That morning, the world went on as usual.
People hurried along, the sound of shoes clicking on the pavement, and the faint laughter mixed with impatient honking of horns. Among all of that, a girl stopped at one point, his name is Rui, she's beautiful, His hair is long, dark gray, she likes cats, and his hobby is also drawing, she has really liked drawing since she was little.
Rui sat in his wheelchair, staring at the street with calm eyes, not empty, just too full of thoughts that were never spoken.
The wheels beside him were still, but his heart kept moving, remembering the days when steps were a no-brainer..
The morning breeze touched his face, as if asking softly: "Do you still want to walk?"
Rui smiled faintly.
Because even though her body hadn't moved, her story had only just begun.
When Rui arrived at school, she was immediately approached by 3 girls, who were popular students there, she was very rich, fragrant, and well-liked by the boys at the school.
"Hey, hey... guys, look who this is?! The wheelchair girl, ahahaha... Rui aren't you tired? Sitting there all day, poor thing, hahaha!" The popular girl laughed with her friends, she only smiled a little, but... inside her heart she really wanted to cry right now.
"I-I'm not tired, really... this is destiny, no matter what, I'm still grateful to have been born into this world...." Rui spoke very softly, like a gentle breeze.
"haaa? you're really weird, why were you born in this world if that was your destiny... heh, let's go guys, I can't be bothered talking to a girl like her!" The popular girl left him alone there, amidst the crowd of students whispering about him.
When Rui arrived at class, she looked for her desk which had no chair. She stopped at her desk waiting for the lesson to start. To be honest... She has no friends in this class, no friends at all, all his classmates just choose their friends without choosing him.
"Today is the same, nothing has changed... why do they like to choose friends and not choose me to be their friend too?..." Rui said in her heart. She also wrote in her diary with the title "today is the same".
Until the teacher came in bringing a student, he was a new student in this class, he was handsome, and his gaze was warm, he also smiled a lot , all the girls were fascinated, they even whispered, Rui was the same.
"ehh, he's so handsome-... ah... what was I thinking?..." Rui said in his own heart, she immediately lowered his head.
"Students, let me introduce Leo, the new student in our class. Leo, come on, say hello to your friends."
"Hello everyone, my name is Leo Victor, just call me Leo, my hobby is photography, I hope we can be good friends, thank you." Leo said softly and politely, everyone immediately nodded happily.
"okay Leo, now sit there, next to the girl in the wheelchair." Everyone was silent when Leo was asked by the teacher to sit next to Rui. Rui was surprised and looked at Leo a little.
Leo sat next to Rui, Rui didn't dare to speak first, afraid of disturbing Leo, but-
"Hey, what's your name?" Maybe it was just Rui's imagination, when Leo asked his name, Rui just kept quiet and didn't answer... but once again, the question heard in his ears.
"Hey, come on, what's your name? Don't be so shy, haha~" For the first time, for Rui this was a bit strange... because even though no one would talk to him gently like this, usually it was just mockery and other serious things.
"u-um, My name is Rui... Rui Liana, nice to meet-" Rui looks at Leo and... her face immediately turned red because she saw a handsome man's face for the first time in front of her own eyes.
"Hey, your face is red, hahaha, so cute~, okay Rui, we will be friends now, my name is Leo~" Leo laughed warmly, and this was also the first time for Rui that she usually heard mocking laughter, but... Leo didn't.
"w-why do you want to be friends with me, Leo?..." Rui wants a clear answer, not just playing around, she wants Leo to be his first friend.
Leo was silent for a moment, there was a little surprise inside him, until he asked himself: "Why did Rui ask like that? Was she not accompanied just because she was sitting in a wheelchair?"
"To be honest Rui, during the introduction earlier, my gaze immediately focused on you, the girl sitting in the wheelchair... and, I kind of felt that you were alone now, so... I don't mean anything else to you, and the point is... let me accompany you in your lonely world, Rui... is that okay?"
and... Rui heard that in her own ears, her tears suddenly fell a little, she lowered her head covering her face with both of her hands, this was the first time someone wanted to be with her...
"Leo... you're mean... hiks... don't make me cry... hiks hiks... but... i'm happy Leo, thank you for being my first friend..." Rui cried behind his hands, Leo smiled a little and was happy that Rui finally had someone she could trust.
"hehe, I'm happy too... I promise to always accompany you wherever you are..." Leo stroked Rui's back gently.
Rui was still crying, and he nodded happily, and... she hoped this wasn't a dream, and even if it was, she wished would never wake up from it.