Starry Night

Starry night. Starry sky. And under it, just he and she.

“Well, it’s fascinating right?? I always love it when the sky is full of stars. Makes me feel like they are watching over me, somehow I feel secured and relaxed.” She giggled and breathed out, which vaporizes into a thin coat of mist in the cold air. He stared at her lovingly, fully amazed by every little actions that she had done.

Wow. He thought. He found out that his breath shorten from time from time as he lay his gaze on her, the way she laugh, the way she tell him her stories. Everything is like a little piece of melody, on and out and on and out, fading in the air and reechoed, reverberate in the thick cold atmosphere, like a lullaby stuck on replay. Or rather, are her voice stucking in his mind, that he somehow feels empty after each time she stopped talking?? He himself doesn’t know what’s up with him too actually.

Mild breeze wheezes through, bringing her hair up, making it messy, but somehow it looks adorable and alluring. He could not find any word to describe the beauty that was laid infront of him. It was just perfect. It was just wonderful, and he doesn’t want to waste any time talking, to interrupt her from keep looking like this. He offered his hands and brushed her fringe up back to where it was suppose to be. She blushed, and he felt nothing comparable to this as her warmth surged into his hands.

“What are you looking at??” she asked shyly, and he thought he knew why, but he was not sure of it, and he was pretty sure that she knows why he was staring at her. Cricket croons, and the mild breeze brush through the land, freshen up the mood. And he thought he saw fireflies, dancing, juggling through the dark night sky, as it sparkled while it flew through the darkness, doing their own unique band of twirling. Should he call it dashing?? Or was it not fireflies?? He wasn’t hesitant anymore when he realized that it was a falling star, plummeting into the horizon.

“Look!! A comet!!!” he pointed out to the sky of celestials, her hand felt warm in his.

“Wow! I never saw one before you know??” she quickly turned away from him, head bowed, hands crossed, as if she was praying a wish, wishing something wonderful to happen. And there were this momentary silence for him to study her, as she sat there quietly, as if really believing that her wish will come true. He gasped, as he realized that he was mesmerized by her, and he that he had fell in love with this girl. He quickly bowed and wished.

I wish I can kiss her

 They walked silently on the road, he wants to hold her hand again but he just couldn’t find a way to summon up his courage and grab her gentle hands, which makes the atmosphere kinda awkward. She turned to him and asked, “Why are you not talking?? You seem so quiet…” He wished to tell her that he is going to miss her so much after this date but he just couldn’t say it, nor he dare to look at her in her eyes, as if something scary is holding him back. He suddenly feel so scared.

“Anyway, thanks for walking me home, bye…” she murmured as she made her move towards her home.

“Wait!” he try to hold her back, fearing that he had no more chances like this after tonight. Deep in his heart he knew that he had to do something tonight. He hold on to her arms, not willing to let go. There’s something in him that doesn’t wish her to go. She still look as beautiful as ever, wide  eyes, sharp noses, that rosy cheek, and that face that always smiles, he can feel that the whole world froze just for him and her.

“Erm… I wish I can watch over you, like the stars, you’re beautiful,” a part of him fell back, fearing that a wrong thing that he had done will ruin everything. His words sound like a whisper in the tranquil silence. She blushed again, looking at him as if he was a treasure. His heart melts, as he drew closer and drew her in his arms. His eyes closed, and he was pretty sure that she’d do the same, and for an instant he hopes that they can do this forever.

She finally drew away, acting real shy. “Thank you for tonight Dave, thanks for making my wish come true, it really works, doesn’t it??” something in her voice makes his heart skipped a beat, and she was the most beautiful girl in the world right then, right there. She slowly make her way into her home, closing up the door behind him, and he swore that he caught her looking back as she closed the door.

He stood there in disbelief, savouring the memory with her, from the start until now, like an old man reliving his days again, indulged in his own nostalgic reminiscence. He was pretty sure that when their lips brushed together, the moment will last for eternity in his mind.