Twinleafshipping ABC's - Ch 5

E is for Effort

Jun tries his best to confess to Hikari.

Ba-thump. His heart was beating fast, his face was flushed, his voice wasn't working. Even if all odds were against him, he was going to confess! He waited too long to stop now! Today he'll finally say good bye too all the bad things that happen to him before confessing! Today, he'll do it!

Ba-thump. Thinking about her made is heart beat even faster. He tried his best to conceal his feelings, but it didn't work. He loved her more and more by the day. His love for her only kept growing at an alarming pace. He knew this was really love.

Ba-thump. What was she going to think about all this? Would she refuse his love? Does she even think anything more of him than just a childhood friend? Why was his thoughts only filled with thoughts of her.

Ba-thump. He could see her walking into the town with her pokemon behind her. She was beautiful. He couldn't stop staring at her.

"Hey! Jun!" she called out, running up to the boy, "What's wrong? You're spacing out. It's not like you? You're usually so hyper active."

"I—I just …. umm …. I have—have something to tell—tell you. It—it's really important so c—could you maybe umm … l—listen to it?"

She looked at he very confused, for this wasn't the Jun that he knew. "If it's really that important the of course I'll listen to it."

"Really?" he asked, bouncing back up to life.

She stepped back from the boy. A smile came to her face as he began to ramble on about nothing, very quickly, might she add. This was the Jun she knew. It made her feel at ease to know that he was back to his self.

"So, what was it that you wanted to talk to me about?"

"Huh?" he asked, stopping his pointless blabbering.

"I said, what did you want to talk to me about?"

He looked her straight in the face. His eyes showed signs of being scared and his mouth was forming a scared little smile.

"I—I just … wanted …. to … say …. that …. I …. childhood friend ….. my ….. feelings …... they ….!" with that he started to run past the girl, face completely red.

"I can't believe I just chocked up, again!" he yelled, slumping onto the ground.

He looked up, face still red. The lake looked beautiful. He wished he could be like the lake. He sighed as he hugged his legs to his chest. How he wished he didn't mess up that time. If only he didn't. If only he could say it.
"Hikari, I like you," he mumbled into this knees.

"Was that what you wanted to tell me? What that all it was? I just ran over here thinking you had something important to tell me and it turns out it was just a confession! You've got to be kidding me!" screamed an out of breath Hikari, as she panted for breath.

"Not important! It's important! My feelings are important!" he yelled back at her, bouncing up onto his feet.

She glared at him. Slowly she walked over to the boy. He stepped back.

"Don't you step back, boy," she said, marching forward to the boy.

He gulped and closed his eyes, ready for whatever she was going to throw at him.

"I'm mad."

"I know."

"I ran all the way over here."

"I know."

"I thought there was something really important you had to tell me."

"I know."

"I like you too."

"I know …. wait! WHAT?" he yelled, his eyes popping open.

"How many times do I have to say it? I. Like. You. Get it?"

He nodded his head as the girl laughed. Surely this love was meant to work out from the very beginning, right?

-The End-