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Chapter 11: Birthday confession.
Damn it, the name gives it away.
Autumn had finally begun, and my house renovations were complete. I now had enough room for a forge, an accessory crafting table, a small pharmacy and…a wife. I had all the material that Ivan had to sell, all the necessities necessary. Only one thing remained.
That was to confess my love to Felicity.
Unfortunately, that was the most crucial thing. She loved me, or so I had speculated. But she was so shy…how was she going to admit that? Which meant that I had to tell her? But how was I to do so? Chip ran up to me, as I doodled in my soup. He ran and sat on my lap, and looked at me adoringly as I absent-mindedly dripped some soup on his nose, causing him to try to lick it off. I sighed and looked at the bouquet of flowers on the counter.
Today was the fourth of Autumn. Tomorrow was Felicity's birthday, the fifth of Autumn. And for her birthday, I made a lot of Formula B's to grow the Charm Blues in time. They were arranged in an attractive way, and I was to give it to her tomorrow.
But how was I to give it to her?
I pondered over this question for a long time, before jackpot hit me. I smirked and reached for my journal. After I quickly jotted down the note, I tore out the paper and tied it to the bouquet. After putting it on, I placed it back in its original position and looked at my food.
Chip had drunk it all, and was snoring on my pillow.
"You little rascal…" I said, shaking my head and pulling him off my pillow. I threw myself on my too-large bed and sighed, but it was a happy one this time. I shuddered with happiness. Tomorrow was going to be one of the best days in my life, and hers too, I hope.
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I was rudely awakened at seven by people screaming. Getting up with a start, I looked around groggily to see Lara, Bianca and Tabatha, one holding three presents, one holding nothing at all, and one holding a large cake respectively.
"Happy Birthday!" they cried, and I nodded, smiling a bit sleepily. They laughed at my face, and I scrambled out of my bed to hug them all, all of us screaming. They handed me the gift before even I could ask them too.
"Will you guys wait? I just woke up!" I said, shooing them out. I changed into my usual clothes and opened the door to find Bianca tearing open my gifts, yelling, "I can't wait all day!" We all laughed.
Bianca unearthed a blue bracelet and ring from Tabatha, a blue bag from Lara and proudly showed me the dress she got for me, a long blue skirt with a plain white shirt and tiny frills on the arms and neck. I looked at all of the items carefully. They all matched with each other. I frowned.
"That's right, Felicity, they all match." said Tabatha, smiling. Were those three trying to pull a prank on me?
"Isn't it a shade of blue you've seen before?" teased Bianca. My heart gave a pang when I realized that the shade of blue was the same as the color of Raguna's eyes.
"So when he finally asks you out, you have to wear this, okay?" said Lara with a wink. I looked at her curiously; was she over that fight we had the other day?
One look at her face told me the answer. She had gotten over it. Had she had fallen for somebody else? I smiled at her and hugged her again.
"I'm sure the Doctor loves you too, Lara…" I whispered and released her. Her face was bright red, causing Bianca, Tabatha and I to laugh. She spluttered a word we couldn't catch and were about to tease her when a small voice spoke from the top of the stairs.
"Umm…Felicity?"
We turned to see Raguna standing at the top of the stairs, a large bouquet in his hands. All the laughter subsided. He gave a small smile and came up to me. My friends still did not have the decency to look away, but continued to gaze at us in an irritating manner. Raguna was blushing in his cute way. He gave me the bouquet.
"Happy Birthday, Felicity." he said. He stooped down slightly, pulled my hair out of my face and did something I had never imagined he would ever do before. It did not even happen in my dreams.
He kissed my lips-a small kiss on them- before turning and scrambling out of the house.
I just stood there in shock, losing feeling in my legs. My hands were trembling and I felt a shock going through my body. The blood rushed out of my face. My lips burnt fiercely with his kiss. I was completely speechless.
His lips were rather hard, but they had a kind, soft side to them, showing his true character. They were warm and comforting, like when he wrapped his arms around me to comfort me that day. My friends came next to me and looked anxiously at me. I smiled awkwardly at them, and they burst out into giggles and hooting.
"Oh my god!" exclaimed Bianca.
"Did you see that?" squealed Lara.
"W-well, I was the one being kissed, you know…" I muttered, my cheeks filling up with a red blush.
"How was it?" asked Tabatha, smiling. I kept quiet at her question.
"Well? Don't avoid her question, girl! How was it?!" Lara screeched, stomping her foot down in unison with Bianca. I smiled smugly at them, placing the bouquet on the table.
"You will just have to find out." I said, my grin widening. The moaned in frustration. My eye caught sight of a note in the bouquet of beautiful Charm Blues, no doubt grown on his farm. I reached for it and opened it, to see a message scribbled on it.
Dear Felicity,
Happy Birthday.
This is the most pointless note in history, but I need a tiny favor from you.
Could you meet me at my farm at four this afternoon? I'll be waiting. Please come.
Raguna.
A hot pink blush wove through my face and reached the roots of my hair. My friends tried to read the note, but I hid it and stuck out my tongue at them. They growled again. I looked at the time. It was about seven-thirty. This was going to be a long, long wait.
Time had never been a good friend of mine. Whenever I was resting, it would crawl like a turtle. When I was having fun, it raced like a cheetah. But there was that time when I had the time of my life, yet it still paced along slowly. Like now, when my friends and I were spending time together.
As time crawled by, my friends and I went around town, chatting at the park, sitting at the beach, or even lying down in Bianca's garden.
Finally, my watch read three forty-five.
I stood up, dusted my skirt and turned to leave, giving some excuse. My mind was more intent on knowing why he had called me to his farm. I drifted over to his farm, my mind swirling.
Why was he calling me to his farm? Was he going to tell me something? Was he going to confess something? While I was thinking, I found myself outside his newly-upgraded house.
"H-hey, Felicity." His sweet, charming voice sounded from behind me. I turned around and saw him standing right behind me, a small, sheepish grin on his face. I felt the ghost of the kiss twinge on my lips.
"H-hey…." I whispered, feeling the hot blush spread over my cheeks. He gave an awkward laugh.
"Um…wh-why did you call me here, Ragu?" I asked. His cheeks turned a bit red at my nickname for him. He scratched the back of his neck and then put his hands in his pockets.
"I, uh, need to tell you something." he said softy.
My entire body was tingling with excitement and hope.
"Do you remember the day you followed me into the caves?" he asked. I flushed with embarrassment again. That day was a very embarrassing one.
"Well, that day, you told me…" he gave another forced, awkward laugh and continued. "You told me that…that you cared about me."
I had said that. Because I had cared about him. I still do. I will always care about him. I always will be in love with him. I will always do my best to help him. He took my hands.
"Did you mean that as a friend…or as…as…" his voice trailed off, and he looked directly into my eyes.
His blue eyes shone with something I had seen only once before. I had seen that expression when he had been caring for his crops. But now, it was stronger, much stronger.
His expression read Love.
He sucked in a deep breath.
"Did you mean those words as a friend or-or as a lover?" he asked, his words tumbling over each other. I felt my cheeks burn. "B-because…I love you, Felicity. I do."
My heart seemed to have stopped beating.
He was confessing his love to me. Finally. He was finally confessing his love. We gazed at each other for a moment when my eyes filled with tears. I nodded frantically, and his face broke out into his charming smile again, and he pulled me into a big bear hug. My tears of happiness tainted his shirt, and he patted my head gently. I choked out those magical words.
"I love you, too."
Author is not available this time as the author has a mathematics exam tomorrow and is jumping about, screaming, "They confessed! They confessed!". Also, she would like to tell all of those who has been asking for Felicity's recovery to wait for sometime, insert many exclamation marks and that she is sorry for the late update. She had exams. 3log2=x. Find x. 10 to the power x=8. This sum is invalid.
If x=number of reviews and y= speed of writing, then x=2y-parallax error (exams, school, life). Her main point is: REVIEW NOW! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! *shot*
~LL.