Hello everyone! It's ButterHunter here and I'm back with a brand new chapter of my fanfic! This is, as of now, my longest chapter! (Yay!) I really hope you guys are enjoying my story. I know I'm having a great time just making it. Anyway, enough sappy stuff, enjoy the story!

Chapter 4: The Confession (Part 1)

"Ugh, waz… what's happen…" I mumbled.

What happened? My memory is fuzzy. I remember passing out, but not how.

"Ugh, where are my glasses…" I said, coming back almost all the way.

I saw my glasses on the small table next to me. I tried to grab them, but my arms were weak. I could barely lift them. But after a minute, I could reach over and grab them. I put them back on.

"Whoa, that's much better." I commented to myself.

Now that I could see, where was I?

Looking around, saw I was in the same bedroom from earlier. I don't remember coming in here before. Why did my head feel so dizzy earlier?

Then, it hit me: Susie had drugged me. Why? That couldn't have been medicine, because nothing felt different, other than me still being dizzy. What was her goal there?

I decided to find and ask her myself. It took a minute, but I somehow managed to stand up and somewhat walk, though I was holding onto the wall a lot.

After a bit, I got back into the other room to see her reading a book, which I assumed was from the bookshelf in the living room area. Wonder why I didn't see it before. Oh well.

"Um, Susie?" I asked. She turned and saw me, leaning on the wall.

"Oh Cameron, you're awake? Huh. You must be a bit restless or something." she said.

'Really? You're just now thinking this after seeing me flail in my sleep earlier?' was what I thought and really wanted to say, but I instead said, "Yeah kinda."

"Well, here, come sit by the fire with me." she said with a warm smile.

"Yeeeeaaaah, well, I'm not sure I want to after you, oh I don't know, DRUGGED ME." I said, half-shouting the last bit.

"Please, it will help you. You're starting to look better already." she said, brushing it off like it was nothing.

'Suuuuure it did, and also, creepers no longer explode around me!' I thought sarcastically.

Nevertheless, I did sit down, after a while of trying to remember how to walk again. Susie turned and grabbed a tray, with some cups and a pot. "Something to drink Cameron?" she asked very politely.

"No way, not after what happened before with the cup." I said.

"Oh come on, it's just tea. Nothing bad." she said, pouring her own cup out and slowly sipping.

'Hmm… Alright, I'll give her a second chance, but I swear to Notch almighty, if she is lying again, I'm never taking another drink from her again.' I thought.

I take a cup and pour some tea out, and started sipping. It wasn't half bad, usually I don't like tea, I just took it to be nice. But this was good tea.

"Mmmm this is good." I said. Susie just smiled and started reading again.

Some time later...

"Yaaaaawwwnnnnn. Oh Notch, what time is it?" I said, checking my watch.

9:00 pm

"Oh crap, its time for bed." I said. Susie looked confused.

"What do you mean? Its still kinda early to go to bed isn't it?"

"At 9 pm its still early for bed for you?" I asked, disbelieving. I always went straight to bed at 9 o' clock.

"Yeah, bedtime isn't till like 10 around here." she asked.

"Yeah, I'm a heavy sleeper kinda, so unless you want me up after noon, I need my sleep now."

"Well, I guess bedtime now is okay, I guess." she said starting to pack up.

"No, you can stay up, I just want sleep now. You can stay up as long as you want, you won't bother me." I said.

"Nah, I'm tired too, now that I think about it." she said, yawning to prove her point.

We both kinda stayed in silence while we were cleaning up the room a bit.

Ten minutes later…

It just then came to me that I never thought about where I was going to sleep. Well, I guess I'll just sleep in the sickbed area, no harm there.

Just as I was about to though, Susie came back into the room from whatever she was doing back there. "What are you doing?" she asked me.

"Getting into bed, why?" I asked.

"Why do you want to sleep in the tiny bed here? You could sleep in the one back there." she said, pointing to the other bedroom.

Bad thoughts started creeping into my mind when she said that. "Well, isn't that your bed?" I asked.

"Well, yes, but we can share." she said. Damn, she said that really fucking casually.

"Oh, no I'm fine, you go ahead, I'll be fine back here." I said, starting to crawl into the sheets of the sickbed.

"Nonsense, come on, the bed back there is way more comfy. Come on" she said before grabbing my arm and tugging me back there.

I could feel my nervousness coming back again. "No no no no no no, I'm really fine back here. REALLY fine." I said, trying to go back, with no success.

"Nope, you need to sleep comfortably or else you'll be all crabby when you wake you tomorrow." She said, pushing me into the bed and then moved to the other side.

'Ok, so it looks like I have no choice but to sleep here, huh? Why do I get a bad feeling from this…' I thought.

In any case, I got under the covers. She wasn't kidding, this bed was a million times more comfy than that other bed in the main room. Everything was soft and warm, it felt so nice…

Then Susie got in the bed too. That's when I was reminded of my nervousness. Oh why me?

"Are you ok Cameron? You look scared." Susie asked.

"Yeah, yeah I'm fine." I said, trying to calm myself.

"Ok, well, good night." she said, before closing her eyes. I followed suit, thinking, 'Well, she will fall asleep soon, so nothing bad can happen now right?'

Thirty minutes later…

"Zzzzzz… Zzzz...Zzzz…"

Susie was fast asleep. She seemed to be having a good rest. I would have been too, but there was just one tiny thing that was making it hard to fall asleep.

The fact that she was a sleep hugger.

Of course, I found this out the hard way. Ten minutes after Susie closed her eyes, she started to mumble and roll in her sleep. I didn't think anything of it, until she started to hog all of the sheets. As it was kinda cold, I wanted my half of the sheets, so I tried to pull them back. Then, she released the blankets and grabbed me, holding me in a tight embrace.

I had started to squirm around to free myself, but she only kept a firm hold of me in the hug. After five minutes of failing to free myself, I gave up and just layed there, trying to fall asleep. But I couldn't, I was too uncomfortable being so close to her.

'Dear Notch, why am I such a wuss? It's not like she is making me do anything dirty. It's just a hug.' I thought. Come to think of it, it was quite nice to know that someone did care for me.

So, after I think ten minutes of getting used to the hug, I finally was able to fall asleep.

One night's rest later…

"Yaaaawwwwwwnnnn… oh man, what time is it?" I said quietly to myself.

Morning sunlight filled the room, signifying the start of a new day. But something was off here, something I just couldn't shake… I actually felt rested, like I did get a peaceful night's rest. But that was impossible, the nightmare…

Then the pieces put themselves together in my mind. For the first time in six years, the nightmare had not come to pass over me. The feeling of torment and despair never replayed in my head. What did this mean? Why did it not happen?

While I was thinking that, I opened my eyes. It just then came to me that Susie was still fast asleep, still hugging me. But by now, I was used to it. I just needed to wait till she woke up.

It was shorter than I thought it would be. Not even a minute after I started to wait, Susie stirred, then woke. She seemed to be still a bit sleepy though.

"Mmmm… Mm? Oh, Cameron. Good morning" she said, slowly coming back from the dream land. After a while, she realized she was holding me tightly in a warm embrace. "Oh! Sorry, did I start hugging you in me sleep?" she said embarrassed, releasing me.

"Oh, it's fine. How did you sleep?" I asked, stretching.

"Just fine. You?" she asked back.

"Fine too." I returned, starting to get out of the bed so that I could get dressed.

"Ok, well, I should maybe get started on breakfast then huh?" she said, smiling. Right after she said that, my stomach growled loudly. She started laughing hard. "Hey, cut that out!" I said, feeling my face grow red.

"Sorry, it's just that was so loud, how could I not laugh?" she said, laughing.

"Ugh, I gotta get dressed…" I said, heading for the small bathroom she also had in her house.

And that's more or less how the entire week went.

Every day, she would wake up just after I did, then go make some breakfast, then give me some medicine. At first, I didn't trust her, but as the days went on, I started taking it without complaint. Then we just kinda stayed around the house, doing small chores and stuff, as I was still rather weak, and at night, she always dragged me back to the bed, wanting me to be comfy. Every night, she also sleep hugged me, which did take a while to get fully used too. Even so, without a doubt was probably the best week I had had in a long time.

After a week, she checked over me, and found that I was back to perfect health again. 'Good, no more medicine then.' I had thought. But something was just bothering me, something I just couldn't put my finger on.

As the days had gone along, I couldn't help but notice that I was trying to always find ways to help Susie, talk with Susie. But at the same time, I always felt weird talking to her, just, something had changed inside of me, but it couldn't be explained at first.

Then, all of the sudden, I put the pieces together. It was after Susie had confirmed my condition to be perfect. She had made me a great meal to celebrate my recovery, and made sure to give me plenty of hugs. She had always said that hugs were the best medicine. But something weird was also happening to me. It was during dinner, I felt… strange. Like I was split into two versions of myself, one wanting to give her a hug and thank her so much, and the other wanted to shy away from her.

'Wanting to give her a hug myself, but also not wanting to. What is going on in me?' I had thought. That's when I realized something.

'No, no that can't be.' I thought, my mind racing with the conclusion. It was absurd, unthinkable…

I was in love with Susie.

There hours later…

After dinner and some very intense thinking, that was the only idea I could come up with, that I liked Susie. But it was to crazy to think about. The idea of a human and a slime in love? 'Blech…' I thought.

Still, there were so many things I liked about her. The way she made me feel around her, how her strong demeanor mixed well with her cute, soft side, how she was the first friendly face I had meet in years…

"What do I do?" I said to myself.

"Did you say something Cameron?" Susie asked, poking her head inside the bedroom where I was thinking.

"Oh uh, no, I didn't say anything." I said, trying to stay calm and not reveal anything.

"Hmmm… well, if you say so…" she said, her tone disbelieving.

She went back to doing whatever she was doing in there, leaving me to my very confused thoughts.

Ten minutes later…

Susie had called me outside, she wanted to show me something. I followed along, still unsure of my true feelings of her. She lead me through a small forested area, and then a small clearing. I was starting to think that it might be a bad idea to take me out so far from the house. Luckily, Susie rounded a corner and showed me a secret ladder up a steep hill. At the top was nothing but a small bench, pointed right at the setting sun.

"Sooo why did you take me here?" I asked.

"I wanted to show you one of my favorite spots in the world, and this is one of them. I come here every so often, just so that I can watch the sunset. And now, I have someone to share it with." she said, and I couldn't help but notice that there was a slight blush in her cheeks. It was so cute when she did that…

'Wait, she blushes quite a bit around me. Does that mean…'

Did she save me for more reasons other than just because she found me almost dead?

"Cameron? Helloooo? Earth to Cameron?" Susie said, waving a hand in front of my face. I snapped back to my senses.

"Huh? Oh, so, you wanted to share this spot with someone?" I said, cursing myself for going into internal mode in the middle of the conversation.

"Yes. Come on, sit down." she said, sitting down on the right side. I sat on the left.

For a few minutes, we just sat there, simply looking out at the setting sun in front of us. It really was beautiful.

After a while, I looked over at Susie. She was looking out at the sun, but she seemed to be thinking about something. She was… beautiful. There were no other words to describe her. The light shined on her face, and she looked amazing.

I looked back at the sunset, and tried to collect my thoughts. I did like Susie. But did she like me? Ugh, how do I find out?

"Hey, Cameron?" Susie asked.

I looked over at her. She wasn't looking at me, but I could tell she wanted my attention. "Yeah?"

"What does the sunset mean to you? Like, do you see it as a metaphor for something else?" she asked quietly.

I took a moment to ponder her question. It was something I had never thought about before.

"I suppose," I began, "that I see the sunset as… the end of a longer journey, but it also means very soon, the start of something else. I don't know, it's kinda hard to put into words."

"Hmmm…" Susie went back into her thoughts.

Suddenly, I just realized something. She had said she didn't want me to leave at least until I was healed. Well, now I'm better. Was she thinking about what was going to happen after I left?

Before, I had wanted to leave as soon as possible. Now, the idea of leaving seemed so much harder.

Maybe… maybe I didn't have to.

"Hey Susie." I asked.

"Yeah?" she asked.

I looked over, and saw she was looking at me. Suddenly, talking to her about this was a hell of a lot harder.

"Ummm…" Oh Notch, what do I start with? There's too much I want to say, but I don't know where to start.

"Well, ummm… I was just wondering…" I said awkwardly.

"Yes?" Susie asked.

"Would it be okay… I mean… is it alright if I stay with you at your house?" I asked.

Susie didn't say anything, but she did look a bit shocked. "Oh…" she said.

I looked down in embarrassment and regret, because I had a feeling where this would be going now that I said that.

"W-well, I mean, I… I guess its ok for you to stay if you want, but, why do want to stay, rather than continue traveling?" she asked, as though she had expected me to ask that but still was surprised about it.

'Fucking called it. I guess… I guess I have little choice…' I thought.

I had to tell the truth.

Why I was always moving.

Why I didn't trust her at first.

Everything… every last thing…

I had to tell her my biggest, and worst, secret.

I had to.

I hope you guys like cliffhangers. Told you they were coming very soon. (Evil laugh) Anyway, I'm ending here because the backstory will take a very long time to explain, but I promise you guys, everything will be explained. Also, I have gotten several comments with ideas for my story, and some are pretty good. I might implement them if I can find a place for them to fit in the overall story.

Also, before you all start asking, I do have a Zbox 360, but I can't connect to the Internet with it because I need a part for it, as its a older model I believe. So for now, I can only play Minecraft on my computer. Sorry. But anyway, if you guys want to play on Minecraft with me, send me a message on the site, tell me your username, and the server you want to see me on, and at what time, and I'll try to get on then. Until the next chapter guys and gals, stay awesome as ever.