you, really because he loves you and you’re his baby princess, bleh"
He feigned a foreign accent to put off the mushy words that she really detest, she made a face and smacked his hand.
He laughed, “And finally… , ” he looked into her eyes, all her attention are on him, it has been a while since she has ever done that, he smiled,
“The third heart, to give to the person he loves. “
She kept silent.
He added, “The last heart has a seed inside. “
Her eyes grew wider at that sentence, he grinned.
He continued, “The last heart represents the love he gives to the other person when he loves them.
When that happens, the seed grows. Through many experience, a person may choose to never give this heart away, or choose to give this heart away. When a person gives the heart away, he trust the person to grow the seed, take care of it.
When the person doesn’t care for the seed, or even reject the heart, it hurts. And with every heart break, literally, forms a scar on this heart. In our words, a fear. “
She nodded, he was pretty sure she caught on.
"Which is why with that heart experiences the most pain.
In our current world, we are often blinded by the thought to receive someone’s heart and we give them away too easily, but in reality we hurt ourselves that way. Sometimes the other person will never give you his heart, other times, he just take your heart and smashed into the grounds, leaving you to pick up the pieces and mend it. If that happens, sometimes your seed may be lost, which is that you’ve lose your faith in love, or it will be hurt and have stunted growth in the future. “
She made a face, “That’s….”
“Yes,” he smiled, she understood.
“That’s really sad,” She pulled her lips into a slight frown.
"That’s life, " he smiled, "That’s Love. It is the purest kind, only for a Man with three hearts. "
"But..what if I find it a burden to take care of his heart?"
He thought hard for a while, “That’s….his life he must face. Love is never easy, not like the movies. True love go through many obstacles before it becomes strong. It’s pretty much like how life throw us many problems to make us stronger..”
She sighed, “Sigh… That’s so hard… I don’t think I’ll ever find him,..” she faked a cry.
"You silly girl, something special about this life everyone complains about is that, when time comes, it will happen.."
"Are you sure?" disbelief hung around her voice.
“Shall I prove it to you? “
“You can? Prove it! “
He grinned, he looked around the café they were eating at. It was a small but decent one. One of his favourites. The food were also reasonably priced with the taste of it. His eyes caught onto a lovely waitress.
"I’m gonna bet with you, that waitress will walk pass here."
“How does that proves it?!”
“When the time comes, it will happen,” he repeated his words.
“Fine!”
Both eyes were glued to the waitress, she was smiling to a customer as she placed their hot espresso onto the wooden black table. She earned back another grateful smile before she brought the tray near her chest. She was several tables diagonally away from them, by logic, she would walk straight, it would be the fastest.
She walked straight,…
______ gave him a kick with a You-lost-face!
He smiled and pointed at the waitress again.
She was walking near to the entrance before stopping , she seems to have something on her mind and she made a detour, she stole a glance at the two customers staring at her, confusion growing .. She went to feed the bird, a beautiful green rose-ringed parakeet that arrived yesterday. The bird chirped cheerfully at the sight of this incoming breakfast, she broke into smiles too.
She left the cage, and walk towards the two customers who immediately darted their attention away, she smiled before clearing the table behind them and headed to the entrance.
"Ohmygosh, how did you know?" her priceless shocked face, he burst into chuckles as he stirred his cappuncino.
He smiled, “Life told me that she’ll stop and walk past us. “
"Comeon, be serious!! Tell me. "
He grinned and shook his head.
“I proved it! “
"That wasn’t counted. "
He smiled, he held the small silver spoon and watch the foam swirl with the stirring of his spoon. It forms a small white line in the pool of brown which disappears into the brown after sometime. That’s life too. Life, so many definitions.
"She has been working here for a while," he spoke without looking up. "Everytime I was here, she wouldn’t walk past… "
He tried suppressing a smile “I got her the bird yesterday. I was taking bets hoping today will be the day she passed by too, ” he looked up, he can’t hide his smile anymore. “And, today was the right time.”
She burst into smiles, “Somebody is in loveee~”
He just smiled.
