Somewhere between laughing for no reason, stupid arguments, and making fun of each other, I fell in love with you.
- Anonymous
Jacob Anthony Teng was looking through Ara's things, searching for nothing in particular.
He was waiting for her to finish taking her shower.
It was almost 7 in the evening.
Oopppsss!
It's not what you think.
They had been having sleep overs since they were 7 years old.
It's nothing romantic, just pure platonic friendship.
He was leafing through her drawers because he had nothing better to do.
He read a few pages of her diary and laughed at the funny anecdotes.
Ara was really such a character.
That was the reason why they stayed friends for almost forever.
Ara never took it seriously.
His snooping around.
It never even irritated her.
She would do the same to him and Jacob wouldn't mind.
He knew everything about Ara and she knew everything about him as well.
Down to the simplest details up until the most complex ones.
He even replied to some texts from her manliligaws when they were younger.
They were that close.
He was gonna stop snooping around when he found an envelope that caught his undivided attention.
It was an offer letter from a school in London.
Jacob opened it with a pounding heart.
Dear Ms. Shin,
We are very glad to inform you that you have been accepted as a faculty member in our engineering department. We duly recognize your accomplishments in your field of study and admire the structures you have built. We very well wish for you to impart your knowledge to our current and future students. We are very excited to welcome you this coming September in time for the second semester. We'll expect to hear from you.
With kind regards,
Cambridge University Engineering Department
Jacob's head was pounding.
September?
It was nearing August, which means Ara would be leaving in a month!
Fuck!
She had never talked to me about this before!
Or had she?
Wasn't I listening?
She wanted to be a professor?
Where did that passion come from? She never said so before!
Jake's head was spinning because of shock.
They had always been together since they were kids.
Cookies and cream, strawberries and cream, fries and ketchup.
They were a team.
There was no Jacob without Ara.
When people saw him, they would look for her.
