Lucas: "Man, this is a long one"
Ness: "I know you like long ones Luke" *Winks*
Lucas: "Great, now they all know I'm a bottom."
Ness: "Well, I think they all knew I'd be top dog."
Lucas: "Go fuck yourself."
Ness: "Is that a challenge, well, challenge accepted moral."
Lucas: *Rolls eyes* "Try to enjoy this shit."
Lucas
There he is. A boy of absolute wonders. He could be a dream, a hope, or a joke. He and his friends don't know me, nor would they care. The only one who knows me in this damn school is my brother and Toon Link-TL for short. So many different and odd people here, but yet, I seem to be the most different. No matter how many talking animals are in the school, or 2D creatures, I always seem the most different. I should probably stop staring at him. He may not know who I am, but I rather not let my first impression be of someone who simply stares at people, not the best impression in imprint onto someone.
I shake my head and find out the place I was in. I was so transfixed on him that I didn't realize I had left the school entirely. I knew I needed to head back in, I told TL that I'll meet him. I was starting to walk back to the school, but I just crashed into TL. I rubbed my head and saw him smirking. "The hell's with that smirk?" I asked. He cackled.
"You don't think I didn't see you?" TL asked lustfully. I knew what he meant, but I didn't want to allow him to know I know-for some reason. I crossed my arms.
"I dunno what you mean."
"Mhm, sure you don't." I rolled my eyes and he walked to me and slammed my back. "If you like him, just go talk to him."
"You're crazy, I can't just go and talk to him. His friends'll beat the hell out of me."
"Ok, you're giving Ninten and Popo too much credit." I shook my head and walked toward the school. "Where are you going?" I simply shook my head, not fully knowing why I'm heading back either. This happens often. I often move, without knowing why I move. Know, without knowing how I know. Love, but, not knowing how to love.
Before I could realize, I was in the back of the school, the baseball fields. I've always loved baseball, but never had the chance to play it. I often use a stick in the manner of a bat, but, compared to a bat it's nothing. I see a ball in the distance. I contemplated for a split second before running and grabbing it. I tossed it up and caught it. In the batter's cage, there was a small bag with a bat sticking out of it. I ran over to it and grabbed the bat that was sticking out of it. Is this stealing? Kinda. Do I care? Not really.
I walked over to Homebase and got in the batter's square. "Lucas is up to bat. This famed batter has an extremely phenomenal batting average. He is bound to get nothing but the best grand slam, the crowd is now silent, waiting to see what this kid will do," I pump myself up. I place the ball and bat on the ground and make a small megaphone around my mouth with my hands. I started to cheer like I was in the crowd. I reach down and grab the bat. I closed my eyes.
I opened my eyes to see the stands full of cheering fans. The night sky scattered with glistening lights shining on me. The scoreboard shows that we are three points behind. The bases are loaded and I'm up to bat. I don't tend to thrive off this stress, but when I'm playing Baseball, that's all that drives me. That, and ensuring the victory for our undefeated leader, Ness.
Before the pitcher threw the ball, Ness called a pause. I honestly didn't even realize you could do that. We huddled like we were about to start a play in Football. We all had our hands over the backs of the people next to us. "Alright guys, this is it. Luke, the bases are loaded. If you can it toward left field-their weakest field-we should be able to get at least the three needed to tie. You could try to run home, but if it's a chance to get out then bailout," Ness said. I nodded. "This win is all in your hands."
"Oh gee, no pressure." He smirked his common cute smirk. He then gave the cutest wink.
"Don't worry, I trust you." I nervously nodded. And reached out hands in.
"SMASH!" we all said in unison. We ran back to our places and I took in the deep, cold, night air. The air entered my nose, traveled around my body in a very short time, then it left with its own dignity from my mouth. I looked at the pitcher. I don't know him, nor do I care. He threw the ball, and I missed. This weight on my shoulders is not one I'm used to. Sure, I needed to save the world and all, but this weight is different. I'm not saving the world, I'm saving myself. If I want what I want, then I can't fail. Ness, he'll be disappointed in me, I can't let him down. The others, I can't care seven shades of shit about, but Ness, I can't.
The pitcher threw the next ball. Once more I missed. I heard groans from my team. They were annoyed. I looked back and saw Ness smiling. He was the only one smiling. I closed my eyes and listened to the nature of a ball game. Small chatter from the stands, and well, that's all. It's calm, quiet, peaceful. When you don't see the pressure, there is no pressure. I saw him, Ness, in my head. He didn't do anything, he just did what he normally does. Smile.
I opened my eyes and saw he tossed the next ball. I swung and heard the loud clunk made by its collision. I dropped the bat and ran. I didn't fail, but I can't get out of my head yet. I have to stay in, I can't allow myself to be taken off base. If I do, we lose. If we lose, I failed him. Slamming on the first base sped me up. The feeling of slamming on the base, causing the base to slam into the ground and kicking up the dirt was satisfying to me. Not sure why, but it was.
I followed the white road as it connected all the bases in a large diamond. A diamond I wished to use for help. I need this diamond's help. Ness needs this diamond, but if I lose, then It won't let him have the diamond. I can't allow that, he needs it. If I fail him, I fail myself. I slammed on the second base, and the same happened as the first. The dirt kicked up and the feeling of the dirt on my legs is the exact reason why I play ball.
I looked forward and saw my destination. This tunnel vision only allowed me to see the base, but I was still able to work my GPS about who's around. I started to get a bad feeling when I saw the third baseman smiling. I didn't know at first, but then it kicked in. I stopped running and just looked at the ground. I failed. I failed.
"I failed," I said. I could feel a little teary-eyed. I slowly walked to the bench that had my fellow team. "I failed." I felt something on my shoulders. I looked and saw that it was Ness.
"Hey now, don't worry, losing is normal," Ness convinced. I shook my head.
"You wanted the win, and I hit the bat to a loss." He gave my shoulders a small massage and it instantly calmed me. I looked in his eyes. His purple eyes spoke solely of sincerity. He really doesn't mind we lost. I looked back at the other team. The pitcher, who turned out to be Waluigi of the assist team. He held out his hand.
"Not bad kid," Waluigi said. I took his hand and we shook. He started to walk away and I turned to Ness. He had a smile, which almost instantly changed. I tilted my head.
"Hey?" Ness asked. I was confused. "Hey, hello."
I shook my head and saw that Ness stood in front of me. He held the ball in his hand. "So, could I have my bat back?" Ness asked.
"O-oh, sure. Sorry, didn't know it was yours," I shakily handed the bat back. I started to rub that hand and was clearly nervous.
"So, if it wasn't mine, you wouldn't be sorry?"
"N-not really." He crossed his arms and shifted his weight onto one leg. He smirked a bit. You know, I would've never thought of me being taller than him. It's not by much, but it's enough for me to brag about it in my head.
"I wonder why."
"Well, I-it's because of-uh-because." I felt my face heat up. No way in hell could I tell him why I wouldn't care if it was someone else's. No way. "Imma just head on out, sorry." I turned away and started to walk. Before I got too far I heard some footsteps come my way. I started to walk faster to hopefully hide away from the embarrassment of me aborting.
"Hey, you forgot something." I turned around and almost crashed our heads together. I backed up a bit and realized what he had in his hands. My backpack. I chuckled nervously and grabbed it. I placed it on my back and looked at him. There was a rather awkward silence between us. "I'm Ness." He held out his hand.
"I-I know, I-I mean. Hi, n-nice to meetcha, I'm L-Lucas." Man, my stutter is worse than it's ever been in my life. I took his hand and gave a rather weak handshake. Ness chuckled and moved his hands behind his back.
"Well, I guess I'll see ya tomorrow?"
"I-I guess." I turned away and walked. After realizing that he wasn't following me, I sighed in utter relief. I closed my eyes. His voice, I've heard it only once before, but it's calming. I could tell this calmness was a ruse. I heard he's relatively sarcastic. I shake my head, trying not to think of him. I don't want to have the blush continue to grow.
I finally got to my house and I placed my bag on the ground. I opened it and grabbed some folders that held my homework. I was able to do them quickly and when I returned to the bag I noticed something on the ground that must've rolled out of the bag. It was a baseball, but it was Ness' baseball. It had his name, and the image of the Earth on it. I picked it up. I looked in my bag and saw a note. I reached for it and opened the folded piece of paper. "I hope you enjoy, XOXO, and well, if you ever wanna talk here's my number." The note proceeded with giving a phone number. My blush grew, and it was at the worst time.
"So, what happened," Claus said with a hint of lewdness in his voice. I scowled at him, or tried to at least, not easy to scowl when your face is in a smiling and blushing mess.
"N-nothing." I stuttered.
"You damn well know you're a horrible liar." I sighed and shook my head. I tossed him the note and he read it. I tossed the ball up and Claus just looked at me. He grew a grin.
"What's up?" He gave me a look like he was confused I didn't know. He then shrugged and left, with the note. I looked down at the ball and smiled.
The next day rolled around and I've decided to wait in my first class. I usually do this, either this or I take a stroll around the school. I could also be seen in the school's greenhouse. Either way, I never have much to do so I'm more or less just waiting in class, for class to begin.
Unlike Claus, I can't seem to make friends all that well. I wouldn't even have TL as a friend if it weren't for Claus. Claus is one of those popular kids. He gets invited to all sorts of parties, dates, etc. I'm kinda envious in a way. I wish I could obtain that much respect and attention. People know that I'm his brother, but most people hate my introverted attitude and personality.
I had Ness' ball in my hand, rolling it around. I had my eyes closed, thinking of him. I do this a lot, maybe a little too much. Some might call me the demo version of a stalker. I tossed the ball up and caught it. This seamless catch was satisfying. The way it launched from my hand and landed perfectly. I tossed it up once more but realized the satisfying land never happened. I opened a single eye and saw Ness standing there with a smile. "N-Ness?" I opened my other eye and fixed my posture.
"Heyo, Lucas." Jesus, even the way he says hi is cute. Heyo, adorable. It was made cuter because his voice was audibly higher when he said it.
"H-how'd you know I-I would be in this class?" His cheeks grew slightly red. He looked away for a second and seemingly tried to come up with an excuse, but why? Why would he need an excuse?
"I-I just got lucky and found ya I guess," he nervously chuckled. He lied. I can tell. Despite not knowing him, I could tell anyone is lying with their eyes. No matter how good you are at lying, you could never make your eyes lie. The eyes are directly linked to the heart, so the eyes reflect what the heart is feeling. Ness' eyes, they look like they're sparkling. Shimmering like the night sky. "Anyway, I was wonderin' something."
"You wanted your ball back?"
"No, but, I'm holding this party on Friday, and was wonderin' if you wanted to go?"
"Me? W-why me?" He smiled and his cheeks grew redder.
"I-I just thought you'd like to go." I grew a smirk and nodded.
"I-I'd like to go." Ness dropped the ball in my hand and placed an envelope on my table. He winked at me and walked away. This wink only caused a bigger blush for me. Before leaving the room he looked back and gave a small giggle.
"You should probably fix that blush before class." I just hid my face from him and he giggled again. He ended up walking back to me. He extended his arm to me. "Come on, there's some people you should meet." I took his arm. I was expecting him to let go of my hand when I was lifted onto my feet, but no. He held my hand all the way out of the room, and through the halls. People were staring at us. I felt awkward. I tried to retract my hand, but he only seemed to grip harder.
"N-Ness?"I ask concerned.
"What? Nothing's wrong with holding hands. Nothing's gay about that."
"Y-you sure?"
"Yea?" I stopped moving, and he soon stopped.
"Who told you that?"
"Your brother, Claus." I took one big deep breath in and out.
"Of course. W-wait, you know he's my brother?" He nodded his head. He started to walk, and without protest, I did the same. Our hands were still embracing each other.
"What's wrong with your brother?"
"He's a dick, and he knows a thing about me." He turned his head to me and tilted his head.
"What thing?" I shook my head and looked down at our hands. I closed my eyes and gripped harder. Soon he let go and I saw his friends up ahead. Claus was hanging out with them. I ran over to him, grabbed his sleeve and ran into the closest room. I crossed my arms.
"So, no need to be rude," Claus smirked. He knew why I did this, he saw us holding hands.
"You lied to him, didn't you?" He shrugged and chuckled. He walked to the door and turned back to me.
"I'm just doing you a favor, dude. Embrace it." He walked out of the room, laughing. I slowly walked out and Ness' friends were glaring at me. I nervously chuckled.
"H-hey." Ness walked forward and stood next to me.
"Y'all, this is Lucas," Ness patted my back. A boy, much similar looking to TL, walked toward me. He seemed more realistic, but also seemed younger. He squinted his eyes. He smacked his lips.
"Sexy," he joked. It was an obvious joke, even though I never knew him, I still knew it was a joke. But Ness, he seemed to react funnily to it. He pushed him back and growled.
"The fuck you doing?" The TL looking boy held up his hands.
"Yo, Ness, it was a joke."
"Oh sure it was, don't fucking do that again."
"Are you, are you blushing?"
"N-no. I-I'm just sweaty, that's all." Ness crossed his arms.
"D-did I do something wrong?" The boy walked over to me and rested his elbow on my shoulder.
"Don't worry, Ness just can't take a joke. Name's Young Link, but you can call me YL." They then introduced the others. Ness seemed to try and avoid looking in my direction for the first few minutes of the introduction, but then he did as if it was no problem. He's hiding something, but what? What's he hiding? And, why did he get so defensive from an obvious joke? Yes, it was a flirtatious joke, but a joke nonetheless. I was getting a little overwhelmed. All the chatter, all the people trying to talk to me, I'm not used to it. I found a chance to sneak back to my class. I simply rolled the baseball and went to go grab it.
I simply grabbed it and walked into my class. I closed my eyes and tossed the ball up, and once more, it never landed on my palm. "Ugh, Ness?"
"How'd you know it was me?" I sighed and sat up. I opened my eyes and saw the concern on his face. "Why'd you leave?"
"All the conversations, it was a lot to handle. I'm not really used to it." Ness grew a sad face.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable." His cheeks grew a cute and innocent red.
"No, no, no, don't be. It's fine, I'm fine. It just needs some getting used to." Ness smirked.
"Hey, you sound nice without a stutter."
"I-I what?" Ness bursts into laughter. Cute. Everything about him seems so cute, I have that feeling like he's trying to be cute, by why would he?
"So much for that. Anyway, wanna come by my place after school, I can show you 'round the house before the party."
"That sounds...nice." He smiled and walked to the door. I sat back down. Before I could even blink, Ness tossed the ball, but I caught it. He winked and twisted his index finger in a spiral. He left the room and I flipped the ball around. It was nothing all too special, just a little wink face. When did he find time to draw this, I dunno, but I love it. It makes me dream. I probably shouldn't let myself dream such fantasies that he'd like me, but with all the winks he's given me I can't help but dream them.
The day went on like normal, horrifyingly bad. But, I guess I'm kinda overdoing that, it was just very boring. I left the school and was planning on going home so I could drop my bag off. I got to the main exit and didn't notice that Ness had been waiting there. He caught my attention with a wink. He walked over to me and smirked. "Ready to go?"
"I mean, I was gonna drop my stuff off, but sure."
"Cool, cool." He turned around and walked out of the school. All I did was follow him. I didn't talk much, but he liked it when I did talk. How do I know? He smiled, each and every time. I love his smile. His innocent smile. But there's something I sense with his smile. No matter how wide or innocent it is, his smile never reached his eyes.
Soon enough we got to the house. The house wasn't all that special so we just entered. As soon as we did a little girl came running to us. She hugged Ness then looked at me. "Ness? Who is this?" she asked.
"My…" he looked at me. He smirked. "My friend. Lucas." His friend? I'm his friend?
"Oh, well, ok." Ness looked at her as if he sensed a lie in her voice.
"Hold up, you never hug me, give me my wallet Tracy." She sighed and handed him the wallet and walked away with a pout. He placed the wallet back in his back pocket.
"Um, what?"
"She hugs me and takes my wallet, she's sneaky, but repetitive."
"I was gonna say, she looked kinda old to be hugging you like that."
"Yea, not the most comfortable with that." We started to walk toward the staircase. He stepped on it and stopped. He looked back at me. "But, I'd be comfortable with you hugging me."
"W-what?" He giggled and ran upstairs. I gulped and ran to follow him. I was too slow though, so I didn't see what room he ran into. There is only one door open so I assume he went in there. I take off the bag and toss it to the side. I jog through the hall and enter the room. The second I ran in there I ended up-back-first on the floor-and when I looked at what knocked me over I saw Ness over me. He chuckled, with seemingly a blush on his face. Is he doing this on purpose? Making me blush? Making me like him more? Torturing me? He was just giggling. He stepped away from me and extended his arm toward me. I looked at it and chuckled. I grabbed it and he picked me up. He rubbed the back of his neck.
"Sorry 'bout that, just testing you in a way."
"D-did I pass?"
"With flying colors." I smiled and he walked over to his bed. Once I sat down on it the doorbell rang. Ness walked to the bedroom door. "Tracy, get the door."
"Go shove a dick up your ass."
"Imma tell mom you cursed."
"Oh please, if you do imma tell her about you." This seemed to startle Ness a bit. I tilted my head and got off the bed.
"A-about you?" He shook his head.
"Forget about it, come on." He led me back downstairs and toward the door. We opened the door and saw a tall man smiling. He had blue hair and had some weird robe on him with a strange red line pattern. Kinda looked like my teacher, Marth. He smirked and held out his hand toward Ness.
"Hi, the names Byleth, I just moved here today," he said with a jolly tone. He seems happy that he moved here. The chance to move here is slim, I'm lucky I was able to move here. The houses ain't expensive, but it seems that the mayor of the town chooses who gets to move here or not.
"Fire Emblem?"
"Yup."
"Three Houses?"
"Yup." Ness nodded his head sarcastically.
"Go fuck yourself, we already have enough Fire Emblem bozos as is." He slammed the door shut.
"You a little racist towards Fire Emblem?" I asked.
"A little," he said as he started back up the stairs.
"Huh, I kinda like him." I just followed him back up to his room. We sat on his bed and just sort of chatted. It was fun. He's able to just talk to me, like a friend. But, he's said it before, I am his friend. But, can I really be a friend with so little knowledge of him?
"Hey, Luke? Something on your mind?"
"No don-wait, Luke?" He grew a small blush.
"Yea, mind if I call you that?"
"N-no, not at all." He smiled and repeated the nickname. Would he just give anyone a nickname? Am I special? And, why does Luke sound so cute when it leaves his mouth? Is it just because of this crush? Or, maybe he's doing it on purpose. GAH, he's so damn confusing. I looked at him and noticed he was looking my way. He seems to sense something. His face gave off the feeling that he was worried about me. I am worried about myself too, but seeing this worry from someone outside the family is weird.
"Seriously Luke, what's wrong?" I looked down.
"..."
"Come on, you can tell me." I would Ness, trust me, I would. But I don't know what's wrong. Are the feelings I had...evolving? Is this becoming more than a simple crush?
"I…" I looked up at him, my mouth still agape. I closed it and shook my head. "I don't know." He planted his hand on my shoulder and gave me the irresistibly reassuring smile I love so much….I love so much? Love? "I-I guess there's this person I-I like and well, uh, I-I don't know if they'll l-like me back." He gave a small chuckle.
"Is it me?"
"WHAT, I-I MEAN, NO, I-I MEAN, NOT LIKE I HATE YOU, I-I JUST-"
"Yo, chill, I was kidding." He was laughing, and I was blushing. Blushing from part embarrassment, and part just hearing him laugh. He patted my back and grew a sincere face. "Don't worry, the time will come when you'll know the truth. All you have at the moment is patience." I nodded and he jumped up and walked to a dresser. He pulled out his Switch and winked. I crossed my arms. "Something wrong?"
"I hate Nintendo."
"Why?"
"My game has yet to be translated, a-and that sucks." He shrugged and placed the Switch on the table in front of his TV.
"At least you got in smash, think about what Waluigi must be thinking." I nodded and snapped my fingers into a finger gun.
"Facts." Then we played smash. Yes, this game is based on whoever lives in the town, but there's so many here that he seemed to not even the majority of them. Which makes me think, why does he know me over people like Mario? Like, everyone knows him, but here he is, choosing to know me before Mario. These feelings I have, only got more complicated when he chose to play as me. And, it clearly wasn't his first time playing as me. He was phenomenal, but still evident that it wasn't his first rodeo.
After a while, it was time for me to leave. I stood up, entered the hall, grabbed my back, and allowed Ness to escort me out. RIght as I was leaving he grabbed the small strap on top of my backpack and that stopped me. I turned around and he pulled me into a hug. He was passionate about it, I could feel it. I wrapped my arms around him. "Ooooh just kiss him already," a boy's voice said. I heard Ness groan and he let me go.
"Seriously Ninten now is not the time." Ninten, he looks similar to Ness. The major difference is he has a scarf and no hat. I've seen him with a hat, loads of times, but due to his massive similarities to Ness, he chooses to not wear it. They even have the same noir hair. Ninten started to chuckle. Ness just sighed. "See ya tomorrow?"
"Y-yea." He winked at me and patted my back as I left. Ninten stopped me, and we looked at each other. He leaned forward.
"Imma test something." Before I could ask him what he was testing, he kissed my forehead. I rubbed it and looked up at him. A few seconds later I hear Ness growl and grab Ninten's neck. Ness slammed Ninten against the wall of his house and glared pure evil into his Ninten's eyes.
"N-Ness?" I asked worriedly. He peeked back and cleared his throat. He smirked and looked back at Ninten, letting go of him.
"Sorry 'bout that pal."
"Jesus, you coulda choked me harder daddy." Ness clenched his hand into a fist and Ninten grew scared. "But, it's fine, come on, we need to chat." He grabbed Ness' arm and dragged him into the house. I just decided to walk home.
The next few days went by like normal, nothing all too special. Ness and I seemed to get closer, and Ninten continuously messed with him. Ness almost seemed jealous of what Ninten would do. But, why would he be jealous? It's not like we're together, and probably never will. Today is the day of the party, and I can't be more nervous. Claus is coming along because of course he got invited.
We stood in front of the house. I was trying to fix the collar on my shirt. My get-up wasn't fancy, it was my normal attire. I just felt odd, and felt the need to fix what had no need to be fixed. Claus placed his hand on my shoulder. "Don't be so nervous, you'll do fine."
"How do you know?" He smirked.
"Trust me, I know." The door opened and I saw Tracy. She led us into the house and looked back at us as we closed the door. She went in to hug Claus. He accepted the hug. After the hug, she tried to sneak away.
"Hold up, give me the wallet," I say. She sighed and turned around. She planted the wallet into my open palm. I looked at Claus and he started to reach for the wallet.
"Luke, you're here," Ness said from around me. I shot around and saw him. I smirked as he walked closer to me. In my peripheral, I saw Claus reaching for his wallet. I looked into Ness' blue eyes and something snapped inside of me. I walked forward and rubbed my neck with the hand that still had Claus' wallet in it. He had walked closer.
"Can I have my-" I moved my hands in front of me, crossing into each other as I looked at Ness, not saying anything. "No? Ok."
"Of course I came, why w-wouldn't I?" Ness just shrugged. Once more, I saw Claus on my right reaching for his wallet. Looking into Ness' eyes made me nervous, so, I once again moved my hand to scratch my neck.
"My god…" Claus said.
"Um, so wanna go eat somethin'?" Ness asked.
"CAN I HAVE MY GODDAMN WALLET BACK!" I dropped the wallet. "Jesus H Christ." He walked away after taking the wallet. Ness grabbed my hand and led me through the large crowd of people to the end of the house where tables of food rested. We ate some of it, but I caught sight of Ness glaring at me.
"S-something wrong?" I asked. He gave a single chuckle.
"Just admiring you."
"A-admiring me? What's there to admire?" He smiled and took my hand. He ran me through the crowd, causing me to drop my turkey sandwich. No, I loved that sandwich. I've known him for only a few minutes, but I miss him already…..I'm hungry. We ended up in his room. He patted the same part of the bed as last time and I sat. I looked around, patting my legs to an unknown beat.
"You know that crush you kinda told me 'bout?"
"Y-yea, what's up?"
"I have a small game theory of who that is."
"Y-you what?" Oh no, does he know? How does he know? Am I that obvious? I've tried my hardest to be smooth, but maybe I'm not. Then again, I did drool while watching Ness give a presentation, so maybe I'm not all I'm building myself up as. Or, maybe someone told him. Who knew I had a crush on him? TL? Claus?
"I want you to be 100% honest with me." I nodded and he sat next to me. He gently placed a hand on my hip. He was rather close to my crotch, I hope he knows that. "Is it me?" His voice, his eyes, absolute sincerity. I looked down and started to twiddle my thumbs. I gave a weak nod. "Come on, I wanna hear it come out of your mouth."
"Ness, I-I...I have liked you for a-a while. I-I'm sorry-" I was cut off by Ness laughing. It wasn't a condescending laugh. It was a relief-filled laugh. It was also cute. I can't stand this. I don't just have a crush on him. This'll be crazy, and y'all probably won't understand, but….I love him. Everything about him.
"I thought so." I looked down, defeated. Ness pushed me to lie down on the bed, and he did the same. We laid next to each other, looking at the roof. "Your brother told me."
"Goddamn it Claus."
"You know, he also did all of this."
"W-what do you mean?"
"The party, the classes, hell, even when I supposedly forgot my baseball stuff. He told me to not leave the baseball field, and so Ninten filled in for me when you say 'me' walking with the others."
"Y-you're saying everything was set-up?"
"Yup, pretty much. All Claus' plan."
"Even when you lashed out on YL and Ninten?"
"That, wasn't a part of the plan." He paused and looked over to me. He smiled and grabbed my hand. His smile, this time, reached passed his eyes. He no longer hid sadness, sadly, I don't think I'll ever know what was causing him such sadness. "'Cause, I didn't want them to fuck with you."
"Why?" He grew a wild blush.
"Ever since we were 13, I've liked you. But, I didn't know how to tell you, you're, chuckle, quite the difficult person to reach." I looked away and blushed, but he reached his hand over to my other side and forced me to look at him. He slammed his forehead into mine softly. "And plus, Ninten is a Tsundere so definitely don't trust him. Never trust Tsunderes." I chuckled and he touched my lips with his thumb.
"Hey, Luke?"
"Yea?" He gave my lips a small peck.
"I know we just met, but, wanna be more than friends?"
"Cutting right to the point are we?"
"Is that a joke I sense?"
"You make me seem like a cold-hearted bitch."
"I mean…." I playfully smacked his shoulders. He gave his cute and gentle giggle. He then looked back at me. I smiled.
"I'd love to be butt buddies with you."
"That a South Park reference?" He got it, he actually got it. I'm not stuttering. I'm not nervous, I'm, normal. I truly do love him.
"It's whatever you want it to be," I winked. This wink caused Ness' face to go completely red. He was completely full of blush. I looked at him, and his blush soon faded and we kissed. How was the kiss, horrible, I'm not gonna lie. We were both very much off. He somehow ended up pecking my eyed with his nose, how'd he manage that, I dunno. I somehow kissed his neck, which I feel he did on purpose. "Well, a kiss could probably wait." He smiled and placed his forehead on my chest. I rested the side of my head on his head. I closed my eyes. Ness. The baseball boy. The boy of my dreams. The boy I love. The boy that destroyed this bussy...Claus told me to say that, I dunno what it means, but sure, y'all do what you wish with it.
"Hey, Luke, you done with that diary, we gotta head to Onett now."
"Yea Ness, be right there." PS, a dream is a dream. A hope is a hope. If you have both, you have a life. Life isn't without its struggles, but with every struggle, there's joy. Ness and I love each other, all because of Claus. He's always been one big struggle, but yet, without him, there'd be no joy. What I'm trying to say is, live your life, and surround yourself with people that are able to fuel the hopes and dreams you have, but still not afraid to critique them. Living a life of false hope is worse than having no hope. May you all find your own Claus: A piece of utter shit, who loves you no matter what. Claus, I love you, and you will be missed.