Fireworks Fade Away Easily, But Love Lasts Forever

Perhaps because he had not received my response expressing surprise for a long time, Calix finally called me after a month.

After five or six unanswered phone calls, he began to grow impatient.

I stared at his furrowed brows, feeling lonely in my heart.

A few years ago, Calix Reitman, who called me ninety-nine times on New Year's Eve just to say Happy New Year, was finally gone.

A date reminder suddenly popped up in the information bar, indicating today as the day of my menstrual period.

Calix set up a reminder because every time I had menstrual cramps, I would almost faint from the pain.

In the past, every few days of the month, he would always take care of me no matter how busy he was.

I did not have any special physique, it was just that I sufferred from unbearable menstrual cramps because of Calix.

After starting the business, our first fireworks show failed due to lack of experience. The response was terrible and we also used up all our savings.

Calix could not bear the blow and walked into the sea in the snowy winter.

In order to stop him, I was knocked down by the waves again and again in the freezing sea water.

Even so, I still tried to open my trembling lips and encourage him not to give up.

At that time, the two of us were like rootless duckweed, enduring the harsh blow of society while trying hard to stay in this city.

After suffering from menstrual cramps, Calix would always have tears in his eyes every time I broke out in a cold sweat.

He racked his brains and did everything he could to make me feel better.

But after Serena came back, everything changed.

I had very few opportunities to sit at the same table with him to just eat together, let alone care about my menstrual cramps.

Now his concern for me was probably only this forgotten reminder of my menstrual period.

I laughed at myself, realizing that even a marriage that had gone through so much hardship could not escape the seven-year itch, but I found that Calix had clicked on the chat box with me again.

At this moment, I could not help approaching him.

I was lost in my thoughts. On this day ... would he still care about me?

"Why didn't you reply to my messages or answer my calls?"

"You were quite busy when I wasn't around."

"Buy some painting tools and send them to the studio tomorrow. You know more about that."

I tried hard to see some hint of concern between the lines.

The loud sound of fireworks exploding filled my ears.

Every word Serena spoke was clear and dealt me ​​a heavy blow.

"Calix, is it too late for me to start learning painting now?"

"Daphne's good at painting and designing, and she's also a good drinker. Meanwhile I'm not in good health, so I'm really not as good as her at anything."

"A woman like her who is good at everything is worthy of you."

The words came out of Serena's mouth showed praise for me, but the look in her eyes showed cruelty.

In just a moment, she pretended to look pitiful and immediately aroused Calix's desire to protect her.

The man looked at her affectionately, as devoutly as when he said "I do" at a wedding ceremony.

"I will unconditionally support anything you want to do."

"Also, it's not good for a woman to drink alcohol. You'd better drink milk or something healthy."

I woke up instantly from my self-deceiving reverie.

Looking at the man's face so close at hand, I wanted to see if he still looked the same as the old days.

He never said that before.

In the early days of the business, the studio was short of staff.

I did the accounting, design, purchasing, reception and even secretarial and logistical work all by myself.

In order to attract sponsorships and negotiate business, I practiced my alcohol tolerance at endless drinking tables, just because Calix had an allergy to alcohol and a stomachache after drinking.

I never knew that he actually hated women drinking when I was throwing up in the bathroom.

Looking at the vast and boundless sea, I regretted saving him for the first time.

That day, I should have let him die in the sea.