Whoa it's been months since I last updated. Heh, sorry about that to those of you who have read and are waiting for the next chapter. I've been really busy with stuff. But anyway WOOT!! 4 reviews!! XD ok I was hoping for more but I appreciate it :)
And thanks to Etoile Eyes, PuppyLoveForever, and zoldyckgirl404 for reviewing. You guys made me decide to update
Disclaimer: Refer to earlier chapters :P
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"Hey Ken! What brings you here? Are those roses I see? Who are they for?", said a now excited and intrigued Sora as she walked towards Ken and greeted her nervous friend.
"Um…th…these… r… roses", stuttered Ken who suddenly felt panicky. "N…nobody.", he said as he attempted to hide them behind his back and act as if they were never there, but failing to.
'Now let's see. If I try to run for it I'm sure they'll catch me and drag me back here, making me look dumber than I do now.' thought Ken as he pictured May or any of the others catching him, slinging him over their shoulders, and setting him back in front of Sora as if he were a sack of potatoes.
'Still, I can't keep delaying this. Maybe I do have a chance. At least, she didn't jump at Leon's offer when he asked her out. Besides, if I confess I can at least stop wondering and wishing….I'll at least know.'
He swallowed. 'It's now or never.'
During the whole time Ken was thinking Sora looked at him inquiringly. "Let me guess. So you carry them around because it's your favorite flower and you'd like everyone to know that. Right?" asked Sora who was trying to guess Ken's reason for having the flowers.
"Yeah…" Ken started to say as he started getting lost in her chocolate brown eyes…
And I don't want to fall to pieces
I just want to sit and stare at you
I don't want to talk about it
And I don't want a conversation
I just want to cry in front of you
I don't want to talk about it…
" No! Of course not, Sora. That's silly." said Ken snapping out of his daze.
He took a deep breath. "Let me start all over again."
"Sora, these are for you. If it weren't for May, Anna, Rosetta, Marion, Jonathan, and Mia I wouldn't have the courage to come to you today and say that…"- Ken took a deep breath- "I'm in love with you, Sora. I fell for you ever since the first day you came to Kaleido Stage. I like your enthusiastic personality, how you can do anything you put your mind to, how you are sometimes naïve, how you always put your friends first…I can go on and on… but the thing is… I love everything about you... and I've wanted to tell you this for quite a while now."
He was afraid but, overcoming that, he looked straight into her eyes hoping that he was ready for whatever came next.
"Ken…" Sora started.
'Cause I'm in love with you.
"April Fools is a week away." Sora said.
Then she laughed and sort of sucker punched him on the shoulder and said, "Oh I know. You and Leon teamed up and tried to play an April Fools joke on me but got the date wrong. Who's silly now?" Sora teased.
Ken had that shocked, jaw dropped look on his face.
The girls who were expecting some kind of happy ending or romantic angst and even had tissues to prepare for that also had the same look on their face.
"Well, Ken I'll see you tomorrow." said Sora as she casually left the room…
But when she got to the exit she ran as fast as she could away from her now very complicated life.
"At least, she is not completely stupid." said May as she and the other girls watched Sora's retreating figure, "Should I drag her back here?"
"I think we should let her think things out and then maybe let fate do the rest." said Marion.
"Ou." said Johnathan showing that he agreed.
"You sure know a lot for a little girl." said Anna
"And so the plot thickens. Our lead now knows about her two suitors and has unsuccessfully tried to deny it. What are her suitors going to do next?" said Mia in her playwright mode. "Things are going to get interesting in the next few days."
"Shouldn't we try to offer them some kind of advice?" asked Rosetta.
"No, the best thing to do is to let Sora figure out who she really likes." said Marion.
"And we should try not to pressure her or else she might make the wrong decision." Mia continued.
They got blank looks from the rest.
Ok. Stop. How is it that both of you know so much about this stuff?" inquired Anna who was clearly baffled by the two's knowledge of love.
"Well, if you would stop trying to be funny all the time and if May and Rosetta would stop training enough to just unwind and watch a few romance movies every now and then. Then we would all be on the same page." answered Mia.
"Whatever." said May who obviously couldn't care less.
"So I guess all we have to do is wait and see what happens." decided Rosetta.
Everyone agreed and headed off their separate ways. After all, today was their day off.
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Author's Notes:
Yes, Johnathan now says "Ou" because I just saw the Kaleido Star 3D OVA and that was what written everytime he said something, which wasn't hard to miss since a third of the OVA was about learning how to speak Johnathan's language.
I might update again sometime in late June if I am not busy and I come up with something :) So until then reviews are appreciated...they might make me update faster.
