Offer to Help

“No…umm…it’s fine. Thank you…” I managed to say while stuttering.

The man chuckled lightly, and his voice sounded like music to my ears. The warmth of his hand around mine made my face feel hot. Without warning, he pulled me back up to my feet with ease. My heart raced madly in my chest, and I couldn’t tell if it was because he was close or because of my fall from earlier.

His hand and his fingers are so beautiful…

“What are you doing here?” he asked with interest.

“I…I’m picking up the leaves that fell from this tree…” I replied while still confused about what was going on.

Who is this man?

“Why bother picking them up if more will just fall down?” he asked.

Why indeed…?

His face looked up at another leaf that was making its way down to the floor right to our side. My eyes followed where he was looking and rested on the falling leaf as well. When the leaf fluttered down close to us, his hand shot out and caught it.

“For you…” he said as he handed me a leaf.

The way he smiled so b