When I Was a Wallflower (Leo and Amelie)

Bria simply shrugged before scratching the back of her head. The young girl looked like she didn’t know how she had bumped into her mother either. “Let me carry her,” Amelie said as she glanced at Leo. Leo handed the child over without saying much. Then, he bent down to pick Amelie’s phone up for her. “Here you go,” he said.

Amelie nodded in appreciation before she took the phone from him and chucked it into her handbag. Soon enough, the bus arrived at their destination. The teacher directed all the children into the nursing home, and the dean of the nursing home delegated some cleaning duties to all of the parents and their children.

Even though Bria’s leg was injured, she insisted on being a part of the activity. Amelie hesitated for a while before she went to the toolshed and approached one of the staff members there. “Can you give us some cleaning tools?” she asked.

“Sure.” The staff member handed Amelie some tools, and her eyes lit up with admiration when she saw Bria. “You’re still helping out even though you’re injured, huh? That’s so nice of you,” the staff commented. Bria simply responded with a shy smile.

“How many sets of tools will you need?” the staff member asked.

Amelie hesitated for a while. “You can give me two sets,” she finally said.

“Three, please.” A man’s deep voice came from behind Amelie right after she finished speaking. Amelie was shocked when she turned to see Leo standing behind her. She had assumed that Leo was just there to spend time with Bria and that he wasn’t going to take part in any cleaning activities. Leo, on the other hand, didn’t seem to realize the look of surprise on Amelie’s face. He extended his long arm over her and took the tools on her behalf.

off with her. Amelie was left speechless for a while. She eventually hurried after them. The three of them were sent to a flat and cooling piece of land outdoors, where there was a layer of tree leaves scattered all over the ground. “Let’s sweep all of the leaves toward the middle first,” Leo suggested after looking at their

up all the leaves in her area. She giggled to herself as she worked on her task. Meanwhile, Amelie stole a few glances at Leo while they worked. She was genuinely curious—she had never seen Leo clean up after himself in her whole life,

off and rolled his sleeves up. His posture was upright, and his arms looked strong as he swept the leaves—he looked like he had walked out of an oil painting. “Mommy’s checking

before she quickly lowered her head to focus on sweeping the leaves. A married couple with their twin boys were cleaning up the area beside them, and the two boys were extremely naughty. They were fooling around, and their parents had to shout at them every now and then. The twins’ parents

into a thick pile of leaves before they sent the leaves and a few rocks flying into the air. Amelie saw the rocks flying in Bria’s direction, and she instinctively threw herself over Bria. Amelie could hear the rocks knocking against one another as they flew up into the sky, and she could already imagine how much it was going to hurt when they landed

she felt was a looming figure above her. Amelie turned a little to notice the man’s long legs behind hers. When she spun around, she realized that

he… Does he remember who I am now? Amelie parted her lips to question him when the twin boys’ parents rushed over. “Are you guys okay?” The parents wore apologetic and remorseful

on her shirt before she glanced in Leo’s direction. He had already walked off with his head hung low as if he were contemplating something. He showed no intention of responding to the twins’ parents. “We’re okay.” Amelie had

the old folks after they were done cleaning the place up. The elderlies chuckled with excitement as they shuffled over to watch the performances.

as well. For some reason, she could sense that Leo was acting in a rather odd manner. He was being especially silent. Could

activities, the dean requested that every family plant a tree up in the hills to commemorate their visit. The pathway up the hills was rather rocky, and Bria’s wheelchair couldn’t be brought up. Bria urged Leo and Amelie to go ahead without her. “Take your time! You don’t have to rush back to me.” Bria

she saw how naturally and effortlessly Bria had blended in with all the old people around her. Leo glanced at Bria as well. He realized how different Bria

dug a hole for the plant. Leo was efficient with his movements, but he stayed

hole up, but he dodged her hand before he started filling the hole himself. She eyed him speechlessly before she got to her feet to head down the hill. “Do you hate me that much?” the man’s icy voice came from