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Authors: Victoria Bauld
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He gazed at her for a moment, before placing the tray on the table next to her bed. Moving to her desk to sit down, he noticed the pile of textbooks and papers that covered the table’s surface. Shaking his head in vague amusement, Tuyen spotted a small stack of fliers that advertised internships for various companies.
Glancing back—almost guiltily—at Angela’s sleeping form, he picked them up and began to read through them. Finding the one he wanted, Tuyen searched the mess for a pen, before picking one out of his jacket pocket and making a note on a scrap of paper he salvaged from the pile on the desk.
Pocketing the note, Tuyen picked up a textbook from the top of the stack and began to page through it as he waited for Angela to wake up.
SIXTEEN.
TWO MONTHS LATER, Tuyen stood on the bridge waiting for Angela. Resting against the railing with his eyes closed, he turned his face to the sun, enjoying its warmth. The sound of footsteps pulled him out of his thoughts, and he opened his eyes to see Angela running towards him, a wide grin on her face.
His face broke into a matching smile as Angela reached the bridge and flung herself into his arms happily. Laughing, he lifted her up and hugged her tightly, before placing her back on the ground and stepping back to look at her properly.
“Good news?” He asked the smiling figure. Angela nodded, trying to catch her breath as she reached into her pocket and pulled out a letter. She handed it to Tuyen and waited impatiently for him to read it. His brow furrowed slightly as he scanned the words before the grin returned and he looked up at her.
“You got the internship,” he said. Angela grinned and nodded, before her smile faltered slightly.
“Well, they want to meet me first, so I probably shouldn’t make assumptions…but part of the meeting is to go over their contract.”
“This is fantastic, Goddess! I told you you’d do it!” Tuyen exclaimed.
“I can’t believe I got accepted,” she began to babble excitedly. “This is everything I wanted, Tuyen. Everything I hoped to get when I graduate. I actually have a career waiting for me now. I…I did it!” tears glistened in her eyes as she looked up at Tuyen happily.
Bursting once more into happy laughter, Tuyen embraced Angela tightly. “I told you so, Goddess,” he whispered into her ear. They stood like that for a long moment, but this time it was Angela who pulled back from the embrace. Wiping the tears from her eyes, she blushed before smiling nervously.
“I was wondering if you wanted to go out tonight and celebrate with me? I made a reservation at this restaurant, and I’d love for you to come.”
“Celebrating with your friends tonight?” Tuyen asked. Angela’s blush deepened, and she dropped her eyes down to her hands.
“Actually, I was thinking just the two of us.”
The grin on Tuyen’s face faded slowly, until he stood before Angela uneasily. It was easy to tell from Angela’s demeanor that the restaurant she spoke of was not one that catered to the more platonic of relationships.
“Ange, I…I’d love to but…I just don’t know if I can…”
“Please?” Angela pleaded. “I don’t really have anyone else I want to celebrate this with and…I wanted to talk to you about something…”
Frowning now in curiosity, Tuyen opened his mouth to answer before he’d even found the words he wanted to use. He tried to focus on Angela, on her eyes, but—almost in a twisted reversal of fate—this only made it harder to speak.
Watching him as he stood there in silence, Angela drooped as she assumed his answer.
“Sorry,” she murmured softly. “Forget it, I’ll…find someone else or…something.”
Ducking her head, she pushed past him and began to head home.
For a moment, Tuyen could only stand where he was, watching Angela leave as his mind fought over various decisions. Casting his gaze upwards, Tuyen clenched his jaw and swallowed a groan before he followed.
“Ange!
Glancing back—almost guiltily—at Angela’s sleeping form, he picked them up and began to read through them. Finding the one he wanted, Tuyen searched the mess for a pen, before picking one out of his jacket pocket and making a note on a scrap of paper he salvaged from the pile on the desk.
Pocketing the note, Tuyen picked up a textbook from the top of the stack and began to page through it as he waited for Angela to wake up.
SIXTEEN.
TWO MONTHS LATER, Tuyen stood on the bridge waiting for Angela. Resting against the railing with his eyes closed, he turned his face to the sun, enjoying its warmth. The sound of footsteps pulled him out of his thoughts, and he opened his eyes to see Angela running towards him, a wide grin on her face.
His face broke into a matching smile as Angela reached the bridge and flung herself into his arms happily. Laughing, he lifted her up and hugged her tightly, before placing her back on the ground and stepping back to look at her properly.
“Good news?” He asked the smiling figure. Angela nodded, trying to catch her breath as she reached into her pocket and pulled out a letter. She handed it to Tuyen and waited impatiently for him to read it. His brow furrowed slightly as he scanned the words before the grin returned and he looked up at her.
“You got the internship,” he said. Angela grinned and nodded, before her smile faltered slightly.
“Well, they want to meet me first, so I probably shouldn’t make assumptions…but part of the meeting is to go over their contract.”
“This is fantastic, Goddess! I told you you’d do it!” Tuyen exclaimed.
“I can’t believe I got accepted,” she began to babble excitedly. “This is everything I wanted, Tuyen. Everything I hoped to get when I graduate. I actually have a career waiting for me now. I…I did it!” tears glistened in her eyes as she looked up at Tuyen happily.
Bursting once more into happy laughter, Tuyen embraced Angela tightly. “I told you so, Goddess,” he whispered into her ear. They stood like that for a long moment, but this time it was Angela who pulled back from the embrace. Wiping the tears from her eyes, she blushed before smiling nervously.
“I was wondering if you wanted to go out tonight and celebrate with me? I made a reservation at this restaurant, and I’d love for you to come.”
“Celebrating with your friends tonight?” Tuyen asked. Angela’s blush deepened, and she dropped her eyes down to her hands.
“Actually, I was thinking just the two of us.”
The grin on Tuyen’s face faded slowly, until he stood before Angela uneasily. It was easy to tell from Angela’s demeanor that the restaurant she spoke of was not one that catered to the more platonic of relationships.
“Ange, I…I’d love to but…I just don’t know if I can…”
“Please?” Angela pleaded. “I don’t really have anyone else I want to celebrate this with and…I wanted to talk to you about something…”
Frowning now in curiosity, Tuyen opened his mouth to answer before he’d even found the words he wanted to use. He tried to focus on Angela, on her eyes, but—almost in a twisted reversal of fate—this only made it harder to speak.
Watching him as he stood there in silence, Angela drooped as she assumed his answer.
“Sorry,” she murmured softly. “Forget it, I’ll…find someone else or…something.”
Ducking her head, she pushed past him and began to head home.
For a moment, Tuyen could only stand where he was, watching Angela leave as his mind fought over various decisions. Casting his gaze upwards, Tuyen clenched his jaw and swallowed a groan before he followed.
“Ange!
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