& surprised me on 21st July 2009.
Rewind to about a week before.
I was chatting to Andrew on MSN one night.
He told me when his birthday was and that he's having a small birthday dinner with a few close friends at Rakuzen on the 21st.
I said "Oh great! I would definitely be there."
A few days later, he mentioned to me that the dinner would be at 5p.m.
I thought about it for a while and remembered the last time I went there, they said they only open at 6p.m.
I told him about it & he said he booked it privately for all of us at an earlier time.
Stupidly, I believed him.
There's nothing a little money can't do, right?
On the day itself, loads of people congratulated Andrew 'cause of facebook notifications.
During lunch, May asked me what I would be wearing for the dinner later & she told me she was going to wear her new green dress.
I told her I had no idea and maybe just grab something from my closet..
So, May thought it would be a good idea to go shopping & coincidentally, I had a rm70 voucher for Square Room from the Jog For Hope prizes.
May was really nice, trying her best to find something for me to wear.
& 15 minutes before class, I found a gorgeous blue dress! :)
Andrew asked me to be there by 4.30p.m. & I told him that I would be slightly late as I had an impromptu student council meeting.
Reluctantly, he said "okay, but try to be there asap. before 5p.m."
managed to get there by 5 p.m.
Went through the back door of Rakuzen, all dolled-up, thinking that people would be there already cause I was late.
& when I stepped into the restaurant, I saw waiters walking back and forth, some mopping the floor.
Shit, I thought.
"Okay.. maybe they're in a private room or something"
I called Andrew & May & Kit Yi, and they ALL didn't pick up!
I asked the waitress who approached me, she said that they're only open at 6p.m.
"Yes. I knew that," I thought.
and I asked her to check whether there was a booking under Andrew's name at 5p.m..
She said it was impossible, but checked anyway.
Nope. No Andrew. Just a Bob. The only English name there.
:S
Surprised, I called Andrew over and over again.
Apparently, he left for the toilet and is coming back soon.
I told him about the bookings, he told me that "oh. I think my parents booked it under their name."
Stupidly, I believed him. Again.
I thought "Bob" might be his father's name as there weren't any Chan's there.
I thought, if he were to be in the toilet, it's right outside the restaurant.
Told the waitress that I'll be right back and walked out of the restaurant to wait for him and the others.
Rakuzen was actually situated at the corner or the shopping mall, so you can't really see what's going on along the hallway unless you peek out. Pretty isolated.
I walked out of the blind spot and browsed quickly of the hallway, then turned back to the restaurant.
"EH!"
I turn back, I saw him walking towards me with the silly grin I love so much hanging on his face.
My mind couldn't process at all.
I was just standing there with my mouth wide open, as if attracting flies to rest on their own little bench.
He was walking towards me, his right hand behind his back, holding a huge plastic bag. He slowly pulled out a bouquet of roses out of the bag and shoved it in my face.
A few seconds later, I reacted by turning away, laughing, thinking it was just a dream or hallucination.
It could just disappear like that if I looked away.
Then he grabbed me, stared into my eyes and kissed me.
It felt too long.
It felt like forever.
To be honest, I can't remember how it felt like. To kiss him after 7 months of longing and torture.
My lips were numb.
My limbs were numb.
My body was going to break if he had hold me any longer.
But I do remember that moment frozed, like those in storybooks which you could just imagine.
Or fake Disney Channel movies, that you just have goosebumps just by thinking about it.
It was somehow real.. to me.
It IS real!
and to think now,
I see him every day,
I kiss him every day,
I hold him every day,
I look into his eyes every day,
I could smell his scent almost every day,
I could play with his hair almost every day,
I could feel his skin against mine almost every day.
I can love him every day. In person.
I love you.
