Write a novel in first person narrative of NAME_1. NAME_1 lives in his small old town. He takes pictures of flowers in the town and send them to his old friend NAME_2, who is terminally ill in a faraway town. As a teenager NAME_1 was a bit of outsider, always lonely not loved by his parents nor teachers. He had only two friends - his granddad's old camera and a shy and gentle boy NAME_2, who loved flowers, NAME_2 was the only person in the town who showed any kindness to NAME_1. He knows that he would never see NAME_2 again, and his battle against the illness will end in near future, but NAME_1 keeps taking pictures of flowers and sending them with cheerful meaningless silly message as if he doesn't know anything.  The seasons change and on a sunny day after the rain, the same early summer flower bloomed again this year. NAME_1 now understands that NAME_2's battle against the illness is almost over and he would never see the picture of this flower.  But still he took the pictures of the flower for his friend. A memory of the faint, one-sided love. There should be exactly 7 paragraphs separated by the markdown divider: ***.
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