Thursday, July 28, 2005
8:21 PM
Part 2
K said “Hey, although we have often talked online, I didnt feel that I needed to get your number or anything. I didn’t feel like talking to u in person, I myself don’t know why” something like that...T replied “ yes, because u are “dao”, always pretend that u never see me. I often wanted to say hi but u were always walking around in a hurry”
So K, at this point of time, know that he had not been “normal” to T. He realised that he was afraid of being normal to T. Why was that so? It is very simple. T bears an uncanny resemblance to K’s gf. Both were sweet petite girls. K was afraid of taking T as a substitute... (they were in the same school, but K’s gf at that time was in another Jc ). And so K asked himself, why are u acting so strangely towards T? he didn’t know.
But he said that golden line “do u want to meet me face to face? “ K couldnt believe that he typed that sentence. He keep telling himself.. If T rejects him this once, he would never think about asking her out again and leave things as they are. He really didn’t know what to do at that point of time. And T replied…..“ u Are always so dao towards me, are u sure u wanna meet me? I dont mind meeting u face to face..”
K replied “ no, I am not someone who is dao… Since u so onz, how about tomorrow? K was just banging on his chances. He was just asking for the sake of asking her, and by asking for tomorrow, K thought that she would have already made programmes…And so T replied “ tomorrow I would be having dance rehearsals….”And so K thought “ well, this is all fated, I would not ask her out anymore….”BUT … after saying that… T said… “I can meet u after that…”
T was a very protected girl. She can never go out after 8 pm. The latest that she can go is only during special occasions like prom night or chalets with teachers in it. So by asking K to go out after her rehearsals, it meant that T would have to meet K at around 8 pm. BTW T lives in the west, so she was making a move that might get herself into trouble. But when she asked K to meet her after her rehearsals, K didn’t think that T parents were so strict. K didn’t know that she had never gone out with guys till such a “late” time. ( the late time was actually very early, after 8 pm ) And so K replied…..“ can I have your number so that I can contact u to facilitate our meeting?”And T replied “ sure, can I have your number too?”
And that was how K and T exchanged numbers. For such a long time after knowing T, K has never asked for her number before, neither did T asked for K’s number. But that night, both of them exchanged their numbers after about five months. That changed everything forever.The next day came, and K was in a dilemna. He told himself, if T was ever going to be late, he would just leave, and leave her a voicemail that he was leaving. And so they fixed the meeting time at 7 pm in the evening. K knows that dance rehearsals usually end at around that time, and T would take sometime to meet him at a certain MRT Station control. So 7 pm came, and K’s heart raced faster. K keep telling himself to wait for T for only 15 mins. The moment K reached, he sent a page to T, telling her that he reached. Time was 7 pm exactly. At that time handphones were not common, only pagers. K hoped that T would be late and so that he wouldnt wait for her, as he feel very very uneasy to meet T, it was like meeting another variation of his gf. SO came 7.15, K msged T again to say that he was leaving, bye. Just like that… just as K was about to leave the mrt, he received a page that said please wait for me, I am coming now. So K was really in a dilemma. He didn’t know whether to wait or to leave. But to leave just like that was very very rude as T was already rushing to meet him. So finally he waited… as 7.20 approached, K thought of his gf, he thought that by meeting T, he was actually being a very unfaithful guy. And he picked himself up to leave. And so K left the mrt station, and walked towards the bus interchange.. when he reached the bus interchange, who else but Fate rounded them up again...
