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!”

bother to respond, his

Theo’s coldness. He blushed as he asked Ellinor,

nodded, “Uncle, just give me a

speaking, she followed Moran to a slightly distant

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

took it and looked

Watching this. Theo smirked.

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 feelings. That boy’s gesture means

with such implications, and Ellinor

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

are dating at such a

“Mr. Blanchet, college students

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

moved but he couldn’t hear what she was saying.

taller than the boy, yet she acted like an

cigarette, then blew out the smoke, put