Hay Fever

Su Nian's high school life was originally peaceful until the boy named Chen Yu broke in. He would secretly put a bottle of orange soda on her desk, draw a weather forecast sticky note to remind her to bring an umbrella, deliberately not bring an umbrella on rainy days just to get under her umbrella, and draw a crooked smiley face on her palm before a competition as a lucky charm. She kept saying "Is this person sick?" But quietly put away every sticky note and memorized every upward curve in his handwriting. On the eve of graduation, she finally plucked up the courage to stuff the answer into his desk. Under the sycamore tree in the setting sun, he stretched out his hand towards her, palm facing up. This time, she didn't hesitate. The chirping of cicadas in midsummer, the sweetness of orange soda and the warmth of the boy's fingertips are the best annotation of this summer.