They meet

He was anxiously waiting for her in front of the cinema centre at the mall. He shoved his hands in his pockets and tapped his feet on the floor.

Suddenly, he heard a shrill, feminine voice calling his name. He turned around to his left to see a teenage girl skipping towards him. Her long, dark hair bounced behind her as she skipped merrily. He could not help but chuckle at her antics. She was so bubbly and cheery, as he had always known her as. He was glad that she could make it. They had planned to meet for quite a while.

Once she had reached him, she did not stop to say even a simple hello, but she started to circle him instead. Her eyes trailed up and down as she did, with her hand on her chin and her lips puckered; her expression was as if she was looking him over. She completed a full circle around him and stopped abruptly right in front of him, and that made him flinch.

"Erkh... What are you d-" he started to say.

She still did not say anything or gave any indication that she heard him at all. She leaned her face closer to his, standing on tiptoes to reach. He began to blush and found that he could not move. Their faces were only a couple of inches away. In a sudden, her lips broke into a wide, cheeky grin and she mewed like a cat would.

"Meow~"

He realised that he had not been breathing for the last few tense seconds, and he was finally able to exhale and inhale again since she grinned from ear to ear like that. He placed a hand on his chest and sighed in relief.

"What was that for?" he bursted and laughed.

She covered her mouth with her small hands and joined him in the laughter. The other people around the mall must have been staring at them as they walked by briskly. A couple of teenagers holding their stomachs, laughing out loud in public was sure to attract lots of pairs of eyes to them.

She managed to control herself and cease her laughing soon after. She stood her ground and turned her head sideways to look at him, smiling gently. Her left hand was on her hip and held her right hand out to him, in a way a lady would want to be kissed on her hand by a true gentleman. He gladly took her hand in his and planted a soft kiss on it.

"Now, my dear gentleman, I want to say that it is indeed a pleasure to meet you," she said in a grandiloquent tone.

He giggled slightly and replied, "Of course, my lady. Quite the same goes here, as well."

Their hands were still in each other's. They had not notice it until several seconds later, where they quickly retreated in embarrassment. Awkward silence fell between them for a moment.

She shook her head. She made a decision.

"Umm... I want to say this in your face now that I'm here... I love you," she stuttered, but said the last three words with confidence.

He smiled an honest smile at her.

"I know... I love you too."