A short story - Emily
Nhi !!!!
Yes?
She was startled by the way Hung shouted. Silently for a few seconds, looking back, she could see a young student was rushing towards her. He held a book in his hand. As he ran, he laughed loudly. "Forget this book, little girl.", he said.
Nhi was astonished, didn't understand what happened.
Waking up again, Nhi wondered why she still lacked sleep every night just because she couldn't forget a person. Nhi thought, suddenly a slight feeling throbbed in her heart. Tears aren't falling anymore but somewhere in those wet eyes, it's not hard to know Nhi is sad, so sad ...
February 7, 2015 ... Dear Diary, ...Nhi wrote
The words began to fill the page. As if there was no one in this world can give her a shoulder to cherish this love. Just drop a few lines, she suddenly misses him, a lot... If only he was here now and touched her hair gently and listened to her endless stories attentively. He would make jokes ... He was, always making the story more relieved.
The page began to get longer, all just about him. She laughed loudly, watching the line of people through the window from the inn, unconsciously she found out it was raining and her soul suddenly became so strange .. I won't write about you anymore from today. I will only write about my intended future, and temporarily lock you into a small corner in my heart. Thinking about you, it hurt. She told herself, reaching for the drizzle, smiling. Her eyes suddenly looked far away...
"Take me to your heart ..." The phone ring sounded familiar. She didn't bother to see who called, caught the phone in a bad mood. Another one from another side was asking her "Hey, done? Remember to run downstairs quickly. It's raining."
Call ended. The stranger who talked on the phone so hurriedly and did not let her understand what was going on. 20 minutes later, the phone rang again. This time she looked at the phone. The stranger asked again: "Hurry up! I am waiting outside. Nhi did not understand what was going on, she replied in a cold voice. Sorry, you got the wrong number. The other end of the line whispered an apology and hung up.
It smirked. What a mess!
That's it. Starting of the day was the wrong number. She was thinking of him again. Once on her birthday, he pretended to use strange numbers and tantalize her. "I am Hung's friend. Hung had an accident and now he was in room 4, X hospital..." That was the text Nhi received on her birthday. In a shocking moment, she called that number again but no one got the call. He called Hung to see what happened but the last thing she could hear was his weak voice, saying that he was going to be dead. Nhi was so scared, she drove as fast as she could to the hospital, and of course, she was crying all the way there. As she arrived, she went to room 4 to meet Hung but the moment she opened the door, Hung was inside, giving her a big smile and everyone in the room shouted: "Happy birthday to Nhi". "Really? I couldn't believe that. Was it what you wanted? Do you know how much I cared for you?" The little girl's eyes were burned into tears with happiness. Hung came and hugged her so close enough that she could feel his heart beating. "Nhi, will you be my wife?", he asked gently. "Yes, I do..." Nhi cried again. Both were surrounded in the noise of cheers and claps among his co-workers.
Hung was a cardiologist. He was famous in this hospital and everyone admired him a lot. After finishing University, he worked in X hospital followed his Dad's orientation. His Dad used to be a doctor, too but he was retired.
Nhi met Hung in an extra English class in a center near Nhi's working place. Nhi was quite a stubborn girl while Hung was a very easy-going and humorous man.
Nhi turned back to some first pages, looking back how she met her special person.
April 10th, 2011
Dear Diary, today was the most terrible day of my life. My bike was broken down on the way I was going to my extra English class. Then, you know, I had to walk and luckily, I found the motorcycle repair shop. And guess what? I was late for class for nearly half an hour. But that wasn't enough, there was no place left in my class ( I mean the seat back) so I must sit in front next to a young boy. He smiled at me. I thought he was friendly so at the end of the lesson, I asked him for helping a little for the beginning lesson because I missed that part. But he pretended that he didn't listen and went away. I was insane with his behavior. Ahhh
(Nhi didn't know that Hung was putting on his headphones on his ears so he couldn't hear anything.)
April 12th, 2011
I got a very long day studying but I was really happy today. Except for one thing - Him. Ya, I knew his name - Hung. He talked to me very friendly today and I didn't understand why he behaved so strangely. He gave me his old lesson and asked me whether which part I couldn't understand. I said thank you. He was so cute today. I think I like him..
To be continued ...
