She’s not mad at me is she?
Who? Her. She always fancies you ever since she first saw you.
Look at her face. That’s worse than a bull on a rampage. Hahahaha.
What I would have given for that laugh… He’s so serious, yet so funny. Hahaha.
She’s just… so…
Now I really wish he was here… we would have looked so perfectly made for each other…
… lovely… He would have kissed me by now… and hold on to me so tightly…
God, please let this night last longer…
He’s shaking… God… please help me…
You okay? Hm? You don’t look so good. Nah, I’m fine.
…You sure? You’re making me worry…
No, no, don’t be. I’m okay… really…
You know you can alwa- Look!
(boom… boom…)Wow… biggest one I’ve ever seen.
I love the ones that look like a rose. They’re so pretty.
I just love all of them… I remember the first time my dad brought me to a fireworks display.
When was that?
When I was really small… he used to put me on his shoulder and I would hold on to his head. And mom would bring the food to us. She always bring too much. Hahaha.
… You really miss them don’t you?
…
Sometimes I really don’t know how you can live all by yourself. I mean, if I were you, I wouldn’t be able to last even a whole day, let alone 5 years.
Hey, a man gotta survive. That’s what us humans used to be. Survivors in nature.
Still… it must’ve been tough eh?
Yeah… they were good people… You always do stuff together?
We used to go somewhere every weekend… sometimes it’s the beach, sometimes it’s Empire, sometimes it’s just a movie at the mall. My dad used to teach me how to best take care of a woman. What’s that supposed to mean?
I mean, how to attract them, how not to, how to make them hate you, how to love a woman… stuff like that. But even with that sort of education, he and mom were the most perfect of couples. If you had seen them around, you would never think they had been married for long.
But didn’t your mom do anything about what he taught you?
She refused to “play” with him for the day. Hahahaha.
And my mom used to cook loads of great food. I may be the only son, but she cooked dinner like it was for 10.
Did you finish it all? Nah, my dad does. Hahahaha.
And dad used to bring me out to run, and usually drags mom to jog with him.
No wonder you guys never get fat.
And he trains me like I’m a recruit or something. What do expect from a Brigadier with an only son anyway. But I owe these six packs to him though.
They must be great parents.… I never appreciated them much… not until…
It was at Jerudong wasn’t it?
He never wanted to leave mom’s side, no matter where… never came back... and he left me stranded on a boat.
You were lucky the storm didn’t get you. I was lucky I even made it out alive.
Yeah… I remember waiting for you to wake up at hospital.
That cut cost me a marathon. I was worried you know. Really?
Of course! I mean, who wouldn’t be worried when their best friend ended up in hospital?
Over a small cut like that? It was huge!
I wouldn’t know. It’s not nice having bandages all over you leg when you try to jog.
Were you? I thought you had to rest for a couple of weeks.
It feels better to move around rather than lie down all the time.
Why did you want to leave the house anyway? We were like family weren’t we?
Yeah, but I can never leave the house my parents left me, could I? Even if it means living all by myself.
You didn’t have to run away. I guessed your parents wouldn’t let me.
[end part 2]
