Clear Sky and Troubled Heart

"Your hair smells like blueberries."

Mi Rae's head which had raised a bit for the impending kiss fell back with a thump.She did not know how to reply to such a statement and muttered an awkward,"Thank you..I think..."

They stared silently into each other's eyes.As if suddenly realizing their precarious position,Neil fell back with a thump and also started to stare at the sky with his hand under his head.Mi Rae turned to look at him and then turned back to look at the open the sky.Using her free hand,she slowly moved towards Neil's free hand which was lying next to hers.Holding his wrist,she brought it up and then placed it under her head.Their position was now intimate and yet not.Though her head was pillowed on his forearms like a lover's,their bodies maintained a respectable distance.

Neil's hand had stiffened the moment Mi Rae grabbed it and even now was lying straight as a rod.