This is set 10 years after canon timeline.

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italics - thoughts

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Ai's Explosive Confession (Ai x Dino)

"Ai-chan…" Dino watched the usually energetic female carefully. Her small hands were curled into tight fists as she grasped her bag. Her bright eyes that usually looked at him never even spared a glance in his direction. "Ai-chan, what's wrong-" The moment she locked eyes with him, he held his breath. The dull sheen in her eyes coldly brought about a new tension between them.

"..." She tightened her fingers as they dug at her skin. The leather did nothing to stop her from feeling the pain from her fingernails. "It's been ten years, Dino-san." Her voice shook - almost reverberating in the air. Her eyebrows furrowed a bit more. "Ten...years…"

He couldn't speak. It was as though she would fade away if he made a single noise.

"I tried to show you for ten years that I wasn't just a little girl." Each word she voiced out sounded shakier than the other. The frustration and exhaustion quickly seeped into her voice. "But obviously that will never work, so this is it. This is the last time I'm going to try." She let the bag drop to the ground.

"Ai-chan, what on earth are you-"

"I LIKE YOU-" She yelled out, narrowing her eyes at him. Tears finally trailed down her cheeks. "And I'm done trying to make you see me as a woman - once and for all!" She hiccupped before angrily wiping the tears off her face. The silence between them remained deafening. She couldn't remember the last time it was this quiet between them. Has that even happened before?

"This is Haneuma Dino, Ai." Nina pointed at the tall male with a bored expression. "Dino-san, this is Ai - Rifiutare's Sun Guardian."

Ai's cheeks flushed red. Despite the clumsiness that the Chiavarone Decimo showed, she thought of him as cute and cool. "Nice to meet you." Her voice turned a little quiet and soft - contrary to her usual carefree loudness.

"Un, nice to meet you too, Ai-chan. I can call you that, right?" He casually ruffled her hair that she rejected immediately before giving him a bright smile.

"Then I'll call you Dino-san!"

"I should have never met you." Ai whispered under breath. Dino still looked shocked from what he had heard from her earlier, processing it very slowly. The tears continued to stream down her face as her already-broken heart shattered into dust. It was clear that he never saw her in the same way as she saw him.

"Ai-chan, I-"

"Don't tell me that my feelings are just a phase or that I'm too young, so I should instead look for people my age to be with." The sternness in her voice startled him; she usually never seemed this serious, but then again… How was he to know which of her was truly smiling and which of her was truly crying? He kept quiet, not knowing how to deal with this situation.

While his mind was in utter chaos, the one thing he clearly knew was that he really did cherish the Rifiutare Sun Guardian. Her bubbly personality and bright outlook on life made her company very wanted in his tiring life as a mafioso. So seeing her cry like this hurt him a lot. Just how long was she keeping her frustration and anger inside? He took a step towards her with the intent to hug her - to comfort her. But unfortunately, his foot got caught in a puddle of mud as he took a dive forward, landing on his face. Shit.

The pain stricken face she had on when he looked up at her tugged at his heartstrings. Before he could say anything else, she took a step back away from him as the last few tears rolled down her cheeks. Panic lingered in his mind; he opened his mouth to call out her name, but she quickly grabbed her bag from the ground and left him behind in seconds.

So Dino - the strongest whip user - was defeated by a puddle of mud.

"This can't be happening."

He grasped the grass tightly as his fingers curled into fists. "This really can't be happening… Dammit, why?!" His fist slammed against the ground. Dino soon gritted his teeth - frustrated about what happened earlier. It really was the worst development ever, thanks to his own stupid clumsiness.

Devastation and regret immediately lingered in his voice as he then whispered out, "Ai..."

END.

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