I’m an ice cream, lying at the bottom of a refrigerator, silently. Nevertheless, I always have a dream that someday I can leave this cold environment and get close to the sunshine. In fact, I feel quite isolated and lonely to be here most of the time, and the only consolation and pleasure for me is to weave the rosy dream that I can meet the other half of mine, whose smile is as bright and warm as the sunshine. Never had I told this to any other ice cream, as I know, I must be laughed at; for romance with human in the sunshine really seems to be ridiculous and impossible, however, I’m such a silly ice cream, I’m willing to take the risk fulfilling my dream with the hope that there will be a miracle, therefore, I keep on waiting with great patience.
As it’s extremely hot outside, ice creams sell very well, gradually I’m no longer surrounded by the darkness and coldness, instead I can realize the existence of sunbeam, once the master opens the fridge and takes something out. Obviously, I have been in the surface, and can clearly see the outside world through the opening door of the fridge.
One day, a boy came to buy an ice cream. He looked very tall, clean, and what attracted me most was his sunny smile, which looked exactly the same as I had been dreaming of. Suddenly, he had a glimpse at me, and asked, “How about this one? How much does it cost?” He pointed at me, which made me really excited.
“You know, this is a new kind of ice cream with entirely new taste and beautiful packaging, so it costs a bit more than the previous one you ordered just now.” replied the boss.
“Humm, an entirely new kind? May I have a look at it then?” The boy thought for a moment, and then said.
“Sure.” Said the boss, and he swiftly took me out and gave me to him.
“Please bring me home, I think I have fallen in love with you since the first sight.” I said to him with a soft voice, and without any hesitation.
He caught my words, and opened his eyes widely; obviously, he was too shocked by my love expression. He gave me back to the boss in a flurry, and hurried off, I was shocked either, and I strongly sensed that my heart was bleeding at that very moment.
I didn’t tell how aching I had been suffering to anybody else, as I had already got accustomed to be isolated, but I still couldn’t understand why cannot an ice cream love a human being, why the God set such strict gap between different things, but all that I was wondering wouldn’t be replied, as I was only a plain ice cream, I could hardly make clear about many happenings in this world.
The days followed, I was really blue, but never had I felt regretful about what I had said to that boy, as I was convinced that the real love meant that you had to let the other part know, and even you had been refused, you wouldn’t regret not to have done that in the rest of your life, when it appeared to your mind once again. I wait peacefully for my fate as an ice cream, that’s be eaten by somebody in the not distant future, without no other stories, such as romance, which I’ve ever dreamed of.
But it’s totally beyond my imagination that I got to see that boy again, he came back to buy me?! Do you believe that? When being held by him, I felt I almost turn to melt in his sunny smile.
“I find I miss you so much these days.” Said him with a gentle voice.
I couldn’t help smiling; I really thought I was the happiest ice cream in the world at that moment, cause of my extraordinary life and story. Yes, everything is so dreamy and fantastic that I, an ice cream, was offered the opportunity to have courtship with my Mr. Right!
He brought me home, and put me in the fridge for fear I would melt into water. At first, I didn’t care it at all, cause he opened the fridge and talked with me occasionally, I felt happy, thus ignoring the distance between us. To me, calling the short moment we are together to mind and ponder over it is enough, I didn’t expect more. However, little by little, he turned out to be so busy and left me alone in the fridge. I suffered a lot form not seeing him in a few days occasionally, and time seemed to slow down its running steps, every second in waiting turned out to be great torture. I felt even more painful and isolated than before. Not seeing him and missing him almost drove me mad.
Occasionally, there were power-cut, and whenever it happened, surrounded by the endless darkness and loneliness, I couldn’t help weeping. As a result, my body was melting into water. However, when it went back to the normal state, my tears were frozen again, leaving numerous of bumpy scars in the surface. Even in this case, I didn’t know where he has gone, all that I could do was to count these scars, almost in despair.
One day, two days, three days, time went on so slowly…I could hardly remember the exact date when he made his appearance, and told me that he had thought about our relationship thoroughly, and drew a conclusion that we could never be real lovers. On that dark night, there was a long-time power-cut; I clearly found that the entire body of mine was melting piece to piece; due to the tears I shed, I knew my life is disappearing with the romance of my life.
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PS:
I worked out this story long long ago, when I was suffering from a fever and lying in bed almost in despair. It's really a little bit hard for me to finish all of it in the past a few months, therefore, I feel very happy that finally I put an end to it. I sincerely hope you will like this story.
