A Tiny Story: The Light Breeze that Soon Passed

           “ I can’t live with her, mother. I have remarried, and Phil…He doesn’t really like children.”

With those words, my mother left. I didn’t really understand what she meant. But I knew one thing , I was abandoned, so I ran. The tears was falling down from my eyes. I kept running. When I looked around, I realized that I was lost. I tried to find the way back, but all I could see were trees. I sat under a big tree, I felt so tired, and I just didn’t care anymore. If I lost in here, maybe Mom would regret her decision to abandon me, and left me with grandmother. If I lost in here, maybe Dad would come back to life. If I just lost…                                                      

            “ What are you doing here, little girl? Are you lost?” 

             He’s not too old, maybe only 5 years old above me.“ I’m not lost..I just… just want to see a firefly.” I didn’t know why I lied. Maybe I just didn’t want to be looked like a little spoiled girl.                     “ Really? Come with me.. I know a good place to see a firefly.” We walked so far into the woods. I thought I must tell him about the truth.                                                        

            “Emmm..Honestly I am..”                                                

            "Look at them….. Is it wonderful?”  

            I looked up and I was surprised. It was a field full of flowers. Red rose, jasmine, orchid, edelweiss…The moonlight shone all of the flowers. There were a lot of firefly flied in the air. Beautiful.                                                                                                                                                               Someone held my hand and took me to the field. It was him. He smiled peacefully, so did I. I’d seen that smile before. We ran around the field. We laughed and yelled. I was so happy.                             "It's time to go home, Jinny." I shook my head. I want to be here forever. " Your grandparents will be worry, Jinny." There's a silent. I knew he was right. I followed him and in a short time, I could see the village. I knew it's time to say goodbye.

             "Can I meet you again?"                                                                                                                            "Of course..I live in the village over that mountain." He started to walk away.                                        "Wa..wait..what's your name?"                                                                                                                  "My name..."                             

             “TING-TONG..TING-TONG…Osaka Station.. All of the passengers please keep……”                                  

              I opened my eyes. God..It’s just a dream. I didn’t believe I’d still remember that moment after 17 years. Grandparents’s house was near the station, so I decided to walk.There's a river beside the road. The sunlight shone that river, and made the water sparkle. Beautiful. I went near the river and.. .

              "WAAAAA!!!@#$" My feet slipped and I fell into the river.Help..blupp..help..mee..blupp.."                 I tried to swim to the riverside, but it's no use. I sunk. Ahh..It's so bad..I really want to meet him. What's his name? Oh yeahh..I even could see his face, "My name..is Angelo." Angelo. That's a beautiful name. Suddenly, I felt someone held my hand, and pulled me up. I could feel the fresh air, and I breathed. I opened my eyes and believed that I must be dreaming. " Angelo..."He didn't change a bit. "Long time no see, Jean.."                                                                                                                               "Thanks for saving me, Angelo, again. Ohh..now, your clothes wet. Let's go to my grandparents's house..You can change there." I held his arm and ran. I really wanted to introduce him to grandma.

              "GRANNY..I'm home..." I looked behind happily, but....he had disappeared. "Welcome home, honey..let's go inside." But..where's Angelo? "Grandma..May I go to the village over the mountain?" "What do you mean, honey? There's no village over there."                                                                But..what about Angelo? Is he lying? I sat on the tatami. I was so confused. There's a photo album on the table. I took a look at it. There's grandpa and grandma when they'd still young. They was looked so intimate. I smiled, there're also a photo of some kids that I didn't recognize. And I saw him. Angelo.                                                                                                                                                             "Granny..who..who is this boy?" Grandma smiled wryly, " That's Angelo."  " You...you know Angelo?" "You also know him, honey. Angelo is only a nickname." But..I don't know..I looked at that photo again. His smile, his voice, he called me Jinny..But, how did he know my name? There're only two person who called me like that..Mom and..That photo suddenly fell from my hand..There's something written behind the photo

My name is Angelo..because I want to protect every person that I love...

My tears bursted out... Yes, I know him.

I lived happily now, so don’t worry.. You’d protected me…. Dad.