Chapter 2: Our first interaction

Esther looked down, still sitting on the bench. When suddenly, a man, who seemed to be Esther's age, came up to her and sat beside her. "Are you alright? I saw you on the floor earlier, I was worried about you" He spoke with a concerned and gentle tone, his voice barely above a whisper as Esther looked to her side, her teary eyes meeting his "I'm... Alright" she muttered, turning her head away from him. "Thanks for asking, stranger" she fidgeted with her fingers as the man chuckled slightly, he was very friendly to her "Of course! I can't handle seeing people so sad, it makes me sad too! How about we become friends? Maybe I'll cheer you up better?" He smiled, Esther stared at him before nodding "Sure, I'm Esther Azlia" She introduced herself

"Clyde Shea! Add me on Instagram?" He happily shared, pulling out his phone and tapping on the screen as Esther voiced out her username, they exchange users and went on a walk together. The man, who is known as Clyde, chatted with Esther for a bit, stopping to get ice cream but Esther? She felt like this was too sudden. Elton broke up and then instantly a stranger befriend her, she felt like this was planned, maybe Elton felt bad leaving her, or he just wanted her to move on faster? She couldn't explain it, but she just hoped it was nothing negative. An hour has passed, Esther felt better because of Clyde's help, she was thankful for it and wanted to pay him back, but Clyde simply declined her offer. "Oh no, it's okay! Just appreciate it!" He refused, nervously sratching his head as Esther chuckled "I will be sad if you don't let me pay you" She teased and Clyde shook his head, finally agreeing to take the money before waving his hand and leaving, shouting "See you later! And thank you!" as he left. Esther was alone again, but she felt happy, staring at the chocolate bar that he had bought for her, remembering how he had said that she looked like she could use something sweet. As she unwrapped the seal and taking a bite from it, Esther couldn't help but glance at Clyde's fading figure.

"Thank you, Clyde" she muttered, the ends of her lips twitched slightly, she didn't realize how genuine her smile was until a gust of wind blew at her, she immediately shook her head, taking another bite of the chocolate as she walked in a direction, finally going home after everything that had happened today. She flops onto her bed, pulling out her phone and seeing a few notifications from Instagram, she chuckled, knowing it was Clyde texting her. They became great friends after that, Esther was grateful to be friends with Clyde because he was a very kind and sweet man, she couldn't help but smile whenever he texts her, it would always be jokes or mellow greetings

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