It was the middle of summer, and a cute baby faced girl stood under the shade of a tree in the university's park ground. Filtered sunlight reflected onto her face, and a slight breeze gently blew the hem of her pink dress.
Her long eyelashes fluttered, and she bit her lip as she anxiously looked around as if waiting for someone.
"Why haven't you come yet?" The girl muttered, looking at the mobile phone that she held in both her hands. "Should I make the call?"
Suddenly, her phone rang. The girl's eyes widened, and she answered immediately, "Allen, why haven't you come yet?"
Allen stood at the corner of the building block and looked at the girl while he answered in a sad voice, "Elsa, let's break up."
"What?" Her mind went blank. "What...what are you talking about?"
"Let's break up!" His voice was clearer. "I'm tired of being with you!."
"Allen..." Elsa bit her lip. "Where are you now?" She looked around, becoming nervous. "Are you kidding? Please don't... Where are you now?"
"I'm not kidding!" Allen cowardly observed her from a distance. He noticed her looking for him, and then she looked in his direction. He quickly ducked around the corner to hide, and then after a few seconds, he peered out of the curve. "I asked you to come downstairs because I don't want you to do something unexpected in your dormitory. Well, that's the last thing I can do for you before I break up with you."
"Allen..."
"Beep... beep..."
Allen had hung up on her. With tears in her eyes, she stared at the phone and then with blurry eyes, she tried to catch sight of him. However, all that she could see were some students passing by in the distance.
"Ding!"
She wiped her tears with the back of her hand and quickly checked her phone to read the message.
"Elsa, I'm sick and tired of following you around endlessly to solve your problems. I have decided that I should be with someone who appreciates me. "
When she read the message, Elsa burst into tears. She bit her lips tightly to try and stop herself from crying. With a warm wind blowing in her face, she held the phone tightly in her hands and managed to type, "Okay, I wish you happiness!"
Slowly, she turned around and walked out from under the tree and trudged towards the dormitory building alone. With her head hung low, the tears streamed down her cheeks and dropped in thick heavy blobs onto the path beneath her feet.
While Elsa dragged herself to the dorm, she hadn't even noticed the man roosting in the fork of the tree trunk that she had been standing under a moment ago. Dressed in the khaki pants of the school uniform, one slender leg dangled from the branch and the breeze blew his thick bangs revealing a pair of deep attractive eyes.
A faint mischievous smile played on his handsomely sculptured face. He watched as Elsa walking back to the dormitory and murmured, "You do nothing but cry when you're hurt... That's no improvement at all." Then he shook his head with a smirk, watching as she gradually disappeared out of his sight.
"Charlie! Charlie!" Someone called from below the canopy of the tree, but before Charlie had the chance to answer, another shriek pierced the sky, "Charlie!"
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