Friend, it’s been such a long time. Forgive me for having been away from typing up words on this platform. I thought I’d be consistent, especially after the World Cup but that didn’t work out at all. But I’m back now. 

What you are about to read is a flash fiction. Enjoy dear friend. 

I don’t know why I’m nervous.” He said.

She opened her mouth as blood flowed to her cheeks, “Why?” She said smiling, “Why are you nervous?” She watched his smile, and he moved in the opposite direction to hide this smile.

Dear reader, welcome to the lives of two souls that met for the first time at the bookstore. These souls have always seen each other at the back of their respective novels, but not once did they contact each other to talk about their novels. They could have easily found each other on social media and said “I really enjoyed this story of yours, and I might be falling in love with you but they didn’t.

Here in the bookstore, they stared at each other in between the bookshelves and looked around to see people staring at them, smiling and laughing.

“Nice to meet you,” She said, thinking “Why am I really nervous right now?”

He held out his hands, “Lovely to meet you, Amelia,” He said.

The moment their hands touched, they began to smile, “Wow, I can’t believe this,”They both thought.

“I can’t believe you’re here,” he said and watched as she continued to smile.

“I cannot believe he knows my name,” She showed her teeth, then covered her face out of shyness.

“Same here,” She said. They got closer to each other and sat on the floor, their backs resting on the bookshelf. They then began to talk to each other. This lasted for a few hours, and finally, “I’m really glad I met you today Lee Won,” She said, “We should meet again soon.”

She looked into his eyes and her gaze met his lips, “Say yes,” She thought.

“How about next Monday?” She heard and stepped closer to him and gave him a hug. She handed him her card and walked away from him, her cheeks widening as she ran out of the bookstore.

“See you soon,” She jumped.

Lee Won stayed back staring at the card in his hands, “This is real,” He thought. There was no way this was real unless, “Wow, I cannot believe they actually set us up today haha.” He ran out in the direction she went. As he opened the door, he frowned. He saw people crowding a figure so out of curiosity, he walked close to them scanning the environment to see which way she had run off. As he got closer, he noticed the white shirt, black skirt, and heel Amelia had on and then noticed the blood on the floor flowing towards his direction. He slowly falls backwards, “Amelia,” He said and hits his head on the cement, his skull cracked and the blood flowed towards Amelia’s blood. Their blood mixed and there they lay and were proclaimed dead.

Dear reader, that day I saw something that I called fate. I looked out from the window of the bookstore and saw their blood mixing in death, something that should have happened when they were alive. May their souls rest in peace.

Till Next Time
gkgaius 
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