Disclaimer: The scene with Lei on the beach was inspired by my ever-so-lovely, one-and-only, Jie Jie. Jessica dear, wo ai ni! And dui bu qi for not crediting your lonely waves earlier. (sweetheartbreak)

A/N: Another chapter done. It might be the last chapter I upload for a few days.

I seem to have reached a period of writer's block.

HAPPY READING!!!

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CHAPTER 3: REMEMBER I LOVE YOU

Di Da Di Da

Your falling tear drop

Di Da Di Da

A delicate crystal

Di Da Di Da

How to not be bothered?

Getting farther and farther away from you with each day

Every breath I take only brings me back your memories

I want declare my love to you and get close to your heart again.

Vic Zhou – Remember I Love You

Why do I feel like this relationship Mei Zuo is starting to come to an end? I can tell that it's dragging Mei Zuo down…he's not used to long-term relationships.

Ever since the day the spent together at the beach, Mei Zuo had suddenly seemed to be avoiding Xiao Qiao. If his cell phone wasn't turned off, Mei Zuo wouldn't even return her messages asking him to call. Xiao Qiao even resorted to going to Mei Zuo's house to confront him, but the servants told her that he wasn't home and asked her to leave.

I love you. Wo ai ni. I really love you. Wo shi zhen de hen ai ni.

The sudden ringing of her cell phone gave Xiao Qiao quite a shock. Still absorbed in her thoughts, she continued to sit there listening to her ring tone of Mei Zuo declaring his love for her. Finally, Xiao Qiao awoke from her daze and reached to answer her phone.

"Hello?"

"Xiao Qiao? I will pick you up tonight at eight, okay? I have something really important to tell you."

"Orh. Okay." Why does he sound so disappointed?

"Bye bye."

I wonder what he has to say to me. Is he planning to end our relationship once and for all?

- - - - - - - -

Everyone has left me behind, forgotten all about me. They all have their own love lives to attend to. Mei Zuo has Xiao Qiao. Xi Men has Bai He. And Dao Ming Si…he has San Cai. The same San Cai that could have been mine.

Lei is sitting alone by the beach, staring intently at the dark, rolling waves. He is so absorbed in his own thoughts that he doesn't realize that the tide is getting higher. Too late, he realizes that he should have moved farther away from the water; he is already sitting in three inches of water. But he still remains seated in his place, dwelling on his memories that happened in the past on this beach.

// FLASHBACK //

"Why is the person that I love not you?" asks Lei as he gently stares at San Cai.

Tears are rolling down Lei's face as he pulls San Cai toward him to kiss her on her forehead. Slowly, Lei turns his attention to kissing San Cai on her lips.

Pulling away from the kiss, Lei wraps his arms tightly around San Cai as though afraid that she would disappear in front of him. "You are so skinny. If I use a bit more strength in holding you, I would break you."

Crying on Lei's shoulder, San Cai replies, "It doesn't matter. Just hold me. Even if I break, it won't matter."

Upon hearing these words, Lei hugs her tightly to him.

// END FLASHBACK //

That was then. Now, Lei wishes to ask San Cai, "Why is the person that I love, you?" Lei had just recently realized that the feeling he felt for San Cai was not the feeling between mutual friends. If it wasn't for Ah Mei's words, Lei would still be denying his love for San Cai. Pushing his love to a place where he couldn't find it.

Why was I so stupid? Why didn't I open my eyes? When I had my chance with San Cai, I didn't speak up. Maybe it was because of the experience I had with my first love, Ah Jing? I have just realized that Ah Jing and San Cai are two very different people. Why did I just give up on the love of my life because of Ah Jing? Why? Now, it is too late. I have no choice but to support Dao Ming Si and San Cai's relationship.

No longer thinking about his own actions, Lei takes out his cell phone and dials a number. This time, he does not stop himself from calling.

- - - - - - - -

"Eh, you go through so much trouble and arguing with the waiter and you still didn't get me back my strawberry? You still owe me a strawberry, Ah SI" exclaims a joyous San Cai.

San Cai and Dao Ming Si are walking down an extremely scenic path. This path represents the relationship between Dao Ming Si; seemingly endless, with pebbly flaws. But there is still beauty to their path of love, despite the obstacles they have already overcome.

"San Cai, tell me. Do you love me?"

"Ah Si, you pig head! You still have to ask me such a silly question?"

"Well, just answer. Do you really love me?"

"Dao Ming Si, you know that the one I love is you. I really love you. Honest."

"Then, how much do you love me?"

"Aiyo! Why are you being so annoying? I love you enough, okay."

"Eh, don't be annoyed. I just want to know. I don't want anyone to take you away from me. I wouldn't…" Dao Ming Si stops in the middle of his sentence when he hears the sound of San Cai's ringing cell phone.

San Cai turns away from Dao Ming Si to answer her phone, while Dao Ming Si just stands there, studying the way San Cai looks from the side.

"Wei? Hello?"

San Cai can barely make out the whispers of words that are coming out of Lei's mouth, but she can hear the sound of the ocean in the background. She knows that Lei is at the beach. "San Cai, is it really you? I have to tell you something very important. I have kept it from myself and the world long enough already."

"Lei? What is it? Are you in trouble?"

Hearing that Lei could be in trouble, Dao Ming Si jerks awake from his stupor.

"No, San Cai. The only trouble that I am filled with is my heart troubles. San Cai, I have thought about this for so long already. Did you know? The one I love is you. Without knowing that you were alive in this world, I wouldn't even bother waking from my fifteen-hour sleeps." With that said, Lei hangs up on San Cai. Now that he had spoken his mind, Lei isn't all that sure about what he just did.

Completely taken by surprise, San Cai only manages to continue holding the phone to her ear, even though the line is already dead. She quickly covers her shock from the Lei's revelation by telling Dao Ming Si that Lei was just calling to see how they were doing in Barcelona.

A/N: This was a chapter where important revelations were made. Some of you may have already predicted what was happening before, so now you know for sure. This is an okay chapter, but I am not all that satisfied with the way it came out. Oh well. I guess I just have to make the next chapters better, then. :)

Please review…anything is welcome. Especially suggestions and feedback to help me out.

THANKIES, EVERYONE!!!