The Kiss that Sparked it All

Ellinor halted, hearing someone calling her name

A sunny–faced big boy huffed and puffed as he ran towards her..

He was a junior from the third grade.

Ellinor asked him puzzled, ‘Moran, what’s up? You need something?”

The shy big boy, scratching his head awkwardly with a sincere smile, said, “Ellinor, congrats on your graduation!”

Ellinor smiled. “Thanks.”

Moran seemed to want to say something, but then he noticed the imposing man standing next to Ellinor, “Uh…Ellinor, who is this?”

Ellinor promptly replied, “Oh, he’s my uncle!”

Theo turned speechless

Upon learning that this was Ellinor’s relative, Moran immediately bowed politely. “Hello, mister!”

to respond, his

as he asked Ellinor, “Ellinor, can I talk to

nodded, “Uncle, just give me

followed Moran to a slightly distant place

the corridor In the middle of their conversation, Moran pulled off the second button from his jacket and handed

it and looked

Watching this. Theo smirked.

button of a shirt is the nearest to the heart, symbolizing one’s feelings. That boy’s gesture means he’s willing to

with such implications, and

gentle, obedient boys who would call her older sister. Was this boy the type she was talking

“Students are dating at such a

bluntly, “Mr. Blanchet, college students are

in the distance. Just beginning to experience love, their faces

her hand, patting the boy’s head. Her lips moved but he couldn’t hear what she was

she acted like an older sister, patting

blew out the smoke, put out the half–finished cigarette, and tossed it into the