T was a very protected girl. She can never go out after 8pm. The latest that she can go is only during special occasions like prom night or chalets with teachers in it. So by asking K to go out after her rehersals, it meant that T would have to meet K at around 8pm. BTW T lives in the west, so she was making a move after her rehersals, K didn't think that T parents were so strict. K didn't know that she had never gone out with guys till such a "late" time. (the late time was actualy very early, after 8pm) and so K replied...

"can I have your number so that I can contact u to facilitate our meeting?" and T replied, "sure, can I have your number too?" and that was how K and T exchanged numbers. For such a long time after knowing T, K has never asked her for her number before, neither did T asked for K's number. But that night, both of them exchanged their numbers after about five months. That changed everything forever.

The next day came, and K was in a dilemna. He told himself, if T was ever going to be late, he would just leave, and leave her a voicemail that he was leaving. And so they fixed the meeting time at 7pm in the evening. K knows that dance rehersals usually end around that time, and T would take some to meet him at a certain MRT control station. So 7pm came, and K's heart raced faster. K keep telling himself to wait for T for only 15 mins. The moment K reached, he sent a page to T, telling her that he reached. Time was 7pm exactly. At that time handphones were not common, only pagers. K hoped that T would be late and so that he wouldn't wait for her, as he feel very very uneasy to meet T, it was like meeting another variation of his gf. So came 7.15pm, K msged T again to say that he was leaving, bye. Just like that... just as K was about to leave the mrt, he received a page that said please wait for me, I am coming now. so K was really in a dilemna. He didn't know whether to wait or to leave. But to leave just like that was very very rude as T was already rushing to meet him. So finally he waited... as 7.20 approached, K thought of his gf, he thought that by meeting T, he was actually being a very unfaithful guy. and he picked himself up to leave. And so K left the mrt station and walked towards the bus interchange... when he reached the bus interchange, who else but Fate rounded them up again. K met T at the interchange. At this point of time, K knows that he had no mopre chance to avoid T, T was staring straight at K's face, asking why did he start to leave when she asked him to wait... K had no reply, K simply said "I was just about to leave, didn't expect to c u here." And so K and T went for dinner at the same food court that T had saw K for the first time... The table where they had sat at is still now visible in K's memory, but he didn't know whether T still remembers.

So T and K went to have dinner, and they began to sit down. T started talking to K by apologizing... she said she was so afraid that K might just go off, as she really wanted to meet him. K said it was ok for being late, he was often late for appts too. K and T started to talk as if they were old friends.Although it was only the first time they met, they seemed to have known each other and chatted like old buddies. Throughout the whole dinner, K and T didn't even had a moment of silence or awkwardness. K and T were so much at ease with one another during the first meeting that they couldn't believe it. T ate her favourite Beef noodles while K ate hot plate noodles, a memory that K can never forget. K can never forget how T liked to scoop each scoop of noodles, add a bit of beef, and a little chilli on top before eating every spoonful of noodles. K can still remember how T liked to finish all her food although she was full, as she didn't like to waste food. So after eating, K and T was about to go home... when K asked T where she live. And T said, I live in XXXXX. K thought, man, I am not sending her home, it's too far, I still got an econs project to hand up on Thursday, and today is already wednesday. T and K went to take the mrt, but as T and K were going opposite directions, K asked "do you want me to send you home?" and T replied... "I would love to, but it's too far for u. The time was about 9pm, and if K sent T home, he would reach home about 11+pm, which would leave him with very little time to do the project. But K, being courteous, said, It's ok, I have nothing to do anyway (which was a lie, he had econs project to do)" But K didn't know that T also took econs and had to hand up a project, but she didn't say it out. She simply said "It's ok, I can go home myself, please don't trouble yourself to send me home" and so K said "ok, then I shall leave, goodbye~" and each of them went home themselves. K didn't know that T had never gone out so late before, and he didn't know that T really wanted hime to send her home, but anyway, he needed to get home to do the project...

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