Chapter 60 – The Talk

Sig's POV

"Peruvis! Peruvis!"

"*sigh* Still nothing."

"Where could that girl be?" Klug asked as the two of us were walking along the beach looking for Peruvis again. "Her being out this long is truly ridiculous."

"Tell me about it. in fact, she's been acting weird ever since yesterday morning. She wouldn't talk to me or even say hello. Something's clearly bugging her. Though, I wish she would just spit it out already."

"Huh? You mean you don't know?"

"If I knew, we wouldn't be out here looking for her, right?"

"Right, but…*sigh* Geez. You really don't know?"

"Know what? Am I supposed to know something about her?"

Klug went dead silent for a good while. Leaving me more confused than when I try to understand Peruvis' dirty mindset. Though it would make sense that Klug would know something about Peruvis that I don't. They are step-siblings and all.

"*sigh* Peruvis is going to kill me for doing this, but…Sig. We need to talk. About your relationship with Arle."

"My relationship with Arle? What for? And why at such a freaking random time like this?"

"Trust me. We need to talk." Klug did a stressed-out sigh. "Or at least…listen to what I have to say."

I had no idea what Klug was about to go on about. But if it somehow relates to Peruvis and Arle…I kinda don't have a choice but to hear him out.

But the thing is…what am I about to hear?

"*sigh* Alright, Klug. I'll hear you out. But make it quick. We don't have much time out here."

"Please." Klug said as he pushed up his glasses. "After I finish talking, you'll need all the time in the world."

Why does that worry me so much?

We decided to head closer back to the beach house. Currently standing on a nearby dock as we leaned on the guardrails that rested above the ocean. Gotta admit. The calm waters were pretty soothing. A perfect mood to just…

"*yawn* Zzz…"

"H-Hey, don't fall asleep on me!" Klug yelled as he shook me up.

"H-Huh? O-Oh, yeah."

"Geez. Your narcolepsy hasn't changed at all. Even after all these years."

"It's a trait that I'm stuck with. Not that I want to get rid of it."

"Just like Peruvis and her dirty mind. You two really are perfect for each other."

"What?"

"O-Oh, um…well…let's start by going back a bit. You and Peruvis met in kindergarten and have been friends since, right?"

Why are we going THAT far back?

"Uh…yeah." I answered without giving it much thought.

"And the two of you have been together for most of your lives, right?"

"Aside from that 4-year gap where she went on tour with a band, yeah."

"And you both share a lot in common. Mainly a crappy childhood that you both want to forget, right?"

"Klug, where are you going with this?" I asked as I was starting to get annoyed with these questions.

"Okay, okay. Going straight to the point. The day you confessed to Arle…Peruvis was there."

"Huh? She was there? Was she spying on us?"

"Well…yeah. But she had a good reason to."

"How can there be a good reason to spy on someone?"

"Uh…" Klug began rubbing the back of his head as he started sweating with nervousness. All of this made me start believing that what he's trying to say is rather difficult to spit out so easily.

"Klug, enough beating around the bush already. If you have to tell me something about Peruvis, then just tell me. I want to help her get over whatever's making her upset like this."

"*sigh* Fine." Klug grew an exasperated look. "The reason why she's acting like this is because…she's heartbroken."

"Heartbroken? Someone broke her heart? Who?"

"That's the thing. You did."

"H-Huh?! I-I broke her heart?! Wh-What did I do for that to happen?!"

"You didn't do anything. At least…not intentionally."

"What?"

Klug did another sigh before turning to face me with a dead serious look on his face.

"Sig, what I'm trying to say is…Peruvis…is in love with you."

It took a while for me to register inside my head what he had said to me. Like a good 30-45 seconds. But once I finally did…

"Wh-Wha…WHAT?!"

…I completely broke.

P-Peruvis…i-in LOVE with me?! Wh-What the hell?! Wh-What is going on?!


Ringo's POV

"Peruvis! Hey, where are ya, girl?!"

"Come to think of it, where exactly am I?" I asked myself as I realized that I was in an unfamiliar part of the beach. there were a lot more rocks and seaweed around. And the current was way stronger here than it was in front of the beach house.

"Let's see. From the looks of things, I'd say that this is some kind of cove. And Google Maps doesn't seem to have the name of it, either. Wow! So, I found a hidden cove! Bet I can find a new species or something! Or better yet…"

"N-No, damnit! Control your nerdy orgasm! I need to freaking find Peruvis!"

I went silent for a bit.

"But…how am I supposed to find her when I don't even know where the hell I am? This freaking blows."

"Ringo? Is that you?" I heard a voice calling out to me.

"Hey! Peruvis! There you are!" I cheered as I rushed over and hugged this good friend of mine.

"I knew I recognized the voice. Why are you all the way out here?"

"Girl, that's my question! What have you been doing here for the past 25 hours?! Do you know how worried everyone is?!"

"E-Everyone's…worried?"

"Well, duh."

"E-Even…S-Sig?"

"Sig? Well, I guess. He's out here looking for you, too."

"I see. So, he does still care."

"Still care?"

"Cr-Crap! I-I didn't mean…aw, damnit! Me and my damn big mouth!" Peruvis then sat back down on the sand as she hid her blushed face in between her legs.

I didn't know what else to do. So, I sat next to her and kept poking her head until she got pissed enough to raise it back up.

"Okay! Stop, already! Damn, you got strong ass fingers!"

"That's thanks to the demon DNA inside me."

"Still can't believe you're part hellspawn. You don't look like the demonic type."

"Yeah, I get that a lot." I gained a sweatdrop.

"*sigh* I didn't think anyone would find me. Kinda weird that you just happened to find this place by pure luck." Peruvis went back to a sad mood.

"So, you've been here this whole time? You even slept here?"

"Well…I originally was going to come back last night. But the waves here…they completely relaxed me from the intense crying I was doing. And I ended up falling asleep to them."

"I see." I began staring at the calmer waves and the moonlight reflecting from the water. "Well, I can see how that happened. This place is quite peaceful once you get used to it."

"Right? I didn't think anyone would understand even while sitting out here. Guess I was wrong."

"Yeah. And you were wrong for disappearing like this, too."

"We're still talking about that?" The sad tone returned to the half-devil girl.

"Peruvis, you had us all worried. No way in hell I'm going to let this sly. Why did you run off like that and didn't tell anyone?"

"*sigh*" I just…I just wanted to be alone, okay?" Peruvis said after a brief silence.

"Alone? But don't you have Phoenix always with you?"

"He hasn't bothered me since coming here. In fact, this is the longest he's ever been silent. Not sure what he's doing. And frankly, I don't care."

"Uh…right." I gained a sweatdrop as I looked behind Peruvis' back.

Should I tell her that Phoenix has stretched to who knows where? I didn't even know he could reach that far.

"So, uh…why did you want to be alone? You said that you were crying too, right?"

Peruvis didn't say anything. She actually started crying again. But once she remembered that I was still next to her, she immediately wiped her tears.

"H-Hey, Ringo. I-If I tell you what's been bugging me, will you promise to keep it a secret?"

"Keep it a secret?"

"I don't want anyone else to know. Not a single soul. At least…not yet."

Not yet, huh?

"Alright. I won't tell." I said.

"Thanks, Ringo. I'm glad I can trust you."

"But if I have to guess what this secret's about…it involves Sig, doesn't it?"

Peruvis didn't say anything and just made a simple nod. Confirming my suspicions.

"What's the deal with you two? You both are childhood friends, right?"

"Yeah. We are. We've known each other since kindergarten. And around the summer festival was the first time I've seen him in four years."

"Four years? What caused the split?"

"W-Well…s-some stupid things. Like quitting school to go on a world tour with a band that didn't do so great."

"You quit school for that?"

"L-Like I said. It was stupid. I'm 100% dedicated to finishing school this time around. Which is one of the many reasons I came back."

"Many?" I was confused.

"Some of them aren't important right now. Maybe at a later time."

"I see."

"But the main reason I came back was like you said. It does involve Sig. I missed him so much that I quit the band and came right back home to my step-parents and Klug. Thing is, I didn't know that my step-dad moved from Konoko Valley and started traveling for work. So, I had to come here. To Primp Town. A place that I've rarely been to."

"I see. It's must've sucked that you couldn't see him again, huh?"

"Yeah. It did. Which was why I was super happy when I ran into him at Oshare's shop. I thought right then and there that I can be happy. That I could be with my best friend once more…and hopefully, tell him how I truly feel."

"Truly feel? Wait, are you saying…"

"Yes. It's true. I love Sig. I love him with all my heart. And I came back to hopefully tell him that and we could be together forever."

Peruvis then started to cry again. This time, there doesn't seem like to be an end in sight.

"But when the other girls told me that freaking Arle had a crush on him and wanted to get the two together…I was feeling a mix of emotions, honestly. Anger, sadness, a sense of regret. But then I did something that I still question to this day. I pushed all of those feelings aside. Including my romantic feelings for Sig. And helped those damn girls hook up Arle with my one true love. And throughout the entire thing, my heart was shattered. I cried for days on end asking myself just what the absolute **** was I doing. But I kept telling myself…that it was all for Sig. I was doing this for Sig. I was sacrificing my happiness so that Sig could have his. And when I saw him confess to Arle, I knew I did my part. *sniff* A-As much as I hated it. this was probably the nicest and least perverted thing I've ever done. So, why…why does it still hurt, damnit? Aren't you supposed to feel good when you do nice things? So, why the hell do I feel like total crap?! Why, damnit?! Why?! WHY, WHY, WHYYYYY?! WAAAAAAAAA!"

It was here that Peruvis have broken down into full tears of sadness. Heavy tears ran down her eyes as she screamed out her cries of heartbroken pain. I wasn't sure if she felt great about releasing her true feelings to someone. Or what to say to make this any better. So, I just hugged her with both of my arms and comforted her until she was ready to go on.

How long that would take…is anyone's guess, really.


Arle's POV

"So, that's what it is, huh? Peruvis is in love with Sig?"

"Yeah, that's the gist of it. Been that way since the two of them were kids. And she's been hiding her feelings ever since."

"*sigh* I see."

It was around 9 'o clock and I was up on the roof of the beach house with Phoenix. This is where he took me after saying that we needed to talk about my relationship with Sig. And just now…we just finished eavesdropping on Peruvis and Ringo. Thanks to Phoenix being able to stretch this far out.

It's still really odd to me that he can reach this far…

"You know…I kinda had a feeling that her acting like this was because of me."

"It isn't all you. Sig's to blame, too. Boys his age are always oblivious to a girl's true feelings. It's a stupidly common cliché."

"Really now?" I asked. "I wouldn't have known that. I've never fallen in love before now."

"Sig's your first love too, huh? Man, you are not making this easy." Phoenix facepalmed with stress.

"Well, what do you want me to do, Phoenix? Break up with Sig? There's no way in hell I'm doing that. I love him just as much as Peruvis does and I'm not backing down."

"Well, once Peruvis finds out that Sig knows about her feelings, she ain't gonna give up either."

"Wait, what? Sig knows, too?"

"He should by now. Klug's somewhere telling him right now."

"I see. So, the two of you planned this from the start." I grew an agitated look.

"Can you really blame us? We're just trying to look out for the kid. I'm not telling much, but she hasn't had the best life like some of you."

Not the best life? What could that mean?

"Well, no matter if we know or not. I'm still not breaking up with Sig."

"Ugh. Geez, you're stubborn." Phoenix gained an exasperated look. "Well, fine. I guess you both can share him."

"Sh-Share him?!"

"Heh. It would be kinda interesting to see. Sig dating both of you at once. Almost like a harem. I bet the sex will be steamy~!"

St-Steamy?!

"L-Like hell, we are doing that!" I yelled with a huge blush on my face.

"Nyahahahaha! You're so damn pure!"

"Tch. Jerk." I pouted.

"Well, there is one other thing you both could do."

"Oh, really?" I really wasn't excited to hear another one of his suggestions. But I played along anyway. "And what would that be?"

"Easy. Have Sig choose between both of you."

"Ch-Choose?! B-Between the two of us?!"

"It's the only thing I can think of."

"Man…" I gotta admit. It was the only one that sounded reasonable. But to have Sig choose between me or Peruvis…she'll definitely have the upper hand since she knew him since freaking kindergarten. I'm just some random girl that he found pleading to a butterfly to come back to me. I'm totally screwed if this leads up.

Which means…there's truly one more thing I could try. It may break up some friendships, but it's better than having a broken heart, right?

God, that sounds selfish as hell. But I've got nothing else to go with. So, I'm sticking with that.

"Well, then…I'll just have to tell her myself."

"Tell her what?" Phoenix asked.

"Tell her that I know that she loves Sig, of course."

"Y-You idiot! Are you trying to start something between the three of you?!"

"No, not at all. I love Sig and all. But I don't want his long-standing friendship with Peruvis to end because of me. That's why I'm going to tell her. Along with something else in mind."

"Huh? Something else?"

"That is something I'm saving for later. For right now, though…we should get Peruvis back before the others start to worry even more. Has she stopped crying?"

"She's still spouting waterworks. But not as grand as before. Ringo's down there talking to her."

"I see. The two of them have become great friends."

"Hey. You better know what you doing with whatever the hell you're planning. I can't take anymore sappiness from that kid."

"I promise. I won't make her any sadder. In fact…I think she'll agree with what I have to say." I gained a smile on my face.

"*sigh* Whatever. Teenage love is confusing as hell."

Phoenix started sinking down from the rooftop to the cove where the two girls were at. Returning to Peruvis' body after about two hours of eavesdropping and talking. I'll admit. Learning that Peruvis has had a crush on Sig since the day they met…didn't really surprise me much. I had always thought that the two would get together and not how it is now.

But seeing as how it did end up this way…and learning that Peruvis is emotionally suffering because of it…this isn't something that I can just easily ignore.

And I truly hope that what I have planned works out for all three of us in the end.

Because in my opinion…no heart should ever be broken.

Author's Note: The 60th chapter of Love of Puyo Puyo! And I know I said it was going to be a long one. But…I'm going to have this last part become its own chapter. It'll just be overshadowed by what's here if I add to this chapter. At least, that's how I see it.

So, I bet there are probably some of you wondering what happened to Dream Land Invasion 2. Well, I deleted it. I just didn't have any interest for it anymore. I never wanted to do a sequel in the first place. But I kinda forced myself to do it and now all that forced energy is gone. And thus, so is the story. Sorry if you guys enjoyed what was there.

The story is still on a break. I just wanted to get this out of the way. Thanks for reading. Later.