Fate or Mere Coincidence
I stood up once again and sighed. I placed the bell back into my pocket and headed back home. I stared at the sky as the sun went over the horizon. You'd think that I've seen every sunset. I smiled to myself.
Suddenly, I felt something hit my foot and fell to the ground. I was expecting to be caught by warm, gentle arms, but unfortunately I was only rescued by the cold, hard pavement.
"Ow." I yelped.
I slowly got back to my feet and noticed that I'd skinned my knee pretty badly. I sighed and wondered what had tripped me. I then saw a soda can that had been flattened by my fall. When did this get here? I pondered.
I shrugged and continued on my way. As I turned the other direction I ran into a body. I almost fell again from the impact and immediately closed my eyes. Luckily, hands grabbed my arms and saved me from another dreadful fall. I opened my eyes and was expecting to see Inuyasha or Hojo, but instead I saw a boy with long black hair which was half covered by a blue baseball cap. He was wearing a red jacket which was unzipped, revealing a white t-shirt and blue jeans as well.
I blushed and he raised an eyebrow and asked, "Are you okay?"
I nodded and said quietly, "I'm fine."
He sighed, "You should be more careful."
I was taken aback, but bit my tongue to keep from being rude. After all, I had no idea who this even was.
"Well see ya then." He dismissed and turned to leave.
I yelled after him, "Wait!"
He turned his head towards me and asked, "What do you want now?"
I rubbed the back of my head and replied embarrassed, "Sorry. I don't know why I suddenly shouted at you."
I was so embarrassed that I dashed away back to my house. I felt so stupid for doing that, but I didn't know what else to do.
When I finally reached the door to my house, I was so out of breath that I nearly collapsed onto the floor. I slipped out of my shoes and then climbed the stairs to my room.
I fell onto my bed and sighed, "Wow! That was stupid of me. Why did I shout after him!?"
I rolled over onto my stomach and said aloud, "And why did he look so familiar?"
I then sat up and shook my head clear. I put my hand into the pocket of my jacket to take the bell out, but when I reached my hand in, the bell was gone. I panicked. What!? Where'd it go?
I flashed back to the park when I fell and realized that I may have dropped it there. I hit my head with my fist and growled, "Stupid."
I was about to race back to the park to see if I could find it, when all of a sudden I heard tapping sounds on my window. I turned around and noticed that it was being pummeled by small rocks. I opened my window and looked down to see a reddish figure. The boy from earlier. But…what is he-?
My thought was interrupted by him shouting up to me, "Hey! I think you dropped something when you so rudely ran away!"
I cocked my head and then exclaimed, "You found my bell!?"
He nodded and yelled, "Want me to throw it up there?"
I shook my head and shouted back, "No, that's okay. I'll come and get it. Wait there, ok?"
He gave me the 'ok' sign and I closed the window and ran downstairs. I opened the door and quietly closed it.
"Here ya go." He said casually and handed the bell back to me. I smiled and thanked him. "Ah. No sweat."
"Well…I feel like I owe you something."
"Nah. Really. It's fine. I just thought it was the right thing to do."
"Oh…even so, it was still very considerate of you."
He smiled and tipped his hat. "I better be going."
I asked, "Must you go so soon? You only just arrived. Won't you join me for dinner?"
He shrugged, "If I'm not imposing."
I shook my head, "Not at all."
I grabbed his hand and dragged him into my house. I didn't know why I felt so comfortable around him. Was I falling in love or perhaps it was just because he was so nice and mature? In either case, I found a new friend who cleared the dark clouds of despair away. Who is this mysterious boy and why did I meet him? Was it fate again?
