People are amazing
Teru and Ann, who are friends for five years now, are sitting on a riverbank, , when Ann begins to talk to Teru about Maya, his girlfriend, while staring at the beautiful sunset ahead of them.
"Ne, Teru."
"Yes?"
"How did Maya and you come together?"
"Why are you asking me that? It's always the same. Two people come to fall in love with each other and if one of them tells the other his feelings, they eventually go out."
"I know that. But I can't imagine anything of it. I read a lot of love stories and it was, like you said, always the same. But how are people falling in love? Where does this courage to confess come from? I don't get it, really."
"So want to hear another cheesy love story?"
"If it's from you, yes."
"Remember the day I called you because I didn't get any prize for the novel I wrote?"
"Uhm…yeah. I wanted to help you, but you were too angry to listen to what I wanted to say. I'm sorry I couldn't find the right words that time."
"Never mind that, you aren't at fault. I was so upset and thought I lost all my motivation to study and to become an author that I wanted to throw everything away. I didn't want to waste any time just to be sent back to the beginning. I went to the riverbank and stared at the water. I was totally lost. But then Maya got by. I think she heard what happened. As she saw me destroying everything I wrote, she slapped me. I got angry, looked at her and was shocked. She was crying. While crying she told me, that she loved everything I wrote. And that I would totally regret it if I threw my work away. That time, I thought she was naive, but now I know she was right. She said "Please don't give up. I know that you can do it". And when the sunlight was glittering on the water and Maya standing in front of a beautiful sunset, she told me that every dream could become true if you really want it to."
"That's..amazing. It sounds so like a dream."
"Yeah, I almost thought it was one. But you know, what I want to say is, people are amazing. They can change your heart so easily if you let them. I think that was the moment I fell in love with her. I never forgot the smile she gave me that day."
"But that doesn't answer my question. So you fell in love, and then? Just went to her and said that stupid line "I love you" or what?"
"Actually...yeah. Not just that line, but all in all it was like that."
"Now I'm even more confused. I alway thought that I can't imagine something like that, because it only happens in books, but now I know it really is that way. You know...I just don't understand how two people can get so near each other. Everyone thinks I despise romance, but that's not true. Actually I always dreamt of something like that. Somebody to tell me something important. That somebody actually says "I love you"...it all sounds so surreal. I can't imagine anything of that happens to me. I'm afraid...that I'm not capable to be so chummy with somebody. I'm scared that such a day will never happen in my life."
"Don't say something like that. I know I can't say for sure, but I believe that you will find somebody who will be so important to you that even you will let him in your heart. Actually I'm afraid, too. It really seems imaginary. It seems so fragile that it could break apart every moment. So I think what's most important is confidence and the courage to look ahead."
"Maybe you're right. But I still can't believe it. Maybe I will someday."
"You will.”
