Your Wish Is My Command

If fate was giving you another chance… [Kris]

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You looked at the door and then your watch. Kris was supposed to meet you at the coffee shop an hour earlier. The waiter came up to you twice and even he was getting frustrated. There were more people waiting in the line to be seated.

“Ma’am do you want to order something?” he asked you for the third time.

“Huh! Aaa no I’m fine,” you said sounding completely lost.

“I’m afraid we are going to have to tell you to leave then. There are a lot of people waiting in line,” he said with an apologetic face.

“Oh,” you sighed in embarrassment. “Alright, I guess I’ll just leave then,” you mumbled while getting up. Just then Kris walked in. You were happy for a second but the feeling was quickly replaced by anger. Kris walked towards you timidly. He knew you were mad since you were glaring at him.

“I’m really sorry,” he said nervously.

“It’s alright,” you said trying to calm yourself and walked right past him.

“__________, wait” he followed you out of the coffee shop.  “I’m really sorry,” he said catching up to you.

“I said, it’s alright!” you said sounding even more mad this time.

“Umma didn’t let me leave. Believe me I tried.” He said once again.

“It’s the same excuse every time isn’t it?” you suddenly snapped back. Kris tried to put his hands on your shoulder but you shrugged them off. “Why don’t you just tell them? Things will be so much better if they know.”

“You know if I tell them what’s going to happen. Why would you say such a thing?”

“Because I’m tired of this Kris. I really am!”

Instead of yelling back Kris tried to calm himself. Firstly because you guys were standing in the middle of the street, secondly because he knew that it was his fault for keeping you waiting for an hour and finally because he wanted to avoid the topic you’d just started. 

“Okay, how do you want me to make it up to you?” he asked rather softly. Your anger melted too a little bit. You’d seen him after so long, you didn’t want to fight either.

“I don’t know,” you sighed but frustration was still visible on your face.

“I’m in the mood for some .. BUBBLE TEA,” Kris said trying to sound excited. He knew bubble tea always cheered you up. He was right. It did work. Your mood changed.  He put his arm around and the two of you walked to your favorite shop.

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Kris stared at you with a big smile on his face as you gulped your bubble tea.

“What?” you chuckled and hit him on his hand.

“Nothing,” he said shaking his head as if embarrassed of getting caught for staring at you. He couldn’t control his smile.

“Let’s go somewhere on your birthday this year!” he said suddenly.

“Where?” you asked.

“I don’t know. Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong. Where ever you want to go.”

“Really?” you asked excitedly.

“Ye,” he nodded.

“Hong Kong!—I want to hear you speak Canto,” you winked.

“Hong Kong it is then!” Kris announced.  “But it’ll have to be a short trip. Starting next month, I’ll have a lot of schedules so we can’t spend a lot of time there.”

“What are you going to tell your parents?” 

“Ahh, I’ll figure something out.”

“Alright,” you nodded.

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You couldn’t sleep. You felt your heart sink at the sound of the thunderstorm. Your instinct was telling you that something bad was about to happen. Shuffling restlessly in bed, you tried to calm yourself. You stayed in that state for two hours then sleep started taking over you. You clenched the sheet tightly and closed your eyes.

A half hour later, you felt someone slip in the bed besides you. You weren’t afraid because this wasn’t the first time Kris had done this. He usually came to visit late at night.

“I’m so glad you came,” you mumbled. He kissed you on your neck.

“Me too,” he murmured.

You felt something wet on your bare shoulder but you didn’t take enough notice. Then slowly, you heard Kris’s sniffles. The very next instant, you sat up.

“What’s wrong?” you asked trying to find his face in the dark.  Kris didn’t respond. You turned on the side lamp so you could see what was wrong. Kris’s eyes were red and puffy. He hadn’t just started crying. It seemed like he’d been crying for a long time.

“What’s wrong oppa?” you asked once again. Kris didn’t respond but instead looked away.

“Oppa! Please tell me what’s wrong? You’re scaring me!” you squeezed his hand.

“Umma saw us together at the Bubble Tea shop the other day,” he said slowly.  You felt like somebody had put a huge rock on your heart and crushed it. You knew his mother hated you. In fact his entire family hated you and your family. If your brother hadn’t run away with his sister, things would have been much better for the two of you.  Kris was saying something but you couldn’t make sense of his words. Your teary eyes were fixed at his shaking body.

“____________,” he shook you.

“Ye,” you said shaking your head.

“Umma and Appa, were really mad. I’ve never seen them this mad.”

“Did you try to convince them?” you asked, without any hope.

He nodded. “I did, but they didn’t listen.”

You felt like your throat was getting dry. Your vision was blurred by the tears flowing down your cheeks. “So what does it mean?”

“I have to go __________,” Kris said trying to free his hand from your strong grip.

“No! oppa,” you whispered.

“I’m sorry __________,” he said getting up.

“You can’t do this. You know I can’t live without you.” you caught hold of his hand once again.

Kris kept shaking his head.  “You know I love you ___________ and I always will but we can’t be together. I can’t go against their will.”

“We can convince them, together.”

“It’s not that simple!”  he freed himself from you and began to leave. You could feel the world crashing as his hands slipped out of yours. Kris stopped by the door and came back to you. He kissed you on your lips. You knew it was going to be your last one. You could taste his salty tears and he, yours.

“I’m sorry,” he whispered pulling away. Before you could stop him, Kris left.

You collapsed on the ground and buried your face in your hands. The storm in your heart was much stronger than the howling wind outside.

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You passed your days staring into blank space. Your friends cried at your condition. They’d called Kris many times but he never picked up.

“_________ snap out of it,” your friend shook you. “It’s your birthday today. Let’s go out?”

**FLASHBACK**

Let’s go somewhere on your birthday this year!” he said suddenly.

“Where?” you asked.

“I don’t know. Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong. Where ever you want to go.”

“Really?” you asked excitedly.

“Ye,” he nodded.

A tear rolled down your cheek. You turned to your friend. “He promised me he would take me to Hong Kong on my birthday.”

“He’s not in your life anymore _________,” she said pulling you into a hug. You began crying. You cried a lot but it didn’t make you feel any better.

You wanted to give it one last try therefore you decided to go Kris’s house and beg his parents. You didn’t care about yourself respect. All you wanted was to be with him.

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You hesitated before knocking on the door. To your surprise, instead of one of Kris’s family members showing up, Luhan opened the door. You looked at him with questioning eyes.

“Where’s Kris?” you asked clearing your throat.

“____________, you shouldn’t be here.”

“I know but just let me talk to him once.”

“No I mean it. Kris is getting married soon. Go!” he said, sternly.

You had not seen that coming. “What?” you gasped.

Luhan nodded apologetically. “If his mother sees you here, God knows what will happen. So please go,” he insisted closing the door on you.

A few days ago, you felt like somebody had ripped your heart out of your body. You were wrong. What you felt today was incomparable to any pain you’d received in the 23 years of your life.

This was it. It really was.

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8 years later

You hated walking to work in the winters but you really didn’t have a choice. The little money you earned from the bubble tea shop you’d opened a few years ago was not enough for you to buy yourself a car. You fixed your glasses and wrapped your coat tightly around you.

“So how was last night?” your friend suddenly appeared from behind you and asked.

“Oh my God, you scared me,” you said holding your hand close to your chest.

“Ahaha, sorry.”

The two of you began walking again.

“Tell me,” she asked again, nudging your elbow.

“Ah, it was okay but he really isn’t my type. “ you wrinkled your nose.

She hit you on the shoulder. “This is why you won’t ever get a guy.”

“I’m absolutely fine with that,” you said with the fake smile that you’d been giving for the past eight years.  The two of you reached the store. You unlocked the door and went inside.

“At least move near the city. It’s more lively there. Your business will be much better too.” She nagged you as usual. You sighed and listened to her with a smile on your face. This had been your morning routine ever since you’d opened the store.

“Hey’  I’m going to need you to do me a favor.” You asked her. She turned around and looked at you.

“We’re running  out of tapioca. I couldn’t go last night because somebody had set me up on a blind date,” you said giving her a look. “So I want you to get them.”

“Okay but it’ll take me some time,” she said walking out the door.

It had been two hours and your friend hadn’t returned. You were regretting sending her. Nobody really came in the mornings. You were busy doing the math for the month’s budget when someone walked in.

“We don’t have tapioca so we won’t be able to serve bubble tea. Is there anything else you want?” you asked without looking up.

“Ummm, hot chocolate would be fine,” the person said. The voice was familiar. Very familiar. You instantly looked up. Kris was standing right before you looking at the menu on the wall. You turned around immediately to hide your face but more importantly to hide your tears. All those years that you’d kept them inside of you; they were coming out at his sudden appearance.

 “Are you okay Ma’am?” Kris asked upon hearing your sniffles.

You covered your mouth and nodded.

“____________!” Kris whispered your name. He knew it was you. He remembered the fragrance you wore everyday and the way you cried softly.

You began to walk towards the kitchen but he held your hand and turned you around. You felt like everything around you had stopped for a second. You had wished for this moment for so long, that you didn’t think it was ever going to come true. Kris had teary eyes too. He kept repeating your name again and again and hugged you. You pulled away.

“Go home Kris,” you said angrily.

“__________ please listen to me.” He said holding your hand.

 “No!” you shook your hand even though your heart said yes.

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Your eyes moved from here to there. The cold wind kept hitting your face, making you want to cry even more.

“Why did you bring me here?” you asked keeping your eyes fixed on the ground.

Kris didn’t respond. You peeked at his face. He was looking at you with the same loving smile from years ago. You could never tell what was behind that smile. The smile suddenly disappeared and remorse took over. He swallowed a spit in his dry throat to get himself ready to speak.

“Where had you been all these years?”

“Does it matter anymore?” you asked after a while. You looked at him for a brief second and then looked away. You were ashamed of the wrinkles on your face and your eyes bags. You weren’t young anymore but he still looked young and fresh. You’d done this to yourself but you didn’t regret any moment of it.  

“Married?” he asked.

You weren’t sure what to say. You knew well that Kris was married and he probably had a three year old child waiting at home for him. After a while, you shook your head.  A smile broke on his face but you didn’t see it.

“Dated?” he asked again.

“Once for two months,” you said.  Knowing the answer already you still asked him. “What about you?”

“Still single.” He replied after a long pause.

His answer had surprised you. You looked at him with your eyes wide open.

“But..” you began to say.

“Didn’t work out,” he complete for you, shaking his head. You felt like some sort of weight had been lifted from your heart. If you weren’t happy than neither was he. He was just as miserable as you. Who’s fault was it though? His parents? Who had ruined your life. Two people who loved each other so much were separated and neither of them were happy. There youth had faded. The time that they were suppose to spend with each other was lost now and it could never come back. Tears were coming back again but this time you controlled them.

“I have to go now.” you said fixing your glasses and getting up. Kris didn’t stop you. He had walked out of your life in the same way. His heart poked him repeatedly to call after you but his lips seemed to be locked.

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The next morning was surprisingly pleasant. Still struggling to forget the previous day’s events you walked to the store.

“Ahhh where are the keys,” you said in frustration, while shuffling your handbag.  Your eyes fell on a small envelope by the door. You leaned down and picked it up. It wasn’t sealed. Two papers revealed as you opened it. It was a ticket and the other paper read a message – ‘I still owe you a trip to Hong Kong’.

A smile broke on your face. All the convincing that you’d done the night before, that what you did was right didn’t mean anything anymore. Your heart wanted to be with him. Without thinking twice, you began walking back home.  

Two hands pulled you into an alley and the next instant your lips were connected to the very familiar soft lips. You could taste the salty tears except that this time they were tears of joy. You could feel him smiling. You were smiling too. It wasn’t his fault or your fault but if fate was giving you two another chance, you were going to grab it with both hands.

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Aaaaaaaaaaa I love this story sooooo much! <3 <3 yes I drifted a little bit from the plot but I think it came out good! I hope you guys agree. <3 <3

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