Raise Love-122-Love

"Turn around, you fool."

The tall and thin boy was slightly bent over, panting heavily. His hair was messy in the wind, and he was holding a bunch of roses that he had somehow obtained in his arms, smiling in a rather disheveled way.

The girl turned around and stood there, stunned.

Everyone on the playground cheered together, shouting loudly, "Get together! Get together! Get together!"

Sydney didn't forget to shout along with her "wuwuwu". Aria's heart, which had been in her throat, finally settled down. She blinked and smiled.

Because she knew that two - way love was so difficult and it took so long to get what one wished for. So when encountering similar things, she always hoped for a happy ending, as if she could also experience the joy in this way.

The moon finally falls into the embrace, and from then on, only a life with you awaits.

"That's so nice."

After this beginning, more people came forward. Most of them were confessions, from both boys and girls. Occasionally, it was about friendship, like a story - telling session.

Everyone sat on the grass, hugging their knees and listening. It was already past nine o'clock, and the temperature was getting lower and lower. Aria returned the padded jacket to Sydney and just wrapped herself in the remaining two layers, tightly holding the hand - warmers.

She was cold but also a bit eager to listen.

She hugged herself and yawned. The breath she exhaled immediately turned into a foggy shape. Cheers came one after another. Sydney leaned against her shoulder. "Hey, it's almost 9:30."

Aria nodded in anticipation.

Sydney glanced at her and complained. "Tsk, I wonder what this mysterious surprise is. It's been rumored so much."

The main reason so many people came and stayed tonight was mostly related to the so - called finale.

"Wait and see," Aria looked at the time. "There are still five minutes. It'll be soon."

Sydney sighed faintly. "Alas..."

Just then, all the lights on the playground suddenly went out, and it fell into complete darkness. Only the sporadic flashlights and the upbeat song that was playing halfway could be seen and heard.

There was a moment of silence, and then people started exclaiming. "Damn, what's going on?"

"Could it be a power outage??"

"Impossible. When has Harvard University ever had a power outage?"

"Is that something about to come?"

"I heard Ryder from the student union is also here tonight. Has he shown up?"

"Him? Tsk, that's just a rumor. He's probably with his girlfriend. After all, the president is different now. Why would he come here to catch a cold instead of cuddling with his girlfriend?"

"Pfft, only us here."

Amidst the startled speculations, the spotlight on the podium alternately lit up. The music stopped for a moment, and through the mist, three figures standing in a staggered row emerged.

The accompaniment gradually started.

The sense of youth and the flavor of the 90s came rushing in.

It was the song "Love" by the Little Tigers.

Before they could clearly see the people, memories were unlocked first.

The figures on the stage moved along with the music, gradually becoming clear.

Sydney couldn't help it. "What?"

Aria was stunned. At first, she thought the figures looked a bit familiar. She stared at the person in the middle in disbelief. As the light shone on him, the whole place became extremely lively.

"Damn, is that Ryder?"

"Not only that. Am I seeing this right? Isn't that Finn Alvarez? And the other one... seems to be from the student union too. His name is... Oliver Kim?"

"Damn, what on earth! I'm on the verge of crying. As soon as the prelude started, I felt my eyes getting wet. My Little Tigers, wuwuwu. The finale is actually singing this song!"

"It really takes me back to my youth. I thought no one remembered them anymore... The last time I listened to this song in the dorm, my roommate even laughed at me, saying what era it was..."

The three boys on the stage, standing in a row, were all wearing simple white shirts and black suit pants, with hanging ear - mics. Their hand - gestures for the dance were not very skillful.

"String your heart and my heart together"

"String a four - leaf clover, string a concentric circle"

"Let all the calls for the future we anticipate"

"Make a companion while we're young"

The students on the playground turned on their flashlights one after another, swaying them and singing loudly along. Their hand - gesture dances were overly proficient.

In contrast, the three on the stage seemed rather green.

Ryder was in the center position.

No one could have imagined that one day they would see him in such a situation. The boy still had that lazy look, but there was a rare sense of earnestness and clumsiness.

Except for Aria, the students on the playground were hearing him sing for the first time.

His voice was already very nice. Usually, when he spoke lazily, it was deep and sexy. But when singing, there was a natural change.

This song had a light and cheerful tone. He raised the pitch, singing slowly with a hint of a smile, clear and clean. The pure and charming sense of youthfulness couldn't be hidden.

"Don't let youth become lonelier as we grow up"

"Plant my four - leaf clover in your dream field"

"Let the earth follow our concentric circle"

"Spin forever"

He raised his eyebrows, looked straight across the crowd, caught sight of Aria with flickering eyes, raised his brow bone, and lazily hooked his lips at her.

Then, under the girl's stunned gaze, he raised his hand to his chest, joined his thumb and index finger to form a "heart" shape, and showed it to her.

This led to a burst of exclamations and screams.

"Ah, the president just made a heart gesture towards our side!!"

"Ryder, look at me, marry me!!"

"Ah, Finn Alvarez, Finn Alvarez, Finn Alvarez, look here. I'll be your wife!!"

"Oliver Kim, don't be left out. If they don't love you, I do! Come back to the dorm with sister tonight, and sister will warm your bed for you—"

"..."

Finn Alvarez and Oliver Kim had already had enough of rushing to practice the hand - gesture dance by watching videos and being forced to come on stage to perform in the cold.

With these shouts, they almost wanted to turn around and leave.

No one could be more unlucky than them.

Ryan Bennett, who was squatting backstage in charge of switching the music, almost laughed his head off seeing his brothers struggling to make the hand - gesture dance.

He thought for the first time that being tone - deaf wasn't so bad.

These days, one had to involve brothers to please one's girlfriend.

Really impressive.

Only Ryder could do this.

The person in the center of the resentment and the storm was completely unaffected.

Ryder just fixedly looked in Aria's direction, his eyes reflecting a gentle and lazy smile. Every heart - gesture he made was for her.

At this moment, Aria seemed to see him three years ago, during the art performance in the second year of high school. He was the lead singer then.

At that time, he was wearing a blue - and - white striped school uniform. With a disinterested look, he curved his fingers and tapped the microphone, and with a low and lazy "Hello", all the girls in the audience screamed for him.

He was perfect in every way, except that there was no sign of her in his eyes.

And now, apart from the faded youthfulness between his brows and eyes, there was almost no difference. He was still the center of attention, as always.

As if it was in his nature, others would scream and go crazy for him.

But Aria knew there was a difference. At that time, he was reluctantly pushed onto the stage, looking listless.

Now, she just had a strange feeling that he was standing there for her, doing the hand - gesture dance that he had just learned, trying to please her in this way.

It was so clumsy yet straightforward.

In this world, only sincerity is the most touching.

Aria wanted to laugh, but also felt like crying.

"Call out loudly to the sky and say I love you"

"Say to the wandering white clouds that I miss you"

"Let the sky hear"

"Let the white clouds see"

"No one can erase the promise we made"