童话

Let me tell you a story. Its a love story. But a true story never the less.

There was a boy, he is a bright boy. Tall and lenghty, out spoken and easy with people. There's no air about him, a very down to earth guy who understands the important of relationship with people. Who, sees the environment around him, the people and is able to talk about it as he remembers them in great details.

He was on a trip to Genting with his family members. on the bus, a girl and her mom seat beside him. The mom notice that this boy looks bored and asked her brother to chat with him. The boy chatted with this uncle for a while. Along the trip the mom had a good impression of him. As they got down the bus, she ask him of his place of study. It seems that he was studying in the same school as her daughter as the girl knew him from school. As he is a very tall guy, everybody in school knows him but he don't know them all. They exchange polite smiles and he thought that's that.

Along the way back, they were sitting back in the same seats. This time the girl' mother was sleeping and she ease away time by sms-ing. The boy too, was daydreaming watching the cars passing by the window. Feeling bored, he turn back into his seat and took a look at the girl. She was still sms-ing lazily and she turn her head too, look at him too. They look into each others eyes for a while, glazing as if trying to fiind a reaction behind the eyes. They smile and soon chatted up.

She was year 88 and he was 86, they studied in the same school and even come from the same village. She's studing in form 6 now. While he's doing a poly course in Marine Engineering.

Soon, they were dating. While the girl's mother approve of this relationship, the dad was another story. he was fiercely protective of his daughter. The boy never pick her up in front of her gate. He will always wait at the end of the alley, leading towards the rear of the house. The date was always done in secrecy, with mother planning behind. Dad caught them a few times, and he always have a broom in his hands. Once he caught the boy and ask him to stop the car and come out. The boy being unable to run away having no choice, got out of the car and prepare himself for whatever that may come. but the dad shock him, as he ask the boy to follow him to police station. The mother come out, advice and persuade the dad to stop this crazyness and shoo the boy to bring the girl out for a date.

But, unknown to the boy, the girl have an illness. She have blood cancer. The boy had supected something. She will always bring her medicine pills on the date. However, she did'nt tell the boy what it is. Not even when the boy ask her a few times. He knew something was going on. She would faint sometimes or feel dizzy or her temperature would fall rapidly. That's why, the boy would always hold her hand whenever he's driving. He would turn the steering wheel, change the shifter, put on signal, all using one hand. While the other is hold onto her hand. Feeling her warmth. In case he needs to stop the car to rub her hands that had turn cold. Then one day, she told him, " I have leukemia." But she doesn't want to go for treatment no matter how many times her dad have tell her to. Cause she have long hair and she loves being pretty cause she's a princess at home. She had tried working even when her dad advice her not to. She quit after 2 months. She studied for a while at collage. It stopped after 1 month too.

Soon, it was the girl's birthday, the boy went over to her place and together they had a small celebration in her room. They chatted for what seems like eternally until late at night and the girl fall asleep in his arms while their favorite songs played in the background. The boy woke up early, rays of the morning sun was shining softly thru the windows. The girl was still on his arms, laying there peacefully, motionlessly. The room was strangely quiet. He try to wake her up... he put his hand under her nose, trying to feel her breath....