Chapter 16 - Complicated Crush (4) (1/2)

Even when I fought with Tom, I still went to the 'date' with Senior Rizal. This time, Tom didn't follow me like he always did. Let him be!

Yeah, over all, I would have fun with Senior Rizal. If I could be a little bit aware of my surrounding, I thought he liked me. Ahaha... but, I couldn't put too much hope in it, right?

The day was getting darker. Now we were sitting in the bank of a small river which was located a little bit far from G city. Why he brought me here, I didn't know. There was nothing good to see here. Beach was better than this place. We could see the sun setting down, hiding behind the horizon, leaving colourful sky behind it for the world to see. It was such a romantic sight!

It was getting darker and darker and worry and nervousness started to creep on me. We were still sitting here, talking nothing important. I couldn't hold it anymore, so I voiced out the question in my head.

”Senior, why are we here?” I whispered to him.

He looked at me gently and smiled. I could feel my heart beats faster inside my chest. ”Sshh... just watch.” He whispered, in lower voice.

I looked at him in confusion. What should I see? What will I watch?

”They are coming out.” Senior Rizal whispered again, but this time his voice laced with joy and happiness. But, that's not what my concern was. My concern was he was hugging my shoulders and my eyes seemed to jump out from the sockets. He pulled me closer to him until I could feel his warmth against my skin.

But, wait, what is coming out? Ghost? Monster? Fairy? Is it some kind of joke?

I held myself a bit not to see what was in front of me. But, my fear was taken down by my curiosity. I opened up my eyes and I finally understood what he said. My eyes widened in surprised as I saw what he meant by 'them'.

”Hotaru[1]...” I mumbled in disbelief.

”Beautiful, aren't they?” He smiled at me.

”Yes, really.” I agreed with him. Now I got why he brought me here. He took me far from the city only to show me this rare experience that I guaranteed would never be found in the city. It was even more beautiful than watching sunset.

The fireflies appeared more and more. Now, it was not as dark as before. The dim light from the fireflies and the moon in the sky shone where we were sitting on.

”Like...”I heard Senior Rizal mumbled something, so I turned my head to look at him.

”Did you say something?” I asked.