Boris stared down at the dirty blonde head that had cushioned itself on his exposed belly, and at the sight he felt the rush of love that he had for her catch up with him. He had often wondered how it was that he had met such a wonderful and unique person, and had to remind himself how lucky he was just to be her friend, even as he wished that they could be something more than that. And I realize that; I try to run from the love because I'm afraid of the rejection that's sure to come after telling Alice of my love for her.
Just then Boris chuckled at the memory of Alice yelling at him only an hour ago, about how he quote "needs to get his priorities straight, and stay away from the Heart Castle". He loved it when Alice scolded him not because he liked getting yelled at in general, but because it lets him know that she still cares for him, even if its not the same way that he cares for her.
He shifts his body to the side a little and winced as the pain spider-webbed across his torso, before Alice had found him on the outskirts of the Heart Maze one of the faceless soldiers arrows had hit his mark by grazing his right side just a couple inches below his Alice saw him like that all she had to say was;
"I'll yell at you when we get to your place, it's the closest" while slowly shaking her head at him. And when we got their she did indeed yell at him, but only after she had wrapped up the arrow injury in a clean cloth. After a while (but not after she tired of yelling at him) she made him go to sleep, saying that rest is the best healing methods for sickness and injury's. I have to disagree with that of course, because for me, licking the wound will always be the best remedy.
But Alice is still as stubborn as ever and insists on me sleeping.
She also gave me the promise of hitting me over the head with the book she's reading if i didn't at least try to sleep. So of course I went to sleep and when I woke up... well she had fallen asleep on top of my belly her book carelessly tossed to side down by my feet.
And by just looking at her innocent face (not a hint of the fuming girl that had found me in the castle maze), I just couldn't help but fall even more helplessly in love with her. But to her I'm only just a friend; maybe even a best friend, but still only a friend.