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Chapter 12: Hugs and Kisses.

(Curse you Tina, with your give-away chapter names...)

"Whaaaaat?!" I screeched, with Lara accompanying me. Felicity winced and hid behind Tabatha. Lara began to hyperventilate, and I joined her.

"Y-you are saying…" began Lara.

"… you two…" I continued.

"…confessed your love to each other?" completed Tabatha mildly. Felicity blushed and began to draw pictures on the ground next to the bench we were sitting on. I took that as a yes. How could she not tell me? ME?! Bianca de Alexander Maria Jacques Elizabeth Sainte-Coquille?!

"Whaaaaat?!" I yelled again.

"Congrats!" squealed Lara and Tabatha. I glared at them, but then again…I guess that even I would hide to from my friends, so…I suppose an allowance was necessary. I suppose.

"Humph. Congrats, I guess…" Felicity hugged us all and beamed like a child. I sat on the bench again and looked at her expectantly.

"Have you two kissed yet?" I asked. Felicity, who had been dancing with Lara, suddenly stopped and looked at me as though she had just realized something. Her face showed shock realization and…disappointment.

"You two…" Lara started.

"…haven't even…" I growled.

"…kissed?" finished Tabatha in that same tone as before. We-as in to say, Lara and I-glared at Felicity. She cowered behind Tabatha again, and we took a deep breath for our screaming.

"Are you trying to tell me that even after four days of a so-called relationship, you haven't even kissed?!"

I think all the native birds of Kardia flew out at our scream. Felicity blushed and Tabatha silenced us and told us to keep it down. Lara suddenly began to smirk and she winked at us. The signal. Tabatha had realized it, and we all looked at Feli like evil people in those fantasy books.

"Oh, my, I should have gone to cook the food for tomorrow's festival a long time ago…" began Tabatha.

"Hey, Feli, you LOVE him, right?" I said, and she blushed and nodded.

"Well, if you want such pleasures, you have got to go through some pressure as well." smirked Lara. Felicity gasped, and her face filled with a perfect blush. Cue Tabatha.

"Well, do you want to see me cook, Miss Bianca, Miss Lara?" Pretty good acting Tabatha, if I may say so myself. We got up, dusted our skirts and headed towards the mansion, leaving an astounded Felicity in our wake.

"H-hang on…" she said weakly, and we laughed and ran to the mansion.

~*~

Wow.

I had no idea that the Kardian Harvest Festival would be so…extravagant. At least, from the de Sainte-Coquille's point of view.

Bianca, Jasper, Camus, Emmet and Neumann were participating. Obviously, Bianca was winning over her father, the renowned gastronomist, by about ten dishes of Tabatha's delicious cooking. I heard that she had to go cook more food at the rate at which the two de Sainte-Coquille's were eating.

But my eye was more focused on Felicity.

She was smiling at her best friend's battle of supremacy and was laughing with Lara at her jokes. I wanted to go stand next to her. I wanted to make her smile that angelic smile and laugh that wondrous laugh. I wanted to touch her gentle hands. I wanted so much, but I could not, because I was a bit too shy to tell anybody about our confession to each other.

So I bit my lip and stayed put. I heard Zavier run up to me and ask me the details of the competition, and then he ran off to cheer on Camus. I turned back to the fun, but I could not see Felicity anywhere. Lara smirked at me and I felt my cheeks burn. She winked at the path leading to the more isolated part of the park. I smiled at her and darted in that direction.

"F-Felicity?" I called. She turned around and when she saw me, her face erupted in a furious blush. I ran up to her and slowed down. We were now walking so close to each other that I could have held her hand. The huge bush of Charm Blues hid us completely from the commotion at the other side of the park. Wait, how does that even matter?! N-not that I was going to do anything...

"H-how do you like the festival, Raguna?" she asked, looking at the ground at her feet. I nodded, and she raised her head briefly to smile at my face.

Oh, how beautiful she looked, with a smile that complimented her beautiful features, her brown curtain of hair, her deep green pools of eyes gazing at me and that cute blush on her cheeks.

"Hey, why don't we sit down?" I asked. She blushed harder and nodded. We made our way to the nearest bench. She sat down at one end of the bench, and I sat close to her.

We were so close. My shoulder was inches away from hers and our hands were even closer.

Take it. Someone-something in my mind told me. Take it. The rest will follow. Was my hand creeping towards hers? That's right…A few more centimeters now, come on, go, go, go…

My trembling fingers finally entwined themselves through hers

She blushed a shade of indescribable red, so did I, but she did not pull away, instead her hands accepted the change and she squeezed my hand softly. Her tender fingers succumbed to my grip and a soft sigh of lust escaped her lips. She put her head on my shoulder.

Her brown hair tickled my chin and I smelt the aroma of the rose in her hair mixed with peaches and oranges. I absent-mindedly made my nose touch the top of her head, and I smelt the aroma a lot stronger. Only then did I realize the awkward position we were in, and reeled back, feeling my cheeks burn.

"S-Sorry!" I sputtered. Her blush did not leave her pretty face, and it made her look so adorable. I held myself back. I could not. It was unacceptable.

I might have thought kissing Felicity was wrong then, but her thoughts were different from those of mine. She inched a bit closer.

So did I.

My arms were suddenly wrapping themselves around her waist; her arms crept around my neck. We pulled each other close and closer until our lips met and we sank into the kiss.

When my lips touched her, her mouth opened slightly and I pushed my tongue in. Her lips were so delicate, her tongue was so gentle when it touched mine and her mouth was so soft that I lost myself for the few moments of the kiss. I held it until my lungs protested for air and released her.

She panted slightly, as though she had just run a race, and she lifted trembling fingers to her lips. I looked at her anxiously.

"I-I'm sorry for…" I began, but she suddenly kissed me again and turned away, turning redder with each second.

"I-It's okay…" she whispered, and turned her head to look at me. I gave an awkward smile, and she laughed. She put her head on my shoulder again, and I pressed my lips on the top of her head and kept my arms around her waist. The ruckus at the other end of the park seemed to be silencing.

"They must be coming back now." she said, but made no effort to move away. I gave a grunt but remained still.

However, when we heard their footsteps approaching, we broke away and sat at either end of the bench, trying to stop our blushing.

A/N: My exams are over~ So now updates are going to come along faster~ See? I told you, x=2y-parallax error! So my update was fast, no? Also, I'd like to tell you that we are nearing the end of our story. Another...5 more chapters. MWAHAHAHAHAA! I'm nearly done with my first story! Yessss! I'd like to than my friend, The Legend of Rune Factory, for beta-ing this chapter, and giving me the green light even though she isn't my beta reader. Thanks, LoRFy! I'm quoting from LoRF now, 'IT'S ABOUT TIME THEY KISSED, DARN IT!' lulz.

You know what makes me happy...reviews...so, you know what you need to do...review...*sinister aura*

~LL.