82 ROUGH PATCH

They started on the wrong foot.

The feeling of annoyance towards each other was mutual.

She couldn't stand his arrogance, his stupidity.

He couldn't comprehend her sensitivity, her close-mindedness. 

They couldn't meet in the middle at first.

Who would have thought that they could surpass the initial rough stage and shared a relationship so strong and unyielding over the years?

[Flashback]

"WATCH OUT!!!"

"EXCUSE ME! EXCUSE ME!!! A-AAHHH!!" A frantic, screaming voice of a teenage girl reverberated in the air in Xue Guangxi's university one pleasant afternoon. They were cries seeking urgent attention.

But…

Her pleas were unheard. The subject of the cries remained oblivious. 

She tried and tried again even if her vocal cords seemed nearing its limits. She helped it by simultaneously ringing her bicycle's bell. 

 "HEY, YOU!! EXCUSE ME!!! OUT OF THE WAY!!!

"Y-YOU!! MOVE OUT!!!" 

"OUT OF THE WAY!!!!!"