Today, seeing his face full of joy, wearing a pink shirt, he chuckled and asked what was so funny. He said he had just found a girlfriend who was strangely compatible, like a match made in heaven, like a perfect copy. He enthusiastically told about the times they went out and ate, the two of them always juggled rhythmically and concluded with a sentence: How nice it would have been if we had met sooner.
He just smiled and asked if he was sure. Then he told her that he had once loved a woman passionately and secretly regretted that they had met sooner. Once, he blurted it out, she shook her head and said he didn't remember, they had met by chance 15 years ago when they were both students at the same university, only he was a senior and she was a junior. And that day, they had passed each other in the cafeteria without anyone stopping. The reason she remembered was because at that time, he was famous for being a handsome, tall, and talented guy in school, there was no art performance where he didn't play the guitar and sing very well...
She showed him an old black and white photo, in the photo was a slender girl in a white ao dai with a slightly innocent face like a young rabbit but nothing special, if not very ordinary. Back then, if he had met her, he probably wouldn't have paid any attention, let alone had a relationship.
When they met later, she was already a smart, attractive young woman with the charm of someone who was mature in both intelligence and beauty, so he fell in love with her.
He listened to his grandfather, pondering and wanting to hear the end of his love story. Guessing his thoughts, his grandfather just smiled sadly, said it was a long story, and it didn't have a happy ending when they were no longer on the same path.
He said the important thing is to enjoy the happy moments of life now without regrets and what ifs. Discovering each other is like reading a novel, you may not read to the last page but the first and middle pages are not without value.
