Je Veux que Vous M'embrassiez (I Want You to Embrace Me)
Thump thump. Thump thump.
Bijou's heart pounded. Her hands began to sweat. She hated this feeling. She had taken this trail with Hamtaro a thousand times over, and yet she still got nervous every time he was near.
Her girlish crush had progressed into full-on madness of love over the years that had passed and now she was sure they were meant to be.
She led him down the familiar gravel path, to the spot where the children still play Hide and Seek Tag, down the many rows of trees until they began to cut through the woods. They quickly spotted the tree in which they had hidden in oh so long ago and sat in the fading twilight.
"Erm... 'Amtaro...?" She was wringing her hands. He was looking at the changing sky.
"Yeah?"
"I-I 'ave zomezing to zay..."
"Okay."
"Vell, actually, I need to azk eet."
"Sure."
"But, zis eez bezidez the point." She felt so foolish.
"Alright."
"Vou're probablly becoming very impatient vith moi... 'Amtaro, could vous look over 'ere a zecond, sil vous plait?"
"Shoot," he siad, smiling. She could barely see him, but she knew he was looking at her.
"Vell, I..." she began.
"Uh-huh?" he said patiently.
"I-I-er... I vant vous to kizz moi." She blushed terribly.
"Okay, sure."
"Vraiment?"
"Yeah, whatever that means." He smiled at her sweetly.
"Eet means 'really'." Bijou answered quickly before she closed her eyes and puckered up her lips in happy, nervous expectation. She had only dreamed of actaully being able to share a kiss with her lovable, naive, and oblivious friend, who she'd wanted to be so much more with for a long time now. She regretted not wearing her favorite lip gloss.
She could feel his warm breath. He was nearer. Bijou wanted to yell at him for taking so long, for making her wait even more. Then it happened.
His lips touched her soft, velvet-like skin.
To her great dismay, he had kissed her cheek.