"Struggling With Feelings"
By: Justin T. Melanson
Author's Note: So does this switching between the POVs of the characters actually work? I hope so, to me, this creates more suspense in the story.
Disclaimer: I do not own King of Fighters, or any of the characters involved in this fanfic, save for maybe Athena's mom. All characters are the sole property and rights of SNK Playmore, Inc.
Chapter 4: Inside Kensou's Mind
While napping, Kensou thought about many things, his love for Athena being the one constant, he wondered what if she finally said yes, what would dating her be like? Furthermore would he get sick of her after a while? What if it didn't work out? What then? Would the Psycho Soldiers end up breaking apart? Or would their friendship weather out a stormy break-up?
The dreaming would've continued more had he not been awakened by the opening of his bedroom door.
"Kensou? Oh! I didn't realize you were home." said Chin with a small laugh.
"Hey Chin," said Kensou as he stretched his arms, yawned, and rubbed his eyes.
"Kensou, don't you have homework you should be doing?" inquired Chin.
"Oh, right, I'll get to it, just gimme a few minutes." Kensou replied.
"Alright," said Chin with a firm tone, "But no video games or any of that other fun stuff you like if you don't get it done."
"Fine..." said Kensou as he got up, went to the desk next to his bed, and finally began his homework.
Amazingly, it didn't take him five hours to completely finish his assignments, most of them were easy, and ever since Chin took him in when he was an orphan, his work ethic improved significantly. After an hour and a half or so, he finally finished everything.
Upon doing so, he went downstairs, where Chin had dinner waiting, a simple dish he prepared of Kensou's favorite, pork buns, lo mein noodles and stir-fried vegetables.
"Dig in," said Chin.
Kensou was only too willing to oblige, he dove right in to the pork buns, and mixed the vegetables and noodles. After he and Chin got done eating dinner, and filling their bellies, he helped Chin clean and put away the dishes, which according to Chin, was something unusual.
"Hmmm...Kensou, is something on your mind?" asked Chin
"Huh? Why would you ask that?" Kensou asked, curious about what Chin just asked.
"Well, you're not acting like your usual self Kensou, you actually helped with the dishes, usually I have to do that myself" Chin replied, "I can tell when something is up. Now come on, out with it."
"Alright, you got me," said an exasperated Kensou, "I've been thinking a lot about a girl I've loved for a long time."
"Hmmm...that girl wouldn't happen to be Athena, would it?" asked Chin.
"You got it right," said Kensou, then paused and thought for a second, "But then again, you knew the entire time, didn't you?"
"I sure did," said Chin with a laugh, "Then again, you're an easy mind to read. Ahhh, you were thinking of what would happen if she said yes, weren't you?"
Kensou was shocked, apparently Chin really did manage to read him like a book, he could not think of any sort of retort whatsoever.
"I love it when I leave you speechless," Chin said with a very enthusiastic laugh, and then cleared his throat, "Anyway, sorry Kensou, I'm calm now. Do tell."
"Alright, well...I'll admit, I've had a bunch of fears buried within me about that..."
Kensou continued to talk to Chin about his feelings, secret doubts and fears, and a couple other things, including the conversation he had earlier with his friend Robert.
"...Hmmmm, I see," said Chin as he pondered, "Perhaps Robert is right, I had tried telling you in the past to give up on her, but you know what? I've noticed a change in her myself the last two days, she seemed depressed about something..."
"Really? Maybe I should talk to her then?" asked Kensou with a hint of enthusasm in his voice.
"That might not be a bad idea...when you see her tomorrow, and if you feel the moment is right, yes," said Chin with a sigh, "Perhaps you can finally get her to open up to you finally..."