Beautiful Promise
Fate is so cruel, it makes two vigorous buds have no time to bloom, and their youth and vitality will wither prematurely; but fate is kind, it rekindles the spark of hope in two hearts that are already on the verge of despair.
On a sunny afternoon, a boy and a girl met in the corridor of the hospital. The moment their eyes met, the two young hearts were deeply shocked. They both read the sadness in each other's eyes. Perhaps it was because they shared the same illness. By evening, they had become old friends as if they had known each other for many years. From then on, the boy and the girl spent sunrise and sunset, day and night, morning and evening together, and they no longer felt lonely and helpless.
Finally one day, the boys and girls were told that their condition was incurable. Both the boy and the girl were taken back to their respective homes. Their condition became more serious day by day, but neither the boy nor the girl forgot that they had an agreement. They could only exchange each other's care and blessings by writing letters, and every word and every sentence was a great encouragement to them.
In this way, life flies by. Three months have passed in the blink of an eye. One afternoon three months later, the girl held a letter from the boy in her hand and closed her eyes peacefully, with a faint smile on her lips. Her mother cried quietly beside her. She silently took the boy's letter, and lines of powerful words jumped into her eyes: "... When fate plays tricks on you, don't be afraid, don't hesitate, because there is still me, and there are many people who care about you and love you. We will help you and protect you. You are by no means alone..." The girl's mother's hand holding the letter trembled, and the letter became moistened little by little in her hand.
The girl left just like that. The day after she left, the mother found a stack of letters that had been written and sealed but not yet sent in the girl's drawer. The top letter was written "Mom." The girl's mother opened the letter in confusion, and it was written in her daughter's familiar handwriting: "Mom, when you see this letter, maybe I have left you, but I still have one wish that I have not fulfilled. I once made an agreement with a boy, and I promised him that I would spend time with him. I will spend the last journey of my life together, but I know that I may not be able to fulfill my promise. So, after I leave, please send these letters to him one after another for me, so that he can think that I am still strong and alive, and I believe that these letters can give him more confidence to live...Daughter." Looking at the last words written by her daughter, the mother's eyes became moist again. She could no longer restrain her emotions. She felt that there was a force urging her to see this boy. Yes, she wanted to see him. She wanted to tell him that there was such a girl who wanted him to live a good life.
The girl's mother took her daughter's letter and found the boy's home according to the address on the envelope. She saw an energetic boy in the photo framed in a black frame in the middle of the table. The girl's mother was stunned. When she turned to look at the woman who opened the door, tears were already streaming down her face. She slowly picked up a pile of letters on the table and said with a choked voice: "This was left by my son. He passed away a month ago, but he said that there was a girl with the same fate as him who was waiting for his letter and his encouragement. So, it was me who sent those letters on his behalf this month..." At this point, the boy's mother was already crying. At this time, the girl's mother walked over, hugged the other mother tightly, and murmured: "For a beautiful agreement..."
