This was made for Heroi Oscura! Happy V-day Heroi! :D
Flowers
Jo felt uneasy, because she felt a presence near her. She pushed off her feeling by the sound of the wind, but heard short breaths behind her. Jo turned around and saw Brick McArther- who's cheeks stained with red. He stood there like a statue that was about to crack.
That idiot. She thought.
"Brick-For-Brains!" She barked, making him jump from shock. "You almost gave me a heart attack. What the hell are you doing anyway?"
"Uh, sorry to intrude madam." Brick looked at the floor in shame, causing the jock chuckle a bit. He takes everything she says to heart. It's cute how he tries to act all tough when he's just another wimp like the guys in her neighborhood.
Not that she was thinking he's cute.
Jo noticed his hands were behind his back- like he was holding something. "What's that?" she pointed near his hands, making him cringe. He took a step back, as if he was trying to avoid her but at the same time try to gather enough courage to say something.
"I uh, well…" He looked like his whole world was going to crash down on him. Brick popped his head back up, looking into her violet eyes, and started to turn a tomato red. Jo sighed in annoyance. He's was being weirder then his usual self.
"Come on, spit it out cadet!" Jo was getting tired by his constant hesitation. She just wanted to make him get out of her way . She didn't know why she was so annoyed but curious to what he had to say.
"… well-"
"JUST SAY IT-"
"AHH I GOT YOU FLOWERS!" He finally bursts out, and held the flowers in front of him. This made Jo raise her eye brow at him. Not what I was expecting at all. She thought to herself.
"What did you say?" This can't be right.
"I got… you… flowers." Brick said again, this time much slower. He looked to the floor, waiting to hear a laugh from her. He looked to the ground in embarrassment, not wanting to see her giggle at his idiocy.
But Jo didn't even snicker. She walked up to him and eyed the flowers held between both of them. She examined the three single flowers before plucking them out from his tight grip.
She twirled the first one around her right finger. "So you're saying that these are for… me? This isn't a prank right? I know how to deal with liars you know." Jo gave him a small glare.
"What? No! How could you say that?" Brick looked at her as if he heard the most outrageous thing in his life.
"Well for starters- you gave me a marigold flower." Jo stared at him to see if he would get the point.
"So?"
"So? The marigold flower means cruelty, jealousy, and death. Wrong flower idiot. No wonder your name is Brick-For-Brains."
Brick's face turned from confusion to sheer embarrassment. "I'm sorry Jo I just though the-"
"Oh my god captain worry-wart. You shouldn't be that worried. Just a minor- well not minor. But a dumb mistake you should learn from." Jo want to face palm but just analyzed the marigold flower before looking at the other two flowers. It was a primrose flower and a daisy.
"Well this is a nicer choice of flowers cadet." She thought out loud to herself, causing Brick to look at her in disbelief.
"Uh Jo? Are you feeling okay?" He asked concerned.
"I'm feeling fine thank you very much. Learn to take a compliment!" She snapped, making him cringe. She took a look at the flowers again. "They're pretty, so not my type of flowers. But thanks I guess. Why did you give me these anyway?" Why would her rival give her flowers out of the blue?
No one ever gave her anything so useless and appreciated it. Somehow, Jo thought this gift was… nice. Usually if another person gave her this, she would give them her "fists of justice" because she'd assume that they were doing it as a joke.
But Brick wasn't a bad person like most people she knew. (Lightning, Heather, ect.) Nor did he show any signs of joking. Brick looked serious. Even though he was being socially awkward around her right now. And plus, he was actually closer to her then most people too.
"B-because it's Valentine's Day and I thought you'd like them… madam." He finally stammered out.
"Oh?" I didn't know today was that useless holiday.
"Uh and," He added, but immediately stopped mid-sentence.
"Excuse me Jarhead? I would like to know the rest of that sentence?" Jo asked impatiently, sounding ruder then she intended to.
He cringe and breathed in slowly. "Well I think you don't deserve to get nothing out of this holiday. So I thought you'd like them." Brick finally calmed down and spoke to her in a soft voice. "Also I think that you're really pretty… and uhhh, a beautiful women deserve beautiful flowers!" He shouted the last part, ruining his confidence. Brick's face was even more red then before.
Jo felt tempted to face palm again. He probably read that horrible flirting line off a cereal box or something. What a huge dork for someone who wants to be in the army.
"And also... I think you're special. You're strong-willed, fearsome, and beautiful at the same time. I admire your confidence too..." Brick blushed a deep red. "Sorry if this sounds unusual ma'am, but I think you're amazing but you don't know it." She heard him mutter. "And I kinda like you..."
Jo didn't really hate him, yet she didn't really love him either. So why did she feel like she was going to regret saying "I don't like you" to him? He is nice, funny, stupid at times, but also very kind and loyal. Maybe she does like him. Just a LITTLE.
"Well uh- I have to go!" He shouted in a hurry, attempting to run off. Jo felt somewhat guilty for wanting to laugh at him.
He was about to run off but Jo placed her hand on Brick's shoulder. "Hold up."
Brick froze at his spot and tensed up when she told him her command. "What madam?" He tried to say casually, but made it sound like a bumpy response.
"I would like to give you something in return for these useless flowers." I can't believe I'm doing this.
I'm going to die today. Brick thought. She's probably going to do something horrible to me. Oh god. What did I do to deserve this? "What is it Jo-"
Jo walked around Brick and looked into his eyes. "Well… thanks." She closed her eyes, then kissed his cheek. A visible blush covered her cheeks. "I don't usually appreciate these things. Especially if it's about this stupid holiday. But that was… sweet." Wow when did I get sappy about these things? Strange.
She walked off in embarrassment as Brick looked at her in a daze. Jo left him speechless. But after a couple minutes of confusion, he was finally able to form a single word out of his mouth.
"Wow."
Well Heroi I made a sappy one shot fer ya matey. Aren't ya proud of meh? :D
Happy V-day! And also surprise, surprise. I made another V-day one shot because I was bored and I was in a writing mood. Yay! :D
