2nd day of Summer, 12:15 pm
All of the households in the House of Anubis were in the living room that time, bored and doing absolutely nothing, still waiting for lunch, which was oddly late today.
"It's sooo hot… and there's nothing to do now… and I'm sooo hungry." Amber said, flapping her hand back and forth to make it like a fan while sitting down on the couch.
"Stop your moaning, Amber. Summer is summer, you know." Patricia said, glaring at Amber with her icy cold eyes.
"Hey guys… why don't we have a picnic outside? It's a bit windy, so we could get some fresh air while we're eating. We can ask Trudy to bring out the lunch and we'll prepare the mats and the plates and everything." Mara suggested, wanting to go out so badly.
"You know, that might just be… a great idea… but… what if Victor wouldn't like it?" Nina asked, looking interested in that idea.
"Don't worry, I asked Trudy earlier just in case you guys liked the idea and she said she would ask Victor and he hated the idea at first, but Trudy convinced him to say yes. So… do you want to…?" Mara wanted to make sure everyone agreed with the idea.
But no one said anything for a while. Then, out of the blue, Jerome said childishly, "Last one in the kitchen will look like Victor!" then, everyone ran towards the kitchen, laughing.
Everyone helped in setting the picnic place near the house on the grassy hill, but there were others, like Alfie and Jerome, who just did a little work then they started joking around the others.
~10 minutes later at the grassy hill, when they were all about to eat~
"Hmm… the air here is cool…" Mick noticed, letting the wind brush through his hair.
"Only now you noticed…?" Mara laughed at him.
"I just… love it here…" Nina whispered to herself.
"Me too…" Fabian whispered inside her ear while sitting beside her, making chills run down Nina's spine.
Jerome, who whispered something inside Alfie's ear, reached in his pocket and brought out a little piece of candy, throwing it at Patricia's head.
Patricia, who was about to take a bit of the strawberry cake on her plate, got hit by the candy. "Jerome! You creepy little slimeball! Come back here!" she chased Jerome on the grass while holding a spoon.
"Hey Fabe… how does the cake taste like…?" Joy sat closer to Fabian and said in a flirtatious mode, which made Nina a bit jealous.
"Well it's really creamy and… it's just… sweet, like…" he was trying to look for the right words.
"Hey Neens…" Amber poked her arm, calling for her to come closer.
"What…?" she whispered so that no one but Amber could hear her.
"You have got to take action already!"
"Action? For what?" Nina was puzzled.
"You know, Fabian! Can't you see Joy? She's trying to steal your boyfriend by talking in a flirtatious way!" Amber pointed a bit to Joy, who looked like she was enjoying her time with Fabian.
"Amber! He's not my boyfriend! And Joy's my friend; she wouldn't do anything like that."
"Nina, are you just gonna see Joy for what she looks on the outside? She likes Fabian! Haven't you seen them kiss before?"
"Joy just planted a kiss on him. It's not that he likes her too."
"Well, watch out, she might just steal him from you." Amber pointed to the two, who started laughing.
"Whatever. I'm not taking this seriously. I just need to clear my mind, that's all."Nina stood up and slowly walked away from that picnic scene and went into that forest again.
~In the forest~
"Clear my mind… clear my mind…" Nina stopped as she noticed an old elm tree and sat down at the bottom of it.
She got her bag and brought out a book entitled, "Stardust". She began flipping through the pages as she read the first chapter of the story which was about a man getting this flower called 'Glass Snowdrop'
But this kind of silence didn't do her any good. She wanted to be back at the picnic, but she can't with Joy around flirting with Fabian. So she stood up, and faced the elm tree, and thought.
"Why am I feeling jealous…? Why oh why…?" she hit the tree with her fist in anger.
"Jealous of what…?" came a voice from her back.
Surprised, Nina turned around only to find herself facing Fabian an inch away, making her have goosebumps.
Not knowing what to do, Fabian was the first to speak up.
"Nina… what are you doing here at this time of lunch…?" he asked in a whisper, making her blush.
"I… needed time alone…"she looked down.
"Alone…? You're speaking in a nervous tone. What's the matter…?"
"Nothing that you care about."
"…Amber told me everything, so I came here as fast as I could. I was worried, you know…?" he began to feel hotness rising in his face, and this time it wasn't because of the sunlight.
"Oh really…? Why did I see Joy then starting to flirt with you…? You seemed to enjoy it." Nina started to walk past him.
"Nina… wait…"
But she didn't respond.
Knowing calling her name would be useless, he said the first thing that came to mind.
"Nina… wait then… it's okay if you don't like me anymore, not that I don't like you not to like me, but… will you still keep your promise to help me in my seasonal flower research…?" he predictably made her stop walking.
She paused her walking, then suddenly turned around and smiled at him, which was good.
"I keep all my promises. Besides, remember, I trust you, right? Then you can count on me to look for a flower for summer!" she winked and started searching.
"Actually… that's not necessary anymore…"
"You're saying you don't need my help anymore…?" she said, feeling a little down.
"No… it's not that I don't need you, it's just that… well… I found a flower already… while I came here looking for you…"
"R-really? What did you find…?" she seemed to have lost her jealousy already.
"It's called a Pinkcat flower… here." He handed the flower to her.
"Pinkcat flower… how cute." She stared at the flower for quite some time.
"If you're wondering what it does… well… it's very unusual… this flower can sense when a cat is near, and if a cat really is near, it's color changes into yellow, and I don't actually know why…"
"Wait… are you just showing this flower to me…?" she wanted to keep it really badly.
"I gave you the Moondrop flower, remember? So of course I intend to give it to you. Who else…?"
"You mean… you're not gonna give it to Joy…?"
"Why would I? You're the only one who catches my eye always, no matter how much flirting Joy does…"
Nina was speechless. How sweet can he get? She didn't say anything for a while, then she hugged him for a while.
"Wait, Nina. Just, wait. Gimme the flower." He snatched the flower from her, and placed the flower behind her ear.
"H-how do I look…?" Nina's eyes sparkled with glee; it was hard to tell an insult to her.
Can she really be this beautiful…? Do I deserve her…? He thought as he stared at her.
"F-Fabian…? You've been staring at me for a while…" she waved a hand in front of his face.
"O-oh… I-I'm sorry… it's just that… you look so…" he was completely amazed by her looks.
"Wait! What's that on your cheek…? There's a spider! Let me take it off…" Nina rubbed his cheek a bit, then…
SLAP!
"Owwwwww… ow ow w ow… Nina… what in the world was that slap for?" he rubbed his cheek to conceal the red hand mark.
"Just saying thanks again for the flower and the… complements." She started to feel shy again.
"Gimme your hand then."
"Why? You aren't gonna hurt me, are you…?" she started to become scared, and she stuttered.
"No, just give me. I'll do something I'm sure you'll like…"
Seeing Nina trusts Fabian, she gave her hand to him.
"…because when I look at my hand, the spaces between my fingers feel like there's something missing… then I knew that your fingers would fit perfectly…" he moved her fingers so that their hands were locked.
"You are just so sweet… but… shouldn't we go back to the picnic…?" she pulled his hand and they ran out of the forest and back on the grassy hill.
As they ran, Nina murmured,
"Summer is the season when fiery love bursts into orange flaming hearts."
Review please! Tell me if this was a bit fluffier and better than the last chapter. If not, I'll promise the next chapter to be even fluffier! Oh, if you wonder, I thought up that quote Nina just said, the 'orange flaming hearts' I don't know if there's a quote like that, but promise, I made that up.
Rawr. Next chapter (Autumn) coming up!
Disclaimer: Too bad I don't own the lovey-dovey couple that is Fabina or the creepy house that is HoA.
And watch out for this next story! It's entitled "Must we part…?" and of course it's Fabina. It's based on a true story by my best friend Lian who just broke up with her 'boyfriend' (she doesn't wanna admit that that guy's her boyfriend). It'll be a sad story. It's 3-4 chapters (maybe) with the song 'The Story of Us' by Taylor S.
I'm having a hard time pressing the 'o' button. Darn.
'Till next time. See ya! Kya~ (this sentence is actually from , well except for the 'kya~')
~Kira07
