ONE WAY TRIP
Chapter One - Love At First Sight
It was love at first sight.
I met him at the holiday resort in Furano, during the summer holidays, when my parents had taken me there. To have a nice change from urban Tokyo, they'd said.
He was there when he arrived, walking alone along the third floor corridor.
"It's Room 304, right, kaa-san?" I had just asked, when a door to our right opened, and out he came.
The boy with longish, light brown hair that fell stylishly over his cheerfully closed eyes, framing a pointed face with a comfortable tanned complexion. A small, gentle yet assured smile graced his lips.
I remember keeping half an eye on him as I'd walked in the opposite direction, towards the room kaa-san, tou-san and I were to share, soaking up his mellow features.
We passed each other at one point. He tilted his head, nodded slightly and smiled a little wider, just for me. I was too off balance to smile back.
I honestly kicked myself for that, afterwards, and resolved to do better next time.
There would be a next time, I decided.
Even if getting interested in a guy after just seeing him once was a one way trip to heartbreak, I still wanted to meet him again.
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Author's Note: Look, sorry about the short chapters. I intended for this to be a one shot in the first place, but it was way too long for that, so I'm splitting up the chapters according to the times they meet and that sort of thing.