[center][h3][color=7bcdc8]Ming Hua/Noah[/color][/h3][/center]
[color=00a99d]"Huh, funny. I would have thought you were looking for 'em. Got hair like one."[/color] Ming Hua then waved a careless hand. [color=00a99d]"Don't mention it."[/color] Ming Hua took Emma's hand, and with his other haved himself over the edge. [color=00a99d]"Ming Hua,"[/color] he grunted, before he quickly added as he swung his legs into the boat, [color=00a99d]"You can just call me Noah."[/color] Hearing a voice and faint words, he looked to shore to see a boy - small in the distance - waving his arms. He looked like a kid from Coates Ming Hua might have crossed now and then in the neighbourhood, but he wasn't sure.

[color=00a99d]"Haven't got a clue,"[/color] he hollered back, glancing at the pram by the side of the road with no mother cooing over it. [color=00a99d]"Hope it's just a practical joke,"[/color] he muttered to himself, knowing by the foreboding feeling that crept up his arms that the wish was futile. Nothing could be further from the truth. 

[color=00a99d]"Your father disappeared,"[/color] Ming Hua said to Emma. Now that he thought about it, he might have seen her around school a bit. But he hardly paid attention a lot of the time. [color=00a99d]"Maybe,"[/color] - [i]if you're really lucky[/i] - [color=00a99d]"he swam back to shore."[/color] It was a flimsy proposal, but Ming Hua had nothing better. [color=00a99d]"Anyway, we should head back to land too. And if you need help with that - "[/color] He leaned over the side and scooped up a drifting piece of driftwood, holding it up with a light smirk. It was just the right length for a swimming board. [color=00a99d]"I can tow you along."[/color]