She is always in motion. Constantly she moves from place to place, constantly her mouth moves with song and words. Listening to the people around her, she thinks of motion and how she cannot seem to stop, even for the things she used to enjoy. So one day, with no consultation to her family or even her agent, she leaves, going to a small island where she thinks for a while she can be still. She takes up fishing again and goes to the beach often.

There she meets a boy who is rarely in motion. He speaks slowly, thinking carefully about each word. She thinks when she first meets him that he must be unhappy to be so quiet, so content without motion. But unbelievably, as they come to know each other better and as he becomes dear to her heart, she realizes that he takes life bit by bit in order to savor each taste, each sound, each moment. She realizes that he is the happiest person she knows.

At least, she believes that he the happiest person she knows until one day he confesses love, and then she decides that the happiest person is her.

AUTHOR'S NOTES

This couple, as Neko-lily pointed out, is my first Island of Happiness couple. And the couple is…. Lanna and Denny! I like this couple a lot; both characters are very sweet.