Hummingbirds Fly Backwards by Amy Cheung

Author:Amy Cheung [Cheung, Amy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781503935976
Published: 2016-05-31T04:00:00+00:00

That evening was the last class in my fashion design course, and the dozen or so students in the class had organized a dinner for Chen Dingleung. After dinner, we all headed over to a dance club. Some people in the group clamored for Chen Dingleung to sing a song.

“The only song I know is ‘I Will Wait for You,’” Chen Dingleung said, flashing a grin my way.

“They probably don’t have that song,” I said.

“In that case, let’s dance—if I may have that honor,” he said to me.

So we hit the dance floor. Chen Dingleung wasn’t much of a dancer. He just sort of swayed his body in time to the music.

“You don’t dance much, do you?” I said.

He took my hand and pulled me to the center of the dance floor before letting go.

“Do two people with the same birthday have any chance of becoming lovers?” he asked.

If it weren’t for Sam, maybe I’d have given Chen Dingleung a chance. But I wasn’t about to cheat on Sam. If one of us was going to cheat, I’d rather have it be him.

“People with the same birthday don’t necessarily become lovers. Most people don’t have the same birthday as their lovers,” I said.

“They just don’t have many opportunities to meet someone else with the same birthday, that’s all. The probability of two people having the same birthday is one in three hundred sixty-five,” Chen Dingleung said.

“Well, this really must be fate, then!” I said. “I just hope we don’t die on the same day.”

Chen Dingleung was annoying me so much that I didn’t know what else to say.

“You said you were going to design the cover of Yu Mogwo’s next book. He’s back now,” I said, changing the subject.

“Oh, really? You should have him get in touch with me,” Chen Dingleung said.

“What about my new piece? When’s it going to be ready?”

“I haven’t started yet. I told you not to rush me.”

As soon as I changed the subject, he seemed to lose interest. He never made his intentions clear, and I never told him that I had a boyfriend. Sam was special to me. I didn’t want to talk about him. I had a strange fear that someone might know one of Sam’s relatives or his wife’s relatives and tell them about Sam and me. I knew the chances of that happening were slim, but I still didn’t want to risk it.

Chen Dingleung led two other women from the class out to the dance floor. He looked like he was having a good time with them, and I wondered whether it was a move aimed at making me jealous. It didn’t work, though. Why would I feel jealous, since I knew perfectly well that he wasn’t interested in them?

As we all left the club, someone suggested going to get a late-night snack.

“I have to work in the morning. I can’t go,” I said.

“I can’t go, either,” Chen Dingleung said, looking over at me with deep sincerity in his eyes.

I suddenly felt terrified.

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