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!”

didn’t bother to respond, his face

blushed as he asked Ellinor, “Ellinor, can I talk to you alone

nodded, “Uncle, just give me a

to a slightly distant place

their conversation, Moran pulled off the second button from his jacket and handed

took it and looked at

Watching this. Theo smirked.

saw Theo’s confusion and explained, “Mr. Blanchet, in Japanese manga, the second button of a shirt is the nearest to the heart, symbolizing one’s

implications,

vaguely remembered Ellinor once saying she liked gentle, obedient boys who would call her older sister. Was this boy the

“Students are dating at such a young

Blanchet,

two in the distance. Just beginning

boy’s head. Her lips moved but he

even taller than the boy, yet she acted

of his cigarette, then blew out the smoke, put out the half–finished