Five kids

"Should we wake her up?" he turned around to look at Yu Chen sleeping like a baby. Si Xia shook his head and got out of the car. He then took her in his arms and said, "It's getting late, your parents will be worried. Go home. I wi make sure she is safe and then will walk to my hostel."

Mo Kio: "You sure?"

Si Xia nodded: "It's not really far. I am late anyways. So just as well enjoy the beautiful night."

Mo Kio nodded and Si Xia turned around. He searched her bag and found the keys. He took her in the apartment and tucked her in bed. She really is an angel. He thought as he looked at her sleeping face for a long time. Then he kissed her forehead and whispered, "Good night Chen. This time, I promise our lives will be different." He then closed the door and walked out of the apartment.

As they went to bed, all five of them had different thoughts.

Yu Chen was in deep sleep and did not remember anything a little after leaving the restaurant.

Xi Hua was feeling a little better and hoped that she would be okay the next morning.

Huo Zenghai was so worried about Xi Hua that he wanted to run to her house, and hoped that she was not suffering too much.

Mo Kio was happy. Yes, he was really and genuinely happy. It seemed to him that the void in his heart had been filled a little, and was hoping to have many more wonderful days like this one.

And Si Xia was a little confused. He was thinking about the way Mo Kio looked at Yu Chen. It was clear that he cared for her a lot, but the look was not the same as him. Mo Kio's look was something different, but he couldn't put his finger on it.

And so their day came to an end. All five little innocent kids who could not even imagine what the future held in store for them.

The next day....

It was quite an uneventful day compared to the previous one. All five of them sat together in the cafeteria during lunch, grabbing the attention of almost everyone in the cafeteria. But most of all, Yuan Zuan was looking at them with hatred. It was so obvious, that if eyes could kill, the five would have probably already dropped dead. But she was not brave enough to go talk to them after yesterday's incident.

But the five never noticed all this. Four of them were busy fussing over Xi Hua asking how was she feeling and offering theirs lunches to them. Even the usually quite Si Xia had asked her, "Are you okay?" three to four times. At first Xi Hua really enjoyed the attention but now she wished that they would stop, specially Huo Zenghai, who looked like she had died and then came back. She was so relieved when the bell rang and they all were off to their classes. But it was not okay, Xi Hua had managed to shut Yu Chen up but she just wanted to slap Huo Zenghai in the face. So in the class, she took the seat beside Yu Chen instead of he normal seat and said, "Zenghai, let me concentrate."