This post will be long, will be detailed… It’d be the memories I want to keep, even if it’s a past now. I don’t want to regret, having to forget those memories we had together.
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In 2006, the start of diploma.. I met many new friends. The most notable are those with English names - Steven, Engy, Christina and you. Being in girl’s schools ever since primary, I didn’t know much about being friends with guys, but I guess it went okay… Lol. We started off as friends.
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In 2006 beginning of second semester, you asked for a closer relationship - god-siblings. I agreed openly, as my own brother and I have a big gap in ages. I wish to have a brother who is just a few years older than me.
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Soon, you started to accompany me to college and back from college to my car. And we were getting closer… hanging out after classes… You borrowed me your jacket because I said I am cold in the college hall… You warmed my hands in the library… You patted my head… You used the file to shield me from the sun… You played your guitar for me… You cooked for me… You bought lunches for me…
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Many people thought we were together. I was naive and oblivious… thinking that it’s normal for a brother to do so. I have friends whose brothers are very nice to them, so I shrugged it off as nothing.
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Starting second year, almost more than half of our classmates asked me the same question - Are you guys together? I was annoyed at first.. and mad in the end. Mad because nobody believed me when I said it’s not what they thought. My close friends told me, you liked me. But for some reasons, I didn’t think it was possible.
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So many things happened afterwards.. My sister thought we were together. I was very upset that she didn’t believe me… Towards the end of diploma, I was confused with my own feelings. I often asked myself, is it real that I liked you more than a brother? What if you didn’t feel the same? I was stumped… I was down for a few weeks. You were worried, you asked what happened.
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I couldn’t believe my eyes when you confessed. I was mad that you didn’t tell me earlier… but at the same time, I was also happy… I had so much mixed emotions that I cried. Yet, I told you to get my mother’s approval first, which you agreed…
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You wrote on my notes… saying you wish to hold my hands… want to be with me… You used Jay’s ‘简单爱’ lyrics…. You came to my house right a day after your exam ended… My mother gave her approval. I was so happy at that time… Our relationship started on 29 April 2008.
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You asked for a kiss… It was my first kiss. Our relationship progressed… My family got to know you… We broke the news to our friends… which they still thought we were already dating months before.
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Time flied when it was with you.. July 2008 during my convocation, you surprised me with a bouquet of roses… You said you didn’t know how to buy flowers for girls before. I was so happy you bought them for me…
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A few days later, I went down with high fever. I was diagnosed with dengue and was hospitalised. You accompanied me for those days I had been there… You were so worried. You came early and you left late… I was so touched…
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Finally after 5 days, I was released from the hospital. I rested for the rest of the week before I was back to college. The first day I went back to college, I fell and sprained my ankle. I couldn’t stand up, my ankle was swollen badly.. Every friend rushed to my side. You were in my car, on the way to fetch me… when you saw everyone was around me, you knew something was wrong.
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You rushed to my side. I couldn’t walk, but with everyone’s help, I managed to get into the passenger’s seat. We fetched my mother and went to the traditional doctor. They said I dislocated my ankle…
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When I couldn’t walk, you carried me on your back.. Go upstairs, go downstairs. You were beside me all the time. I went to college still with my bad condition. Chai Lin and Jiah Yin were always awaiting me, who had to walk slowly. I never had the chance to thank all my friends for this. Thanks a lot.
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Because of my injury, my birthday celebration was cancelled. But you still bought me a cake… And I wished time would stop… I loved you even more.
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I shifted house, my mom asked you to sleepover… You were here for a few days and went back to your rented house for a few days. My house was almost like you second home. Our friends thought we lived together.
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This year.. I met your family during Chinese New Year. Our relationship progressed…. There were a few ups and downs… but it was still bearable…
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Everything that you did… You would use a towel to dry my hair after I bath… You would ask me what do I want to eat for tomorrow’s breakfast… You would ask me whether I am hungry… You would pat my hands when we ride on the motorbike… You would look at my eyes before you kiss my cheeks and forehead… You would kiss my forehead before you went to sleep… You would stare at me and wake me up with a kiss on the cheek… You would say, Let’s go to eat anything you like… My family members asked you not to spoil me anymore…
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One night after work, you went to the night market albeit it was raining… You were soaked just because you went there to buy me something I love to eat… I felt that you were so silly. ‘Why still go? It’s raining,’ I asked. You replied, ‘I want you to buy something you like’. I didn’t show it, but I almost cried out of joy…
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We went to Vietnam together… our first trip… Our friends thought we were meant to be.. and that we would end up getting married.. Even your family asked the same… but I expected the problems… I was hoping that we could get it through… At the same time, I was scared that the time was getting nearer… until the time that we were forced to make a choice.. A choice that would badly hurt both sides.
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Yet, I brought up the topic, knowing the risk… knowing that prolonging the inevitable would only bring more pain… You finally told me everything. I was terribly hurt… I expected your choice, your answer, your decision…
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We had no choice…. even if it was a stupid reason for the result..I wonder if I made the wrong choice… Many ‘what would happen if…’ crossed my mind..
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The last image of our last day together was you wearing your helmet… asking me to take good care as I went inside my car to work… That day, we both were oblivious to what might have happen… We both didn’t foresee it was the last day of our relationship. I wish it would have been another scene….
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The memories were so much.. They were passing by as if it was a movie. I couldn’t write down every single thing.. But I’d edit this post if some memories surface… Thank you for everything you have done for me… I couldn’t express everything in a single sentence…
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Your words, your scent, your hugs, your kisses, your expressions, your tears, your whispers, your smiles, your laughter, your love…. I’d remember them all.