He Promised Her: Love you from Tomorrow On

玉儿

He, a handsome man, who was very popular with girls, with gloomy eyes, fashionable hairstyle…

She, a prefect creature, sunshine, optimistic, who was more beautiful than the morning stars and the white moon…

One day, as usual, he was walking along a quiet, tree-lined road. He loved maple trees, so everyday he would walk there. Oh, I think I should not say “as usual”, because that day was unusual, that day he met her. That day she was also walking there ,very gracefully ,wearing a white suit and dark trousers , seemed so pure just like crystal…He was moved by her , lost in thought ,smiling to himself .The warm , golden sunshine cast on her face , made a fine picture of a nymph … He stood there as though rooted in the mud under his feet ,then with a feeling of isolation , as if they were Adam and Eve… He went towards her, however, plucking up his courage …Then their romantic story began.

    After their first encounter, he went to that road more frequently whenever the weather was rain or sunny, just wanting to see she once again. Everything happened naturally, at first they were common friends, and now they became lovers. They always walked together especially along the road which was lined with maple trees, the place where they had met for the first time. Whenever he stayed with her, he found he was in the heaven, in the paradise, full of elegant flowers, clean streams running through it, birds, butterflies and so on …

  They were very happy, after they fell in love with each other. He changed a lot because of her, his eyes were not so gloomy any more. They both felt very satisfied to have each other as a company. They both showed thanks to the God, for the present he had given them ---love.

Time flowed by, they had met in spring and now it was winter. Everything was as usual, except that their love became more and more deeper.
That day was cloudy and windy, and they walked along the road as before. Then suddenly he said that “Oh, my darling I have forgotten something in my room, and I want to fetch it. I will be back soon, will you wait for me here just for a few moments?” “I want to go with you.” She said naughtily. He did not know how to refuse this beauty, only said that “Ok, but you must wait outside my room.” She agreed quickly, and then they walked towards his room, hand in hand. According to their agreement, she waited outside his room. He went into his room flustered, and closed the door after him without locking it. She felt very astonished, everything seemed so mysterious, but she did not think much of that. Some few minutes passed, he still did not come out. Then she was a litter impatient , driving by the curiosity , she opened the carefully … She stood there trembling and cold with fear ,hardly conscious of herself , standing there shaking like a leaf in a storm , hot tears pouring down her face … He was squatting in the corner of the washing room without turning on the light , dark , very dark … She rushed out of his room to the place where they had met for the first time , crying bitterly , helplessly . “When you cry, the whole world will cry with you.” The fierce wind came rushing from every direction, lashing up the only leaves which were left on the trees.

After that they had not seen each other for a long time, because she refused to see him, however he begged her. Then one day, he heard that she was in hospital occasionally. He did not think about it for a second, running towards to the hospital. He knew that clearly, if anything untoward should happen to her, he would not live alone, because to him, she was the whole world.

Finally he arrived at the sickroom, through the small window of the door’s, he looked at her with deep feeling. Though he was afraid of her frigid manners and cold eyes, he still plucked up his courage, opening the door softly. He went to her bedside quietly, and he could not believe his eyes, how could such a lovely girl become so haggard in such a few days. She was sleeping , frowning , with tears still standing in her face … Seeing this his heart was broken , he cried in a sobbing way , like a child , holding her small soft cold hand tightly , he was confessing his sins to her , because he hurt her so deeply … Maybe she felt his warm hand she opened her eyes slowly , removed his tears for him , saying that “I am happy to see you are here , I  miss you very much . Do not cry for me, just a common fever, it is really does not matter.” He was much more miserable, she did not say a single word to blame him. She still was beautiful, much more charming than before even though she was tortured by the disease …
...to be continued....