Love is the Sunshine

'What is she doing over there?' Terence wondered. Carla was acting a little weird, so Terence went straight up to her and found a gift box hidden in the grass. Confused, he decided to ask her, "Why did you hide it?" "Carla, is this what you've got for Sean's birthday? Why don't you give it to him then? Sean would be sad if he received this as a belated present."

Terrence ripped the wrapping paper carelessly as he spoke.

'What did she get for Sean? Why was she hiding it?' Terence's curiosity was piqued.

But when he saw what was inside, he was a bit surprised. Well, it turned out to be another drone. That was typical of her.

Terence was amused, "Correct me if I am wrong, Carla. You little fool. You thought that I've already given Sean a drone in front of everyone, a better drone, in fact, so you decided that you couldn't show him this one. Is that right?" Terence asked as he opened the packaging. A faint smile could be seen from his lips as he was handling the drone like a curious boy.

Carla rolled her eyes at him and snatched the drone out of his hands. After she shoved the gift back to where it belonged, she turned to him and started to play dumb after pausing for a moment, "You fool. But you know what? I am not gonna give this to him. I'm gonna return it and get a refund! I'm not made of money. A penny saved is a penny earned!"

Carla kept blabbering on and on and on, but she stopped all of a sudden, blushing because Terence had grasped her delicate hand with his sturdy one.

But the pink aura around her vanished quicker than expected because that dumb Terence reached out his arm and put his hands on the drone again. "Carla, how about giving it to me?" Terence focused on the drone and asked, "You don't have to return it. You can just give it to me."

Carla opened her mouth, but she was at a loss for words. Looking right at him, she thought, "Are you really an idiot? You could afford a much better and much more expensive drone. Why would you ask for this cheap one I bought at a discount?"

"So what do you think? If you don't say anything, I'll take it as a yes. You know, you've never bought me any gift yet," he tried putting on a pitiful look, "so I won't decline this silly little gift of yours." Terence tried to act as if he didn't value this children's toy that much, but he could barely fake a careless attitude, because he even started to wipe the dust off the packaging with his sleeves.

Carla was relieved, watching him put away his new toy. As a matter of fact, she didn't really know what to do with this big drone anyway.

It would be bad to just put it away and let it go unused, but she couldn't return it either. The store had emphasized to her that discounted drones were non-refundable when she bought it.

Carla just didn't want to lose face in front of Terence, so she tricked him.

On their way back home, little Sean was over the moon! He kept telling Carla and Terence that this was the coolest and the most memorable birthday he had ever had!

When they got back together, Sean dashed into his room and threw himself onto the bed. Tomorrow was Monday, and a good schoolboy like him had classes to attend to.

room to get some rest, but Terence stood

I go out and have a date?" Terence blocked her way back to the room, smiling as if he was teasing

with you now. I still have work tomorrow,

bit annoyed because he stood in her way, so she

had his dream birthday, it's time for you to take care of yourself." Terence refused to take no for an answer, suddenly

didn't go anywhere fancy or romantic, or any place that would

Terence and Carla went up to the

that moonlit night, they both sat on the roof. Raising her head, Carla gazed upon the beautiful night sky in silence. There were hundreds, possibly thousands, of bright stars there. She enjoyed the

sat next to her, but he wasn't looking at the beautiful night sky. He

was sitting with arms wrapped around her knees. Knowing he had something to tell her, she asked before he could say anything

eye contact and looked right into the sky, though the smile on his face didn't fade. "You asked me why. Well, when a man

was talking about himself. If he said he was only grateful to the woman, and the only thing he wanted to

at a point in my life right now where I'm happy and very content. This is my way of life. I know this place, and I know

a can of ice cold beer they

beer, not alone nor with friends. But now, she felt

"And there is more. Have you ever thought that I might always be an outsider in your world, and I might never become close with your friends?" And

eyes extinguished, he said with an unwavering tone, "Carla, please stop worrying about all these trivial things. The only thing that matters is, you should ask yourself, do

like me, please stop torturing yourself. Everything you said just now, consider it

paused again, "Please say yes. I swear, I, Terence An, will cherish you for the rest

she somehow felt disturbed, so she drank some more out

She couldn't lie about her true

know you've planned to get married someday in your life. But getting married means you'll have to adapt to a new environment. I know

struggles, and believing she had to step out of her comfort zone

didn't think so. She even felt unsettled, so she started to chug her can of beer. After finishing it, Carla wiped off the foam on the corners of her

But