
"Skateboards?" Ezra furrowed his brows then turned to look at Chloe who was abstrusely vague. "Isn't this the skateboard I gave you yesterday? Why give it to me again, will you ask?"
"Hehehe, I did ask the skateboard to make a birthday gift for you. After all, it was the father who won the game, so it was appropriate for this Skateboard belonged to Mr. Ezra," Chloe smiled clumsily, Rubbing her non-itchy nape.
"I don't know what you want either, so I gave you a Skateboard as a gift. I love that Skateboard because I heard that the father of childhood loved skateboarding with Mr. Justin, So the only gift I thought about was that" added Nervous, Afraid that Ezra did not like the gift.
Ezra exhaled softly, Looking at the skateboard in his hand. "Why didn't you say it?"
"Don't you like it?" Chloe's expression turned moody, Maybe she chose the wrong gift for Ezra. Well, anyway Ezra's an adult. Maybe he wants to play a kid's game like this again.
"I like it, I like it so much,"
"Eh?" Chloe looked up after Ezra's voice swept through her hearing. Her happiness sparkle emanates from Ezra's green netra, and Chloe realizes it. Although Ezra's view is still fixed on the skateboard in his hand.
Slowly the corner of Chloe's lips was attracted to form a gentle smile, She was relieved to know Ezra was fond of her gift.
Then the blue netra meets the green netra Ezra. "You have some free time too, don't you?"
"Yes,"
"Then you want to go somewhere?"
"Byeah, I'll make some food for lunch over there" Chloe suggested as she tidied up their equipment.
"Hm, don't forget to bring the rest of the cake, too," Ezra glanced at the rest of the cake that was still a lot, Of course that big cake will not be able to be spent alone.
"Yes,"
Ezra also climbed up from his seat while carrying a skateboard in his hand, as well as preparing any items he would carry.
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CKEEIIT!
A black sedan stopped in front of an empty park, Not a single person was there other than what appeared to be a fence covered with rusty wire on its side.
Ezra gets out of the car followed by Chloe, The man walks around into the trunk of the car. He opened the trunk of the car and retrieved two skateboard boards from inside.
Blam it!
"Now, from now on this skateboard is yours," Ezra handed over a white-colored purple skateboard after closing the trunk of the car. In her other hand she's got a skateboard Chloe gave her.
"Is this mine now?" Chloe said with a bright netra, Slowly she received a skateboard given by Ezra.
"Yes, this is my old skateboard. It's been with me since I was a kid and this skateboard is Justin's gift," Ezra smiled, The look can't be separated from the skateboard Chloe was holding. "So this skateboard is very valuable to me,"
Chloe's expression turned moody, The feeling was so bad for receiving Ezra's valuables, For some reason she suddenly remembered with a suit owned by Ezra given Justin damaged by someone, Even though that incident has passed. Still Chloe can still remember it until now, the feeling of anger from Ezra at that time still vividly remembered in his mind. I don't think he wants to repeat the same mistake.
The girl thrust back the skateboard in her hand, Feeling unworthy to have the item especially the item was valuable to Ezra.
"No, sir, don't give it to me. Mending this skateboard I save it, Kan these memories of Mr. Ezra the same Mr. Justin," Chloe smiled blandly, But Ezra did not reach it at all. The young man's forehead was confused.
"Why did you refuse him?"
Chloe replied hesitantly, Her gaze turning to look the other way. "I don't want to repeat the same mistake. Like my father's suit that was given to me by Justin," the girl lowered her voice at the end, However Ezra could still hear it because they were facing each other.
For a moment the young man exhaled, His hand raised into the air patting the girl's blue mane slowly. "You're! It's just a suit, after all Mr. Justin doesn't bother about it. I've talked to him, you don't have to feel guilty about it. It's not your fault, though,"
But Chloe's expression was still gloomy, the Skateboard was still outstretched before Ezra. "But this skateboard is..."
"It's okay, it's yours now. No need to hesitate to accept it, I'm taking you here anyway for some fun skateboarding," Sela Ezra pushed the skateboard back towards Chloe.
Chloe stared back at the skateboard in her hand. "Thank you sir, if you have let it go" a cheerful smile was on the girl's lips. "I'll take good care of him,"
"Yes, me too," What Ezra meant was a skateboard Chloe gave her.
"But I can't skateboard,"
A moment Ezra smiled haughtily. "You'll learn from the experts,"
Ezra turned around to step closer to the guardrail, for a moment he looked at an inscription attached to the fence that read 'close'.
"How do I get in there? The park is closed," Chloe approaches Ezra with their luggage carrying her skateboard, her head looking up at the fence. "Does it have to be climbed again like it used to be?"
"No, I remember there was a secret door around here to get in there," Ezra turned to look for the secret door in question, He walked around among the bushes to find the door.
"Huh?! Secret door? Then why must it be difficult to climb first if there is a secret door around here?!" Chloe in my heart.
"Oi rancid! Comehere!"
Hearing Ezra's voice, the girl immediately approached the young man and saw some wire that opened wide enough between the bushes, making it easy for anyone to enter the park.
"It looks like someone has already paved this road before us" Ezra lowered his body slightly in order to get through the road despite some of his clothes being scratched by a wire fence.
Chloe came down to enter the place, because the size of her body is rather small to make it easier for Chloe to pass through the guardrail with agility.
There are still many children's games left there, seen some iron in the game rusty shows how long they have been abandoned. Obviously Ezra remembers this children's garden very much, because it was when he was a child. He and Justin are always playing here with the other kids, of course they're just playing together.
"Isn't this playground abandoned, look. Even this slide game is not worth using anymore" said Chloe walking beside Ezra, He pointed to a nearby slide game that seems to have been rickety with rusty iron. Ready to collapse at any time.
"I know, the atmosphere doesn't change much like the last time I left with Justin," Reply Ezra looked at the games he passed.
"Is this park one of your mementos?"
"Yes, we always play here. Just the two of us and we always play the same game every day,"
"Skateboards?" Guess Chloe while looking at Ezra.
"True, No day without a skateboard. That was our motto when we were kids,"
"Wow! It turns out that Mr. Ezra and Mr. Justin are true skate kids," thought Chloe amazed, Unlike her who is just a hobby of playing otome games but since she entered this dimension. Chloe never played that game again, obviously because there was no game on her phone.
"Here!"
Ezra stopped her steps automatically Chloe came to a stop, her blue Netra looked at a large round pond. It seems that the pool water has dried up for a long time so that there is no visible residual water in it, and do not forget the small mosses that are visible on the sides of the pool.
"It's not a pool to swim in?"
"Yes, that was. Now that the pool is changing functions as a place to skateboard," Ezra puts the skateboard in his hand and takes over the food-filled basket from Chloe's hand.
He put the basket on the children's slide not far from their position so as not to interfere with their game later, After finishing Ezra again approached Chloe who was still looking at the pool.
"But the moss..."
"Don't mind the moss, it's just a little. This pool we usually use as training, and I think it's a good place to train you,"
"Is there a better place than this?"
"There, but it's a little far from the city. It was near the mountains and had a steep cliff. The skate kids call it the 'S' climb'. Usually they use the place to train or race with other skate kids," Ezra moved away while picking up his skateboard, not forgetting to wear the black gloves he took out of his pants pocket.
"It's illegal" added Ezra.
"illegal? Why?" Somehow Chloe felt interested in the world of skate after hearing Ezra's story, she began to be curious about the place called 'S.
"Color in that place all skate kids get together, Usually they will bet with the money they have if one of the race participants wins. You know some kind of wild racing. There are no rules in the race there, even the participants are allowed to cheat,"
Instantly Chloe goosebumps for a moment imagining the steep cliffs in that place. "Hey, why would they still want to play there if they knew it was dangerous?"
"You know what the ban was for?"
"To be violated,"
Crick! Crick! Crick!
Instantly Chloe smothers her own mouth, Realizing the wrong answer to Ezra's question.
Ezra cleared slowly. He said something back. "Not wrong, but not right. Never mind, we're now focused on his training,"
Chloe nodded in agreement without saying anything more.
"You watch my game, after that I'll teach you. Understand right?"
"understand!"
Ezra began to focus on his skateboard, he ran small towards the pool and then after sliding around the side of the pool quickly. So fast that Chloe could barely see Ezra.
Wuussshhhhh!
Nah!
After a few minutes Ezra stopped at the bottom of the pool, looking up at Chloe who was at the top right on the side of the pool. "Come here!"
"Sir, what will fall be?" Chloe stared in horror, Afraid of slipping away as she approached Ezra. The depth of the pool was about 1.5 meters. Not to mention the number of small mosses that will make it fall later.
"Will not! Come quickly! Just bring the skateboard, Don't ride it," cried Ezra from below, Then he pointed to the side of the pool. "You take the stairs there,"
Chloe turned her head to look at the stairs in question, Immediately she was speechless. "They! Didn't say there were stairs. I'd have been so scared just in case it slipped when it came down,"
As a result Chloe brought her skateboard and went down the stairs carefully, Approaching Ezra at the bottom of the pool.
After Chloe gets nearby without warning Ezra robs Chloe's skateboard and puts it under the girl's feet. "Good!"
Chloe carefully climbed her skateboard despite being a little nervous. He almost fell because his legs were trembling.
"Take care of your balance, otherwise you will fall. Follow me!" Ezra stretches her hands out on a skateboard, Chloe follows Ezra's movements.
"Duh, my legs are still shaking. This way I'm going to fall" Chloe thought of trying to keep her balance, Before long Chloe felt her hands held.
"Don't be nervous, you gotta be rilex. That way you won't fall" Ezra stood next to Chloe, still holding the girl's hands to keep her from falling.
Chloe did what Ezra told her to do, and she even wiggled her skateboard to keep her balance as her skate skated. According to Chloe keeping a balance on a skateboard is the hardest thing for her. Even Chloe almost fell down a few times, fortunately Ezra always held her hand.
As the exercise takes place over several minutes, Ezra also teaches Chloe some of the basic moves in the skate world, although Chloe does not fully master the moves. Until Ezra finally took off his grip on the girl, letting Chloe slide slowly around the pool.
"Sir, I can!" Chloe exclaimed happily because she managed to keep her balance, as her skate slid to the side of the pool. Although not as fast as Ezra, this success has brought its own satisfaction to Chloe, of course without Ezra's holding again.
"Good thing you did," Ezra got on her skateboard, before long she followed the girl.
Playing skateboarding together instantly reminded Ezra of his past with Justin, The shadows when he was a child crossed his mind.
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[Memory Ezra On]
Kraasakk!
Ezra turned his head as he faintly heard the rustling sound of bushes not far from his position, Before long the green net caught the figure of Justin peering at him from behind the bushes. Ezra smiled as Justin waved, As if telling him to come closer.
He turned his gaze to look at the figure of his father who was mowing the grass, at that time Ezra was in charge of holding the stairs. "Dad, can I play now?"
"Yes, but don't be long. Then help your mother, "Reply Ezra's father without looking at Ezra.
"Good dad,"
Ezra approached Justin who had been waiting for him earlier, with a sparkling net Justin holding Ezra's hand.
"Ezra, let's go skateboard again. Now teach me the other moves huh," Pinta Justin enthusiastically.
Ezra was still smiling, and he couldn't wait to play with Justin. "Of course, let's get that tight, man,"
"Yes,"
The two ran away towards the pond in question while holding hands. Arriving at the pool where Justin's family, Ezra immediately took his skateboard lying at the bottom of the pool.
"This, Ride!" Ezra gave her skateboard and immediately accepted Justin with pleasure.
Justin trains to keep his balance while Ezra watches Justin's movements.
"Whoah!" Justin's balance began to run out of control after he fell and Ezra came to him anxiously.
"Sir Justin, are you okay?" Ezra tried to get rid of some dry leaves that stuck to Justin's hair.
Instead of grimacing pain, Justin even laughed which made Ezra astonished for a few seconds before Ezra joined in laughing with Justin.
"It's exciting, I think I'm starting to like this skateboarding game, "Justin laughed out loud, He rubbed the corner of his watery eyes. "I'll ask you to buy me a skateboard later,"
"Thank God Mr. Justin liked it," Ezra's laughter subsided, but still tucked in his anxiety. "Sir Justin is okay, right?"
"Yes, I'm strong, '" Justin smiled broadly showing his neatly arranged row of white teeth.
Ezra smiled, Happy that Justin is okay.
"Ezra, promise me you'll be my playmate and best friend. This second, today, and forever and always by my side,"
Justin points his little finger, asking Ezra to do the same with him. At first Ezra was confused but afterwards he hooked his little finger with Justin's little finger, Smiling cheerfully.
"Yes, I promise I'll be Mr. Justin's playmate and best friend. This second, today, and forever and always will be faithful to be by Mr. Justin's side,"
[Memory Ezra Off]
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The look on Ezra's face turned grim, He said softly. "I promise you, Mr. Justin, I never made my promise,"
"Sir Ezra!"
Vaguely as Chloe's voice swept through her hearing, Ezra gasped from her daydream. When the direction of his gaze was on Chloe, the girl had already slid towards him ever closer.
"Sir! Stop skateboarding!"
"Stop?" Ezra repeated, somehow his brain work suddenly slow. Realizing something will happen, he reflexively tried to stop the speed of his skateboard. But his efforts are in vain when Chloe is near.
And also Chloe, who is already panicking. Both collisions are inevitable.
BBRUKK!
TB