Chapter 2 Shy girl
As Raguna was walking up the road to the market, he ran into Cinnamon who was fishing in her usual fishing spot near his house. He looked at her bucket and noticed she didn't catch any fish yet, which was unusual for her.
"Not your day today is it, Cinnamon?" He said as he sat down next to her. A blush crept on her face and she cast her line again. "No…it isn't." He nodded and rubbed his chin.
The water was running fast through the river and the fish swam lazily in it. "It's a nice day out today." He said to her and looked up at the sky. Cinnamon looked up at the sky too and wiped her forehead on her sleeve.
"That cloud formation looks like a bunny." She said out of now where and suddenly felt shy. "Yeah it does, doesn't it?" He laughed. He looked at her and noticed how she looked in the sunlight. Her hair was a shade lighter and she was really pretty behind all that hair.
She caught on that he was staring at her. "What…is it?" She said and stared back at him. His eyes where shining brightly and he had moved closer to her so that their faces were almost touching.
She felt nervous under his stare and turned back to the water. She felt him reach up and touch her face to move a piece of stray hair and tuck it behind her ear. "Why…. did you. ….just do that?" She said to him.
"Shhh," He whispered to her and turned her face back to him.
She was so nervous she was afraid to move her body and was stuck in her place. He inched his face closer to her and closed his eyes. His lips met hers softly and stayed there. She closed her eyes too and inched her face closer molding there lips together. A small blush creeping up her face again. They pulled apart and stayed there smiling at each other.
Before Raguna could kiss her again, the line tugged on her fishing pole hard. "Ahhh!"
Cinnamon screamed, startled and jumped up to reel it in. "Come on Cinnamon! You can do it!"
She spun the lever fast and pulled the rod in. He watched with excitement and laughed at her tiny form catching the fish.
One last tug on the rode sent the fish flying out of the water and into the net Raguna surprisingly held out. Cinnamon hurried and cut the line and got the hook from its mouth. He dropped the fish into the bucket of water and watched it struggle.
Cinnamon was slightly out of breath but smiled at her caught fish anyway. "Candy will be happy that you caught dinner." He said still staring at the fish they just caught. Cinnamon squinted and sighed loudly. "Candy….doesn't like fish. She thinks eating them….is wrong." She suddenly grabbed the fish from the bucket and released it back into the water.
Raguna recoiled at that and looked at her. "Why'd you do that? After all that hard work, you just let it go?" She took her eyes from the water and grimaced from the way he was talking to her.
"I….wasn't going to cook it…..and it's an art to catch and release…them." She said in monotone and sat back down. Raguna just shook his head and waved goodbye. He got up and walked over the bridge to the town before looking back at Cinnamon.
"Weirdo." He thought and kept walking. He didn't know what just made him kiss her, but deep down inside he had regretted just calling her that.