The Returned Gift

It was a spring when a variety of flowers came out and innocent hearts were apt to blossom into flowers. Among all the sweet hearts in this beautiful and vigorous season, the two teenagers’ love may be the most romantic and impressive but rather miserable. Their love permeated fragrant aroma of the orchid but only amounted to drizzling tears with despair.

Daisy was an orphan adopted by a poor peasant family who, however, treated her as their biological child. Unfortunately, the girl had to drop school after she finished the middle school education because she failed to afford the high school. In order to alleviate the burden of her foster parents as well she took a part-time job in a flower shop which had become all her hope in life later due to the encounter with Steven, a cute boy two years senior to her. He lived nearby and often passed the shop without noticing the girl who though paid attention to him for a long time.

On Mother’s day, when it was heavily raining outside, Steven should go into the flower shop for a bunch of carnation which was packaged by Daisy.

“Few boys buy flowers. Will you present the beautiful carnation to your mother? ”She asked in differently.

“Yes, it is Mother’s Day today and my mother is crazy about flowers, so I want to give her a surprise today.” The boy answered with a nonchalant smile.

“Your mother must be very happy.” Daisy said with her liquid eyes staring at him “, It is raining outside, but you don’t have an umbrella. You can use mine.”

“It is very kind of you.” the boy said with a sweet smile and accepted the umbrella.

From this day on they became good friends. Steven would go into the flower shop on his way home and chatted with Daisy. Steven was a single parent child and his father passed away in a traffic accident when he was 8 years old. They shared their bitter stories with each other.
Day by day, Steven found himself fallen in love with the little girl who was also admirable of him but was too shy to tell him the truth. He wanted to present the girl with a Pandora bracelet in token of love.
It was a shame that he was also a little shy and then asked his good friend to send a elaborately-wrapped Pandora bracelet to the girl. However, unexpectedly, the girl asked for a sick leave for a few days and went home which was a little far away for the him to go there. Then he asked the shop owner for her telephone number.
He was very anxious at the girl with the returned bracelet. With great courage, he made a phone call to her family, and her mother answered the call after a long silence “She has left us the day before. Thank you for your concerning. You are the boy called Steven? She often mentions you on the telephone.” “Yes, it is me. But I have never realized she was badly ill. What a shame!” he said with a great deal of remorse

“I want to extend my sincere appreciation for your care for my Daisy when I am not around her. But you are a little late. She has gone and will never come back again. “Her voice was shaking with grief. The boy couldn’t control his tears and hung up.

He came home and sat in front of the table with his eyes fixed on the Pandora bracelet in despair. It was his puppy love. He had never loved other girls and never sent any gifts to girls because he was too shy, which may be the reason why they became good friends to confide in each other.But she was gone. He would never meet a girl like this.

The Pandora bracelet has been a symbol of their love. The unforgettable days they spent together sprang into his mind at the sight of the bracelet.