
That day— the sunlight was very stinging, the weather was so hot, that year, the dry season came quite a long time.
The hot sparkle from the highway is painful for the eyes, bright colors exposed to the blazing reflection of the sun feel like blinding laser radiation.
Not many people choose to walk, they are willing to waste their money to take special or public transportation.
But, this girl was different, the sting in her heart was more burning than that sunburn.
Rose stood on a flyover, standing in the hot sun, not caring about the sting that was able to make her skin heat up and could even blister.
The girl stared at the highway under the overpass, many vehicles passed by.
Such a deep breath began his footsteps.
Who would have known, if the girl intended to end her life by throwing herself under the bridge.
He was a young boy, a second-year high school boy, who had a desire to kill himself because he could no longer live.
Every day must see his mother oppressed by the father, every day must get bullying from his friends who mock his broken home life. Who can face it alone.
"Jump— and you will regret it when your soul has come out of your body." Said a foreign man. The man suddenly stood beside her.
Rose turned her head towards the man, narrowing her eyes to be able to see the figure of the man who was currently staring down the flyover.
"Why? Not jumping down?" Ask the man while looking at him.
Within seconds, Rose was fixated with the figure of a man who looked handsome in her eyes.
"Are you a grim reaper? Am I dead?"
There was a smile on the man's face.
"Well, let's just say I'm an angel, but not an angel of death."
"I'm not dead yet?" Ask Rose.
The man picked up a loli in his pants pocket. Then suddenly he smashed the candy into Rose's head, causing Rose to complain of pain.
"You feel pain? That means you're alive." He said while giving the candy he held to Rose.
"The candy will initially taste sour but later there will be a sweet taste in the end. If you're smart, you can take a lesson from him." Said the man who then left from the presence of Rose, he walked calmly, away from Rose who was still fixated on staring at him.
When the man's back was no longer within reach of his sight, Rose regained her senses. He stared at the candy that was now in his hand.
A smile was then engraved on the girl's face.
Remind Rose of a theory in which something small changes everything.
A tornado effect from the flapping of a butterfly's tiny wings.
That man saved his life. Just because a candy cane looks simple, but it has a big effect on Rose's life.
•••
Time keeps rolling, the high school period is over, in the last years those times are usually more enveloped by sweet memories that are difficult to forget.
Likewise with Rose, since the incident on the bridge at that time, he turned into a different person. Tough and brave to face all kinds of pebbles and large rocks that crashing.
Therefore, no one else dared to oppress him or humiliate him.
After high school ended, her intelligence and luck earned Rose a full scholarship to the country's best university, a university that stands in the center of the capital with its interior and exterior beauty, and unmatched facilities and accreditation.
A smile of happiness emanated as his feet began to step into the university area.
"Rose!" Calling a girl, the voice sounded very familiar in Rose's ears, it was Yana, Rose's good friend during high school.
"I'm so glad we could be a university and a major, that we'll never be apart." Yana.
Rose smiled, though,
"Don't exaggerate. Being able to get into this university on a scholarship, I'm already very grateful." Said.
Rose responded.
On the sidelines of their chatter, there were shouts from senior or junior students, they gathered in front of the university gate, facing a black car that was worth selling high.
"What's going on?" Ask Rose.
"It seems like there are actors or actresses who are attending this university." Yana gave her opinion.
"I think it's the actors, look, the crowd is mostly women." Rose Say.
"Do you want to see it up close?" Ask Yana.
"I'm not interested in things like that." Rose replied as she turned her back to the crowd.
"God! Rose look, it— it's not just an actor, but a prince." Yana said, the girl's hand patted Rose's shoulder, which was still behind her.
"Since when did you get a man's fever like that—" said Rose who then fell silent as she turned around and saw a man she had met.
"He!" Peeking Rose subconsciously, the girl's mouth even opened wide, making Yana have to take the initiative to shut her friend's mouth.
"Shut your mouth, you're even fascinated by the young master." Yana.
"Who is he? Waitaminute! You just called him young master?" Ask Rose.
"You don't know who he is?"
Rose shook her head, her gaze still directed at the figure of the man who was increasingly walking towards her.
"He is the only son of the chairman of the TNP company, his name is Yuan Mauli Gavin. How can you not know about the man that many girls dream about so much. But he's really charming, isn't he? You even looked awestruck despite not knowing who she was." Said Yana.
"Yes." Rose muttered, he uttered that name when the figure of the man who had the name Yuan walked past him.
But it seemed that Yuan's hearing was quite sharp, the man stopped his steps when he felt his name being called out softly by a girl who had just passed by him.
Yuan turned his head towards Rose, but it only lasted for a moment, before then he felt unfamiliar with the girl and returned to his feet towards his faculty.
"Oh my goodness, my heart stopped beating as he stared at us." Whisper Yana.
"Surely he doesn't remember me." Mumbled Rose.
"Huh? What are you saying?" Asked Yana who could not hear Rose muttering.
"Nothing." Answer Rose.
"Then, let's hurry, we should go to law school now." Yana said as she walked ahead of Rose.
Before stepping her feet to follow Yana, Rose turned her eyes back, staring at the figure of the man she just knew her name was Yuan.
A man who once gave her the effect of a tornado on her life.
Flashback end~
If only, the man named Yuan had not come back then, perhaps Rose would never have been present in the present, perhaps he would have closed his eyes at sixteen years old, maybe he died six years ago.
"Therefore, my love for you— is not without reason, Yuan." Rose said with a warm smile, reminiscing about every moment that passed during these six years.
Rose is currently standing on the bridge, where she first met the person she loved so far.
The girl breathed out her heavy breath, though,
"But— I think my love should end here. Let's just say that your help that day I've already responded with the help I gave you a few weeks ago. Thank you and goodbye, Yuan." Rose said as she threw a Yuan candy six years ago, which she still keeps today.
Not until now, because this second, Rose threw the candy under the bridge, falling between the cars that passed down there.
"Even if I've thrown it away, but I'm still not sure I can stop liking it." Rose muttered with her breath.
✍ This story is just fictitious. Sorry if there are similarities in the names of characters, places of events or events that occur.✍