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Chapter 4 – Shooting star
"What would you wish for on a shooting star?", Haru asked softly and Rin turned her head to look at him curiously. She could barely make out his eyes in the darkness, but she felt his gaze on her. Warm, soft and deep, enveloping her in a sense of comfort and security, like only Haru's eyes made her feel.
"I don't know", she answered.
"Don't your have any wishes?", he asked again. And she didn't answer, because they both knew that she had far more than one wish.
"What I wish for the most can't become true by a shooting star. It's too much to ask for. I don't believe in this kind of thing anyway", she finally said and Haru didn't question her further.
For a long time they just stared up into the night sky, looking at the stars.
They both saw the shooting star at the same time. Haru sat up in excitement and pointed to it.
"Did you see it?", he asked and laid down again.
"Yeah." For a moment she was silent. "Haru, did you wish for something?"
"Yeah. Do you want to know what?". He turned to her again.
"You can't tell, because it won't come true if you did", she silenced him and smiled. She didn't need to hear his wish to know what it was. She could hear the love and longing in his voice.
Then she saw another star fall and this time she closed her eyes, sending a silent prayer to the sky.
"Did you make a wish?", he asked.
"Yeah."
"I thought you didn't believe in this kind of thing."
"Just to make sure", she answered and stared up into the sky again.
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The End
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