The Lemon Isn't Sweet

The closing ceremony of the school sports meet was held on a bitterly cold day.

I stood below the podium in my thin class uniform, the tip of my nose red from the cold.

Just then, Ning Yi lowered his head and quietly asked me, "Are you cold?"

I nodded from within his shadow.

He took a step back and smiled as he ruffled my hair. "Then I'll give the sun back to you."

Later, I lived in the sunlight.

But my boy remained forever in a winter night at the age of eighteen.

A secret crush is bitter. Lemons aren't sweet.

I miss you every day you're gone.

Reader's guide:

1. The pride of heaven x a sensitive girl

2. Short story, first person, mutual pining, tragic ending

Theme: Love the world well.