Too Long But Absolutely, Absolutely Fantastic

Tree

People call me "Tree".
 

I had dated 5 girls when I was in Pre-U. There is one girl who I love a lot but never dared to go after. She didn't have a pretty face, good figure or an outstanding charm. She was just a very ordinary girl. I liked her. I really liked her. I liked her  innocence, her frankness, her intelligence and her fragility. Reason  for not going after her was that I felt somebody so ordinary like  her was not a good match for me. I was also afraid that after we  were together all the feelings would vanish. I was also afraid other's gossip would hurt her.

I felt that if she were my girl, she'd be mine ultimately & I didn't have to give up eve rything just for her. The last reason, made her  accompanying me for 3 years. She watched me chase other girls, and I  have made her heart cry for 3 years.

She was a good actor, and me a demanding director. When I kissed my  second girlfriend, she bumped into us. She was embarrassed but  smiled & said, "Go on!" before running off. The next day, her eyes  were swollen like a walnut. I did not want to know what caused her  to cry. Later that day, I returned from soccer training to get  something & watched her cry in the classroom for an hour or so. My  fourth girlfriend did not like her. There was once when both of them  quarreled. I know that based on her character she is not the type  that will start the quarrel. However, I still sided my girlfriend. I  shouted at her & ignored her feelings and walked off with my  girlfriend. The next day, she was laughing & joking with me like  nothing happened. I know she was hurt but she did not know deep down  inside I was hurt too.

When I broke up with my fifth girlfriend, I asked her out. Later  that day, I told her I had something to tell her. I told her about  my break up. Coincidentally, she has something to tell me too, about  her getting together. I knew who the person was. His pursuit for her  had been the talk of the School. I did not show her my heartache,  just smiles & best wishes. Once I reached home, I could not breathe.  Tears rolled & I broke down. How many times have I seen her cry for
the man who did not acknowledge her presence?   

During graduation, I read a SMS in my hp. It said, "Leaf's departure  is because of Wind's pursuit. Or because Tree didn't ask her to  stay"

Leaf

People call me Leaf.

During the 3 years of Pre-U, I was on very close terms with a guy as
buddy kind. However, when he had his first girlfriend, I learnt a
feeling I never should have learnt - Jealousy. Sourness to the
extreme limit. They were only together for 2 months. When they broke
up, I hid my happiness. But after a month, he got together with
another girl.

I liked him & I know he liked me. But why won't he pursue me? Since
he loves me why he didn't he make the first move? Whenever he had a
new girlfriend, my heart would hurt. After some time, I began to
suspect that this was one-sided love. If he didn't like me, why did
he treat me so well? It's beyond what you will normally do for a
friend. I know his likes, his habits. But his feelings towards me I
can never figure out. You can't expect me a girl, to ask him.
Despite that, I still wanted to be by his side. Care for him,
accompany him, and love him. Hoping that one day, he will come to
love me. Because of this, I waited for him. Sometimes, I wondered if
I should continue waiting. The pain, the dilemma accompanied me for
3 years.

At the end of my 3rd year, a junior pursues me. Everyday he pursues
me. He's like the cool & gentle wind, trying to blow off a leaf from
a tree. In the end, I realized that I wanted to give this wind a
small footing in my heart. I know the wind will bring the leaf to a
better land. Finally, leaf left the tree, but the tree only smiled &
didn't ask me to stay.

Leaf's departure is because of Wind's pursuit. Or cause Tree didn't
ask her to stay.
 

Wind
 

Because I like a girl called leaf. Because she's so dependent on
tree, so I have to be a gust wind. A wind that will blow her away.
When I first met her, it was 1 month after I was transferred to this
new school. I saw a petite person look ing at my seniors & me
playing soccer. During ECA time, she will always be sitting there.
Be it alone or with her friends, looking at him. When he talks with
girls, there's jealousy in her eyes. When he looked at her, there's
a smile in her eyes. Looking at her became my habit. Just like, she
likes to look at him.

One day, she didn't appear. I felt something missing. I can't
explain the feeling except it's a kind of uneasiness. The senior was
also not there as well. I went to their classroom, hid outside and
saw my senior scolding her. Tears were in her eyes while he left.
The next day, I saw her at her usual place, looking at him. I walked
over and smiled to her. Took out a note & gave to her. She was
surprised. She looked at me, smiled & accepts the note. The next
day, she appeared & passes me a note and left.

It read, "Leaf's heart is too heavy and wind couldn't blow her
away."

"It's not that leaf heart is too heavy. It because leaf never want
to leave tree." I replied her note with this statement and slowly
she started to talk to me & accept my presents & phone calls. I know
that the person she loves is not me. But I have this perseverance
that one day I will make her like me. Within 4 months, I have
declared my love for her no less than 20 times. Every time, she will
divert away from the topic. But I never give up. If I decide I want
her to be mine, I will definitely use all means to win her over. I
can't remember how many times I have declared my love to her.
Although I know, she will try to divert but I still bear a small ray
of hope.

Hoping that she will agree to be my girlfriend. I didn't hear any
reply from her over the phone. I asked, "What are you doing? How
come you didn't want to reply?" She said, "I'm nodding my
head". "Ah?" I could n't believe my ears. "I'm nodding my head" She
replied loudly. I hang up the phone, quickly changed and took a taxi
and rush to her place & press her doorbell. During the moment when
she opens the door, I hugged her tightly.

Leaf departure is because of Wind pursuit. Or because Tree didn't
ask her to stay...
 

Moral

In love, we win very rarely, but when love is true, even if you
lose, you still win just for having the tingle of loving someone
more than you love yourself.

There comes a time when we stop loving someone, not because that
person has stopped loving us but because we have found out that,
they'd be happier if we let go....

Why do we close our eyes when we sleep? When we cry? When we
imagine? When we kiss?

This is because THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THINGS IN THE WORLD ARE UNSEEN.

There are things that we never want to let go of, people we never
want to leave behind, but keep in mind that letting go isn't the end
of the world. It's the beginning of a new life. Happiness lies for
those who cry those who hurt, those who have searched and those who
have tried. For only they can appreciate the importance of the
people who have touched our lives.

A great love? It's when you shed tears and still you care for them,
it's when they ignore you and still you long for them. It's when
they begin to love another and yet you smile and say, "I'm happy for
you." If love fails, set yourself free, let your heart spread its
wings and fly again. Remember you may find love and lose it, but
when love dies, you never have to die with it.

The strongest people are not those who always win but those who
stand back up when they fall. Somehow, along the course of life, you
learn about yourself and realize that there should never be regrets,
only a lifelong appreciation of the choices you've made.

Loving is not how you forget but how you forgive, not how you listen
but how you understand, not what you see but how you feel, and not
how you let go but how you hold on.

It's more dangerous to weep inwardly rather than outwardly. Outward
tears can be wiped away while secret tears scar forever. ..

It's best to wait for the one you want than settle for one that's
available. It's best to wait for the right one because life is too
short to waste on just someone.

The key to everything is patience