Earth is boring. Come run away with me to the moon.
When I was eighteen.
The day the college entrance exams ended.
He took my hand and ran with me from the exam hall to the rooftop of the main building.
On the stairs, we ran into a friend, who waggled their eyebrows. "Gushen, why are you holding En'en's hand?"
He glanced at me and smiled. "We're eloping."
When I was seventeen.
A night woven with the evening breeze.
I had snacks tucked under my arm and my slippers dragging as I walked, the ice cream melting in my mouth. Coming out of the convenience store by our apartment complex, I spotted him at once, playing with a stray dog.
The dog tugged at his pant leg, its eyes full of hope. He crouched down and asked gently, "Do you want to come with me?"
The dog went with him, and my heart went too.
I knew I had fallen for him at first sight.
It was years before I learned that he had, too.
Theme: Become a better person.
