The Back To 2012

3. Misses

No matter the look and laughter of people, which is clear at this time Spring does not want to take off his embrace. Although Winter had made her body detach from Spring's embrace, Spring still hugged her back while crying. Because reuniting with Winter still feels a dream for him. 10 years in his life without Winter, this longing still feels real even though Winter is in sight.

"Spring, can you let me go. Let me play ball first. Our class victory is at stake."

Spring shook his head quickly. "I don't want to let you go, Winter. Life without you for 10 years is not a short time. I'm afraid this meeting is just a dream from my deep sleep."

Winter took a long breath. "Please let me go for a minute. I promise after school, I'll drive you to the hospital to check on the wound on your head."

"I'm very healthy, and I'm perfectly fine. You don't have to take me to the hospital. Just be with you I'll be fine."

Winter took his breath back. "I'm sure you're not okay. If you're okay, you might be talking about something I don't understand."

Then suddenly Lucy comes over, and she quickly pulls Spring's body from Winter.

"Can you let him finish the match. Winter is the mainstay striker in our class."

"I can't take it off, after all our class has got one goal. And the class we've been fighting against was made sure until the end of the game can't put the ball into the goal."

"Where do you know if the class we're playing against won't get the ball in?"

Instantly Spring scratched his nape even though it did not feel itchy. Spring swallowed his salivary. "Because the men in our class are good at playing ball" he said stammering.

Spring is forced to find another reason, so as not to be considered strange again by Lucy. Spring is very confident that his class will win in football matches, as he has seen it before.

Because Spring was still silent in the middle of the field, the match was forced at half-time. Lucy finally has to pull Spring out of the field. "Don't mess up the game, we better just watch it on the sidelines."

Lucy pulls Spring to the sidelines to watch her class finish a football match. Until the last minute, the class that was opposed by Winter and a male friend in his class, could not enter a single goal, as Spring said earlier.

"Your prediction is right." Lucy furrowed her brows looking at Spring. "Since your head has been hit by a ball, you've become strange. You can even tell if our class is going to win. What's in your body is another person's soul. After coming to your senses from fainting, you're not the Spring I know."

"Do you think I look weird?"

"Yes, you're so weird after your head was hit by a ball. You even called me a 27-year-old woman. Did you come from the future, to the point of making you shocked when you saw me who still looked young."

Spring swallowed his salivary. "What are you talking about? Where people can do time traveler. Look at my face still remains the same, not like adults in general."

"It may be that your soul comes from the future."

Lucy chuckles. "Of course not. Like you said, there's not gonna be anyone who can do time traveler."

"I think you believe in the myth of time traveler."

"I'm just bragging. More logically, your head needs to be checked by a doctor. Looks like your head has an injury."

Spring sighed, he thought Lucy believed in the existence of a time traveler. He was disappointed, if his friend was just bragging with his words. Spring can't convince Lucy that she's from the future. It would be strange if he explained the journey from 2022 to 2012. What's more, Spring also still thinks that he is currently dreaming. Because Spring is not too sure of the time traveler as in fantasy films. If this is just a dream, Spring is reluctant to wake up. Because only in a dream can Spring meet Winter. However, if this is true, Spring will go to great lengths to prevent Winter's death.

Besides regretting not being able to save Winter from death, there is one more thing that makes Spring regret. That is, Spring can't express his feelings for Winter. Because his friendship has the principle to have no more feelings than affection as a friend. So if the time travel is a reality, Spring will no longer harbor her feelings for Winter as she once did.

After the game was over, Spring returned to Winter. She followed Winter wherever her best friend went. Spring was still too scared when he would wake up from his sleep and find that his return to 2012 was a dream from his deep sleep.

Winter sighed in annoyance as Spring continued to follow her like a chick following its mother. "Spring, can you please not follow me, I want to change clothes. If you keep following, how can I change my clothes."

"Then I'll wait for you in front of the dressing room."

"Can't! You'd be weird if you kept quiet in front of the men's locker room." Winter held onto both of Spring's shoulders. "Please wait for me in class. I'm not going anywhere, understand!"

"I'm afraid that right now I'm dreaming from my sleep."

"No Spring, this isn't a dream, it's real. You don't have to be afraid when you're dreaming. Because even if it's a dream, it's not a bad dream."

"I know it wasn't a bad dream. Because when I woke up, it was my real nightmare, because there was no you, Winter."

Winter immediately opened the bracelet on her wrist, then gave it to Spring. "If you are afraid this is just a dream, then keep on being kept awake so as not to wake up from your sleep." Winter smiled sweetly at Spring. "Wait for me in class, and hold my bracelet, so that you may remain in your dream."

Although Spring refused to leave, but after hearing Winter's words, Spring finally wanted to step foot. However, because he was too afraid not to see Winter again, he occasionally looked back, making sure that Winter was still out of his sight.

"Hurry to class, Spring. Don't keep looking at me, you'll fall if you keep looking back" Winter shouted.

Arriving in class, Spring sits while holding Winter's bracelet tightly. His hands were trembling, his feelings were agitated, and his sitting was not comfortable. He was still afraid of waking up from his dream. Every now and then he looks towards the door to make sure that Winter will come to class soon.

"Lord, I hope that what I'm going through is not a dream from my deep sleep. I was too scared when I woke up from this beautiful dream of mine," Spring muttered inwardly.