Kiss me slowly
It's been a month now since Red confessed to that Dragon-type master, Lance.
Though he won't say a word about it (well, he isn't the talkative type that we all know) but I know, deep inside him, he's hurting.
I just remember that, after he confessed his love to the dragon master, we were all like "How did it go?" or "You didn't stutter while you're at it, right" something like that. All we had from him as a reply was a scratch at the back of his head and surprisingly he said "I think I just got dumped" with his eyebrows furrowed while he chuckled.
"Oh, Red" his mother said, walked to him and embraced him. "Maybe he wasn't the one for you, I bet there's someone better than him out there. Just you wait" she added while running her hands on Red's raven hair.
"But... Am I not the better one for him...?" Red asked; his face buried on his mother's shoulder.
"Red..." I muttered his name in my mind and clenched my fist. Yes, I might be relieved at what happened because I've always loved and still loving this poor little thing but seeing him hurt makes my chest feel heavy.
Daisy then joined the hug and said "Don't worry, Red. I bet the one is somewhere, around the corner... Waiting for you too"
Red's mom and Daisy then looked at each other and smiled as if they have a plan or something on their head.
Just as Red was about to lift his head from his mother's shoulder, the two girls immediately wore off their smiling faces.
"Is something up?" I asked.
"Oh, it's nothing" Daisy said.
"I'll just make us a delicious dinner for tonight" Red's mom said and went to the kitchen.
Red then, without a word, went upstairs. All I can do was look at him go up the stairs, dead inside.
Then a hand reached to my shoulder.
"Hey, now's your chance" Daisy said.
"My... Chance?" I asked
"You know what I mean" she said.
"Tsss... Nonsense" I retorted back at her "Well, I'll just talk to him, don't you go butting in or eavesdropping at us"
"Looks like it can't be helped" Daisy said "Just don't pounce at him yet" she chuckled.
"S-Shut up..." I growled at her
"Just so you know, you make a good couple" she said "I'll just help out in the kitchen" she added and ran off to the kitchen before I managed to grab her and stop her teasing remarks.
So, without second thoughts I looked up the stairs and started going up until I got in front of the door to Red's room. I breathed in deep and knocked at the door.
"Hey, Red!" I exclaimed "I'm coming in."
And there he was, sitting on the floor, his eyes fixed at the TV screen, his hands on the controller playing Super Mario; his ever-loyal Pikachu on his side sleeping comfortably.
"Mind telling me what exactly happened?" I inquired since it looks like he's going to be mum about it. Then I decided to sit beside him
Red just shrugged and continued at playing Super Mario. Just the same usual game-play, since his console is totally out of the date, it's the 2D Super Mario game where you punch floating bricks to get some coins, eat a mushroom then change your size, and jump on enemies to kill them.
I just continued staring at him. His raven bangs covering his forehead, that silly red cap he never takes off and those ruby eyes... Used to be burning with passion but is now dead inside.
Red noticed that I had my eyes fixated at him and then decided to look back at me.
And there we were at it again; those staring contests but this time, his iris were shaking. Then, out of nowhere...
"You can cry if you want to, you know?" I said.
Red's eyes widened up and then he immediately looked down and hid his face under his cap. Red just shook his head.
"Crying... Won't do me anything good anyway..." Red muttered.
I just let out a deep sigh, placed my hand on his head and started patting him.
"But..." I don't know what I was supposed to say but it all came out "If you need me, I'll be by your side, no matter what, Red."
It happened that fast, the words uncontrollably came out. Red then just looked up to me, his jaw, dropped and his eyes, wide open.
He smiled, looked down and said "Green, thank you..." with his sweetest smile I have ever seen "But I'll be fine... Promise..."
