CH.2.LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT?

"Aliyah, wait up for me?", she rushes up to catch up with her friend.

"Lin!", alyia looks at her friend trying to catch her breath, "we need to get there fast, see...", alyia flashes the phone screen "we are already 15 mins late, the guys are already on spot!".

" Okay!".

Both the girls hurry themselves to the market where they had a promised a gathering with their friends.

Among the bunch of heads at the market, the two girls couldn't spot their friends. Aliyah tiptoes and streches her neck to spot out their group of friends, while lin whines in annoyance.

Suddenly a hand touches Lin's shoulder, she grabs the hand tightly in protection but a familiar face greets them.

"Ah!..ah..", Riely whines in pain.

" ops! my bad", Lin laughs teasingly.

"Woah! you are already 15 mins late and..", their friend glares at them.

Lin makes a pouty face towards her friend," Sorry!.."..

All her friend turns their back on her with a cringe.

**

"Hua Lin...!", alyia turns her face towards her friend who was jumping around like a child at the big crowded market.

"uh?".

"Walk carefully! what if you bump into some person!", alyia says in concern.

" I'll apologize to them!", Hua Lin smirks at her friend and continues to walk backwards. Alyia puts her hand on her face in disbelief.

"At least walk straight! face the front instead of facing us!", Riely snarls at Lin.

" Okay!".

As Hua yi turns around, aliyah's worst imagination comes to reality.

Hua Lin bumps into a person and falls.

"Ah...watch out!", Aliyah calls up to her startled.

" ah!!", Lin stumbles down her feet. *It hurts!*.

Hua yi had a bad temper, as she watches the person she bumped into striding along without having a glance at her, beyond excusing. She frowns in anger as

she glares at the person.

"Woah!!...", her mouth curls in anger.

*I know it was my fault but still*.

As she was about to call the person out, a pale hand comes across her face astounding her. She furrows as she looks up and finds a fine tall man offering a hand to her." Miss! Are you okay?".

The handsomeness of the man in front of Hua yi was beyond ignorance, her face immediatly changed its expression.

He was tall with a slender figure. He wore a black half-unbuttoned shirt with a loose tie hanging around his neck. The jet-black hair that matched his shirt was falling around his forehead, almost covering it, complemented by the dark-bluish eyes.

Hua Lin was mesmerized by the man in front of her and couldn't help but stare at him.

"uh? miss?", the man searched for her response.

Embarrassed, Hua Lin stands up at her feet at once, ignoring the hands offering her help. Bang! she collapses with the head of the man lending his hand for her help.

" ah!", the man whines and straightens himself.

"oh!, I am sorry", Hua lin was more embarrassed than before, her face turns red.

" it's okay! As long as you are fine.", the man gives a subtle smile as he rubs his forehead.

"ah! yes, I am fine thank you!", Hua Lin smiles shyly.

" Then be cautious, young lady!", He says and taps her head.

"Yeah! sorry!".She apologies with her head down.

Amidst the chaos, the man almost forgets his partner with whom the young lady had collided. He turns back to catch a glimpse but his figure was already out of sight.

*Ah...this man. Where did he run off to? I must hurry*

He turns back to the young lady in front of her.

"I must get going then.", he turns around and back waves her.

"Yeah! Hope we meet again !", Hua Lin mumbles to herself and smiles shyly.

*

Meanwhile, her friends stood behind Hua Lin watching the scene in front of them. As Hua Lin turned toward her friends whom she had completely forgotten, her friends had big grins all over their faces, especially her best friend 'alyia rúh'.

"ay..!was that... what should I call it guys...", alyia chuckled as she glanced to the group for a response.

" Love at first sight?", Riely spurts out teasingly.

Her friends break out a laugh.

"What? Love?...". Hua lin laughs as she raises her eyebrows with a slight frown.

" Then? maybe we got it wrong!".Her friend looks at her teasingly and sighs.

Hua Lin's face turns reddish like tomatoes.