The strange girl continued to stare at Blessing wondering who he was, why he had the mask on his face, and why he would say that to her but at the same time, the girl realized Blessing was the only one who had ever said those nice words to her and seems to care about her sadness. The girl thought for a while before she took Blessing's hand and Blessing lifted her off the ground by holding the girl's hand, then Blessing said to the strange girl “come with me”, and let go of the girl's hand.
The girl watched as Blessing turned and began to walk forward wondering who Blessing was but the girl chose to forget who Blessing was at that moment and followed him since he promised to make her happy. The girl was about to walk to Blessing when he suddenly saw him stop, turn back, and begin to walk toward her back.
The girl watched as Blessing stopped in front of her and cleaned her tears with his hands then Blessing said with a smile to her “tears shouldn't be seen on a fine girl's face like yours”, and he turned to leave.
The girl stared at Blessing not able to say anything to him because she was surprised as he cleaned her tears with his hand and as he began to walk away, wondering if Blessing was an angel that God had sent to her tonight to make her happy. The girl followed Blessing curious to know who he was and how he was going to make her happy tonight.
There was silence between the girl and Blessing as they both walked the city next to each other and at the same time, the girl was glancing at Blessing who seemed to be focused on where he was taking the girl. The girl was mostly glancing at the face part where Blessing's mask covered, and she was eager to know where they were going but couldn't ask Blessing because he was a stranger who promised to make her happy, look like not the playful type which made her wondered why he approached her, and she knew nothing about him.
Blessing stopped in front of an ice cream van making the girl stop too since she was following him. Blessing bought two ice creams from the van, gave one to the girl, and then said to her “come with me”, making the girl wonder where they were going if it was not the ice cream van from which they bought ice creams.
Just a few blocks after the ice cream can, Blessing and the girl stopped in front of an abandoned-8-story building having a flat rooftop. The building was dark which they both saw as they held their ice cream, and Blessing told her to follow him then Blessing went into the building. The girl feels reluctant to enter the building because it is dark and is scared of what might happen in there since she doesn't really know Blessing but the girl decides to trust Blessing who brought her here, bought her ice cream, promised to make her happy and seemed nice to her so he wouldn't do anything to hurt her or make her sad then the girl entered the building.
The girl walked through the building’s stairs with Blessing and came out to the building's rooftop. Immediately they got to the rooftop, Blessing went to sit down at the edge of the rooftop with his ice cream, licked his ice cream, and said to the girl “You can come to sit with me”.
The girl moved closer to Blessing and said to Blessing “what……. are we doing here and why are we here?”.
“Are you afraid?…….. Well, don't be. This building belongs to my family and here is where I come always to be alone” said Blessing to the girl.
Hearing that made the girl to be relieved of her fears and then she went to sit down next to Blessing, a few paces from Blessing. The girl said to Blessing “thank you for the ice cream”, and licked her ice cream.
“You don't need to thank me. I promise to make you happy so the ice cream is just a step to making you happy” said Blessing, licking his ice cream.
The girl smiled licking her ice cream and said to Blessing “and you think the ice cream is going to make me happy?”.
“Not really but at least it was able to get you to smile” said Blessing with a smile.
“Oh I see” said the girl with a smile.
“So how is the scene?” asked Blessing with a smile, looking at the whole city.
The girl looked at the whole part of the city that her eyes could capture seeing it to be lovely and said with a smile “It is lovely. I have never got to see much of the city not to talk of seeing it from this height. Am glad to see how magnificent it looks at night”.
Blessing looked at the girl to see her smiling as she was looking at the city and licking her ice cream, then Blessing asked her “I was able to make you smile. Did I also make you happy?”.
The girl smiled brightly and said “you tried”, without looking at him.
“It's good. At least it did small” said Blessing with a smile.
“How were you able to know about this city scene at night?” asked the girl.
“Thanks to my grandpa who thought my knowing about the family properties was a good idea and would make me happy because I might find it interesting. My grandpa showed me the building and I found the scene alone” said Blessing.
“Your grandpa must really love you a lot” said the girl sadly, which Blessing noticed.
Seeing the girl was sad, Blessing said with a smile to her “since my job for tonight is to make you smile. Are you ready for jokes and stories produced and directed by my grandpa?”.
The girl finds what Blessing said funny and laughs, and then she says with a smile “Let's check it out”.
Blessing spent the night telling the girl jokes and funny stories that made her laugh and showed her funny incidents that happened in the city which both of them laughed at. Both Blessing and the girl have a fun night on the rooftop and the girl finds Blessing loving, caring, and sweet even though his mask makes him look a little scary, he is still handsome.
Seeing it was getting to the middle of the night, Blessing decided to be on his way home and said to the girl “I think I did a good job”.
“Yeah. You did more than I expected” said the girl with a smile.
“Since I got a hundred percent, I think it is better I return home now 'cause it is getting late but if you wanna stay here and continue to watch the city, it's fine” said Blessing, and stood up then turned to leave.
Just as Blessing took a few steps forward to leave the rooftop, the girl said to Blessing “Is there a place you think I can spend the night?”.
Blessing stopped hearing the girl say that and turned back smiling to see the girl looking at him. The girl wondered why Blessing was smiling at her after hearing her and then Blessing said to her “it seems my mission has not been accomplished yet. I wouldn’t want or advise you to sleep here. So you can come with me”.
Upon getting to Blessing’s house, the girl realized and was surprised that Blessing was a boy who lived in the house next to her house but how come she never knew Blessing when she knew the old man and old woman that lived in the house? The girl wondered where Blessing always be if she had never seen her in the house or with the old woman and mad, or maybe he just got to the house today but that would be impossible because Blessing said the building is where he goes from time to time to be alone.
Blessing took the girl to his room and told her to sleep on the bed. The girl was surprised why Blessing would tell her to sleep on his bed and asked Blessing “where would you sleep if I sleep on your bed?”.
“Right here on the floor” said Blessing.
Hearing that made the girl confused and asked herself if Blessing's nature is to be caring about strangers he knows nothing about, making them happy, and If he would even make them sleep on his bed while he sleeps on the floor. The girl couldn’t ask Blessing why he would prefer to sleep on the floor but was glad that God sent him to her tonight or else she might have slept outside. The girl said with a smile to Blessing “Why don't you sleep on the bed? I can sleep on the floor”, because she was uncomfortable that Blessing would sleep on the floor while she slept on the bed.
“You have only got one choice to make. Either you sleep on my bed or get out of my house” said Blessing bluntly.
The girl was surprised to hear Blessing say that to her, someone that has been nice to her all night and made her happy and smiled all night but that made the girl realize he knew nothing about Blessing who was a strange boy with a mask on his face willing to help her. The girl looked at Blessing and saw he was serious about it, and then the girl said to Blessing “your bed is big enough for the both of us so why don't we sleep together on the bed”.
“You won't be comfortable if we both sleep on the bed together. So make your choice” said Blessing, looking at the girl.
The girl knew Blessing was right about her being uncomfortable if they slept on the bed together because Blessing was still a stranger even if he was helping her and seemed to be caring for her at the moment but she didn't think it was good for Blessing to sleep on the floor in his room, what if he did and got sick.
The girl has to choose at the moment because Blessing insists she must and she chooses to sleep on Blessing's bed because the girl knows getting out of Blessing's house means she will have to go to sleep outside or in the abandoned building which is both dangerous which is Blessing brought her home.
Blessing watched as the girl climbed onto his bed and lay down on the bed without using the blanket, then Blessing moved closer to the bed and used the blanket to cover the girl's body up to her neck saying to her “ you will catch a cold overnight if you don't use the blanket”, as the girl watched him.
The girl watched as Blessing walked out of the room and came back holding a bedsheet and a blanket. Blessing spread the bedsheet on the floor, took a pillow from the bed, lay on the bedsheet resting his head on the pillow, and covered himself with the blanket.
There was silence between the girl and Blessing in the room as their eyes were closed because they were unable to sleep yet, and the girl thought about Blessing. The girl said to Blessing “thank you for tonight”.
“You should get some sleep. Tomorrow is another” said Blessing.
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