Chicken noodle soup

Once upon a time there were two people walking down the street at noon. It was a rather ordinary cold, cloudy noon. The girl was wearing a beautiful green dress and a jacket and the young man a business suit. The street was full of shops, but none was interesting to the girl since she was looking at something beneath her waist line: the young man's hand.

They used to walk holding hands. They used to call each other sweetheart, or love, but things took a strange turn and he became colder and colder. Now, they have seen each other again and after at first Hi she got and awkward kiss on the check and a "let`s go for a walk". She tried unsuccessfully to catch up to take the young man's hand, but before reaching his goal, the hand of him was ahead. She tried several times more, without success. Suddenly, he stopped walking, took the hands of the girl in his and stood in front of her. Their gazes met. For an instant, her heart skipped a beat when she looked into his eyes and with a languid and choked voice he started talking,

-You know ... I'm really looking for –he paused - Some noodle soup.

-Well, then let's go to lunch- the girl answered smiling. It was not what she had planned for the first time seeing him in a long time. Five months. Well, five months with fifteen days, but ... who counts? They walked down the street, holding hands. She felt relief and cold knees. No matter what she wanted a romantic moment for both of them so she chose to wear her best dress and make up.

There were many things in the head of the girl, she couldn't really understand the reasons behind his cold treatment. Long ago, he was her best friend. Then he became the man who promised to be the best boyfriend she could have, that she will never have to be alone, that he will always be by her side. Five months ago, another woman, an old flame of this, threatened him to shame him with photos that could affect his career. Now, she was gone, took a job in another city and some ransom money that she asked to the couple. Serena paid, she saw no other choice, but Seiya never forgave her and he became colder. Later he left to get a better job position and repaid that money or so he said.

The girl had thought of that day countless times.

In the neighborhood there was a Chinese restaurant, an Italian restaurant, a bar with tapas, a broiler of chickens. All delicious

- where do you want to go? - Serena asked smiling.

Seiya pointed to a place with a narrow entrance, with a blackboard that read "Lunches three dollars". They entered the site and Serena noticed that the place was full of office workers in old shirts, workers and drivers, but she said nothing, she just followed her companion. There were small empty tables in the back of the room. However, he took her by the hand to a table for six, which in fact already had two diners and was close to the kitchen. One diner wore a dusty, sweaty T-shirt and the other had a car alarm next to his soup.

The menu consisted of chard soup and rice with grilled chicken and tomato and onion salad. Serena got ready to take her soup, while he told her about his work and what he had done over the weekend. When the soup was finished, she raised her head to look at the sides and realized that one of the subjects had already left, but the other was dozing in his seat. He looked very peaceful, his head was back and his mouth was semi-open.

It was at that moment that Serena felt how a void in the pit of her stomach began to form. She tried to fill that void by quickly devouring the rice with chicken and concentrating all her thoughts on the texture and taste of the meat. It was delicious, certainly, but she had not come to see him becauses he wanted company for lunch. She wanted to hug him, kiss him and know if they could keep seeing each other, if he would leave again soon and if he really loved her. The sighs and the grim expression on Serena's face were finally noticed by her companion. Seiya asked

-Is something the matter?

Serena took a deep breath, smiled as best she could, and replied - I'll tell you later. She refused to reveal her heart in front of a stranger who was actually starting to drool.

- Sure you're okay? Seiya asked.

- Yes. She nodded.

- Is the chicken delicious? He asked.

- Delicious - she answered

Finally Serena realized that while Seiya had put a lot of sauces (tomato, mayonnaise, mustard) in his rice dish. She had not touched the containers of them. She had not even paid attention to them until now. However, it was already late, there were only a few tiny remains of meat and bones on his plate. She did not say anything else the rest of the lunch.

At the end of the meal, Seiya paid for their plates and while waiting for the change he approached her and planted a quick kiss on the lips.

Serena's face finally lit up and smiling, she told him

- It took you half an hour to remember…

He took her hand in his and they started walking, She was too happy for his gesture. Soon after he said.

- I have a meeting I should go now- he kissed her in the cheek and run away.

She stayed there… wondering if he still loved her…. Not realizing that someone was following her.

who is following the heroine? what is happening to Seiya?