Weeks had passed since the dodge ball game. Green sat in his seat looking back at the weeks before the whole dodge ball game, back when Red actually talked to him. Green slowly began to miss the boy he had brought out. It seemed as though nothing was going to bring that old boy back. They very thought that Green might not see the true Red again made him sick to his stomach.

He seemed broken again, much more than before. The only time he would ever, willing, go to Green was when he wanted to play the game Gameboy and even then he wouldn't mutter even one word. He would just simply hold out his hand expecting Green to know. What possibly made Green sick to his stomach the most was the fact Red went out of his way to avoid any and all eye contact.

Something was wrong, Green knew that and this something couldn't have been caused completely by the dodge ball game. This was something more, something much more major.

Green snuck quick glances at Red every once in a while to see if the boy had any change what so ever. Most of the time there wasn't. The only thing that Green could see was that the boy was slowly becoming more distant and broken.

As the days passed, slowly Red began to come to Green less and less. Soon enough Red had stopped going to see Green altogether. Green was growing tired of Red's behavior. Every time he thought about it, Green would begin to figure that Red was mad at him over something.

Green huffed and kicked his feet in aggravation. Why would Red be mad at him for anything? It's not like he did anything to merit this kind of behavior. This had to stop, it just had to. Part of him worried about the broken and distant boy. Just why had he gotten like this in the first place?

Green had to get to the bottom of this once and for all. Even if he wouldn't tell him anything, he needed to see some kind of emotion from that kid. He needed some kind of indication that the Red he knew was still there, that he wasn't lost or gone. He needed to see just some kind of emotion make his face twitch or move instead of that blank and hollow stare.

He needed a plan, one that was fail proof. Something guaranteed to get some kind of emotion. Green sat in his seat deep in thought, trying to get some idea of what to do to get just one single emotion.

He thought about movies that his sister and grandpa had watched where the main characters were always overcome with joy and emotion. There was something that always seemed to make the main characters jump and sob with joy.

It always involved something called love, and the moment where the two "lovers", as they were called, were so overcome with joy was when the guy would offer a ring and 'propose' to the girl. Then the two would marry each other and lived happily ever after. Green didn't really understand the whole lovers or proposal thing but marriage always made the two so happy.

Green grinned at his plan and got up when the bell for Recess rang finally. He made his way outside and waited for Red to exit the building. He ran over to him and tugged him by the arm to a nice tree. He let go when he got there and looked at Red. There was still that blank stare. "Stay right here. I'll be right back." Green said. He ran over to the playground and picked up a bark chip. The bark chip was shaped like a heart with only one or two jagged edges to it. It was perfect for what Green was about to do.

Green slipped the bark chip into his pocket and ran back over to Red, who hadn't moved and inch from where Green had him stand.

"Hey Loser, I have somethin' to ask you." Green reached into his pocket and pulled out the back chip and held it behind his back. He waited for Red to respond. Red just stood there in his broken down state. It was much more haunting up close than Green had imagined it would be.

Green took a deep breath and played with the bark chip in his hand, trying to figure out how a proposal even went. Usually they said they loved the other person and then asked if they would marry them and then they would kiss. Did they really have to kiss? Kissing is a gross thing only parents do to each other to make their kids leave the room. No way would he ever do that it would probably just gross out Red and not to mention gross out himself.

Green looked Red in the eyes and flinched slightly at the hollow lifeless stare. What was really going on in his head, Green wondered. There was no time to think about that, he had to do this. He played with the back chip in his hands and thought of the words he was going to say.

"Red, I love you." Green felt his heart skip a beat. "Will you marry me?" He took Red's hand and picked it up. Slipping the bark chip into his hand, Green looked at him with hopeful eyes. There's no way this plan could fail, no way at all.

Green's heart quickly sank, Red just remained broken. There was no way his plan had failed, it was perfect. "Hey Red say something." Green stared at the boy, why wasn't he saying anything? Why wasn't he reacting?

He turned away from Red with a huff. "Fine Loser! Don't say anything, see if I care!" Green exclaimed, fighting back any tears he had forming. There was no way he was going to cry over something as stupid as this. He ran off leaving Red behind and headed back to the room as soon as the bell rang. This was stupid, he was stupid. Green sat back down at his desk, deep in his own thoughts.

Red stood outside and looked down at his hand. Carefully he looked at the bark chip and slipped it into his pocket for safe keeping. He knew what he was doing was hurting Green, but what else could he do. He just needed to forget about him. Red knew nothing good would ever come from Green being his friend. It was just a waste for Green to try. Slowly he made his way back to the room and returned to his emotionless stare. It was better off this way, Red knew it, and he wanted Green to see it as well. After all, time was running out for their friendship and in a few days it wouldn't matter anymore.

Author's Note

Wow look another update from me, imagine that. Don't you just love how unexpected my updates are? I felt like working on this because I seriously have been waiting to write this chapter out for the longest time. I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter. Expect the next chapters to be submitted on the same day. We are getting down to the last chapters you guys. Are you excited? I know I am.

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