Wintsarye

I was running, away from something or maybe towards something. I wanted to run as fast as I could, but I felt chains and restraints on my left foot. I ran further and restraints started to appear on my right foot as well. I ran and ran and ran… I could no longer feel tired and could only hear my mind telling me to keep running. I had to reach the finishing point, no matter what it is… I ran and ran and somehow knew the finishing point was right around the corner. “I don’t know you that well,” I said, to someone, or something. “I don’t know you that well,” Someone repeated. I turned around and saw Niann behind me. I looked at him. I felt the wind passing me, heading towards the finishing point. “I don’t know what I am running for. I just wanted to escape from something,” I said, in despair. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I opened and rubbed my eyes. I met Niann for dinner a week ago now, and it was once again a S

1    INT. BUFFET RESTAURANT. DAY.  ALLY walks around the buffet and looks for food to get.  She runs into a woman as she is paying attention to other things.                                   ALLY                      I am so sorry… Ally realizes it is SHARON.                                   ALLY (CONT’D)                      Oh! Sharon!                                   SHARON                      Ally! It has been a while!                                   ALLY                      Yeah! Last time I saw you must’ve been from our                       high school gathering like two years ago. How                      have you been?                                   SHARON                      It has been great! I am running a salon now and                      that is why I got such beautiful hair. Sharon runs her fingers through her hair and Ally laughs.                                   ALLY                      Yeah, I think I heard about that last time.      

It was Friday. I felt anxious as the clock ticked to 5pm. I heard someone at the counter and thought it might be Niann. I did not want to rush out and scare him, so I remained in my position. I waited for a bit until 5:05pm, finished off all my work, then left slowly. It was indeed Niann, sitting at the sofa near the counter, waiting. “Hey!” He said. “Hey,” I smiled. “Let’s go.” We walked out and decided where we should have our dinner. Then, I asked him my burning question. “Why did you want to go out with me? I mean, not all of our encounters have been pleasant and there is not really a reason and…” I was lost for words as he smiled at me. “Well, you seemed like a pretty decent person, even though a bit stalkerish, maybe,” He laughed, “I felt like you will be really nice to hang out with and since you somehow found me on social media, I thought we could be friends then.” “Oh cool.” “Yeah, I just felt like we could make our friendship actually work, since we ha