~The Start of a Bromance~
Around Crystal Stream, a small warrior nicknamed "Weird" or "Wei" explored the area while trying to complete one of his requests. He had a horrible sense of direction, so the way he went depended on how he felt. Wei found the sceneries quite beautiful, but soon enough it started to become colder as he kept walking. Out of curiosity, he continued walking in the same direction even though he was not so good with the cold. He could handle it, but not for a long time. As he continued to walk, he noticed a town in the distance.
"A town of snow… If I remember correctly, it was called… Magic Ridge…? Mana Ridge…? Hm… I don't remember which one it was… Oh well, where there's a town, there's bound to be warm food to eat!"
The snow began to become thicker and rain soon started to pour down from the sky. Wei kept telling himself that he would be able to at least make it into town and find shelter. He was turning a bit blue, but he tried his best to ignore the cold and kept walking.
Right when he finally reached the town's entrance, he fell to his knee and panted exhaustedly as the rain continued to fall. This was a little too much for him to handle since he came from an area that was warm and rarely cold! He did like rain, but he didn't like it when he had to also carry around heavy items with him in the rain. Wei let out a long sigh and his sight began to become fuzzy due to the cold.
"Well… I did say I could make it to the town at least…" As he fainted, he heard a voice that was a little familiar to him yet not familiar.4
From the sound of boiling water to the smell of herbs, Wei woke up in a bed and was a little confused of where he was. He got up and looked around and started at a light figure that looked a little smaller than he was. It was a cleric! He must have found Wei on the ground. As he finally remembered that he was really blue before he went out like a candle, he looked at his hands and noticed that he was still a little blue. Wei sighed and soon the cleric noticed that he had awoken.
"Oh, you're finally awake… What is a warrior, dressed so little like you, doing in Mana Ridge?" said the cleric as he looked for more herbs in the shelves to put into the soup. Wei looked at him for awhile and then gave a smile to the unknown cleric.
"Nothing much actually, I was just exploring the area until I accidently wandered my way here," laughed Wei. The cleric gave a glance at Wei as if he was a mad man and then the clock rang. He turned to the pot and poured some into a small wooden bowl in a tray. There was also a cup on the tray, he putted in a flower and some dry leaves in it and then poured hot water into it. Wei just watched the cleric as he brought the tray to him.
"That seems very careless; I thought warriors were a little more careful about their surroundings, guess I was wrong. Here, these should warm you up." Wei looked at it in suspicion at first, but then just dug right into and finished it in seconds. The soup and tea burned his mouth a little, but it was better than freezing to death.
"Phew! Thanks for the meal," sighed Wei who was very satisfied.
He looked at the cleric who was sitting by the window and just kept wondering why he seemed a little familiar to him.
"Is something wrong?"
"Have I met you somewhere before?" stated Wei bluntly.
The cleric stared at him for awhile stunned by the question and the burst out with laughter. Wei thought about it and felt a bit embarrassed from what he just said. It must have been a stupid question. He waited for the cleric to stop laughing so that he could get a straight answer.
"Well I can't say that I have met you before, I think this is the first time we've met. The name's Lee Yeon Min, but people just call me "Leo" for some reason. How about you?"
"My name is highly classified, but people usually call me "The Weird Asian Dude" or "Wei"," laughed Wei thinking about how ridiculous it is yet so true.
Leo and Wei talked about many random things for the rest of the day as the rain continued pouring. When Wei left the next day to head for Carderock, the two parted their ways… for awhile. Both of them met once again after a few days and it seems Leo made grown a bit since the day they met. Wei didn't mind it since he was still a little shorter than he was, and time passed by quickly for the two friends. They became close and always hung out with each other.
A year has passed since that one rainy night, and Leo had become taller and stronger than Wei. Wei stayed almost completely the same, but he teases Leo even more. Even though they argued most of the time about little things, they joked about it and were just the closest of friends after just a year.