That Night

There they were, as the boy was dropping the girl off at her place, they stayed in front of her house by the tree.

The girl sat sideways on his bike, and the boy stood by his bike, his broad shoulder sheltered her, almost protecting her as they chatted away through the night, neither wanting the girl to enter her house just yet.

They shared witty banters, and out comes a joke both of them knew too well, they laughed as they joked about the flickering street light when suddenly the boy stopped.

It was a clear night, the rain that poured the previous afternoon had just washed all the bad smells away. The moon was full, providing the most natural light known in the nighttime, just showing itself after it had concealed itself with the dark clouds from the rain.

One of the streetlight flickered on and off, as the boy and the girl argued playfully regarding the light.

The light went off once, the girl looked at the light, the boy smiled.

The light went on again, they shared their joke and started their long-known argument.

The light went off for the second time, the boy stopped and looked at the girl, smiling and looking tenderly at the girl, he gave the girl his final word of their playful argument.

The boy moved closer to the girl and as their lips met, the light flickered.

The light went on, the boy drew his face away from the kiss, and looked at the girl, worried, and the girl was dazed, confused, she said "Ah, the lights went on again"

The boy smiled tenderly at the girl's remark and he then held her in his arms, the girl closed her eyes as if trying to chisel this memory in her head forever. 

But as the boy said "I love you" the girl froze, not knowing what to do, she just nodded, hoping that her nod would be enough of an answer for him, for she was too overwhelmed by joy to utter out any words.

It was the perfect night for them, a single event that was the beginning for them, the loveliest night of all, yet...