Chapter 21: Difficult Love
Do de do~ Looks like I'm updating twice in a day again! I'm just happy that I'm close to 10,000 views with this story is all ^-^. This one is a short fluffy chapter, so no drama here guys! If you're a Gumi x Aito fan, then I hope you enjoy this chapter!
Gumi's POV~~~
I can't believe I'm doing this.
Here I am, Gumi, in flesh and bone (and clothes) right in front of Aito's door. I've been standing here for a few minutes, afraid to knock on the wooden door. I sigh and look at my surroundings. Aito has a small house with beautiful autumn flowers adorning the front. They seem to be tended well. I wonder if gardening is one of his pastimes…
I blush as I imagine him patting a flower in place then watering it. Aito isn't ever the type to show his soft side to people, but I can sense that he has one. It's hard to explain, but when you like someone, you see a different side of them that others don't. You walk past them in the hallway and your breath gets caught in your lungs. And you wonder- why doesn't everyone else feel like this when they see him?
Snap out of it Gumi! Just knock on the door! If you stand here too long, you'll look like a total weirdo!
I nod to myself and my right hand reaches over to the door. I knock it lightly, my hands shaking fervently. After a few seconds, I knock again, but louder this time.
I place my hand down as I wait for someone to open the door. But no one does.
Of course. I shouldn't have just come so randomly. I need to get out of here before my heart explodes out of my chest. Of course I feel embarrassed and disappointed. I was thinking about this moment, what would happen, what I would say… And would I finally confess?
"Heh, I'm such an idiot…" I whisper to myself and turn around. Just as I place one foot forward, I hear a door open.
"Hello?" a raspy voice asks and I turn around quickly, almost toppling over and falling onto the ground. Standing there, holding the door open for me, is my crush. Black messy hair tousled, eyes dull, but yet he still manages to make the butterflies in my stomach flutter. "Gumi? What brings you here?"
"I-uh- I wanted to see you," I stutter out and the words I vomited come back in through my mind. "I mean- I wanted to see how you were doing! Y-you weren't at school for a while so I got worried…"
I look up from the ground to see Aito chuckling. Gosh, his laughter is so sweet and…just so…
"Oh! Why are you out of bed? You should be sitting down or resting!" I say quickly as I remember that he's sick. "Come on- let's put you to your- I mean-"
Gah I'm acting like an idiot again!
"C-can I come into your house?" I ask and duck my head again to hide my red cheeks.
"Sure," Aito says and I hesitantly walk inside and take off my shoes. I clutch the small pink bag in my hands and turn to Aito.
"Sorry that my house is a little messy. I haven't been able to clean it for a while…"
Aito lives alone?
"I-it's alright," I say and look around the house. There's even plants inside and sunshine is pouring down from the large windows. "Aito, do you live alone?"
Gumi, what is up with the random question?!
"I mean- if it's too personal you don't have to tell me!" I quickly add and hear Aito laugh again.
"Relax. I live alone because my parents had to move elsewhere to get jobs. They send me money every now and then so I can live here and take classes at Yamaha High School," Aito casually says.
So he does live by himself… He must be very lonely. I'm lucky to have my parents and my sister Sonika with me.
"What do you have there?" Aito asks as he sits down and points at my pink bag.
"Huh? I don't have- oh right!" I say and pull it out from my back. "It's just a little "Get Better" present…" I say and hand it to him.
"You didn't have to," Aito says and takes it. Usually when Sonika gets a gift she rips it open and tears it to shreds, but Aito is actually carefully unveiling it like it's made out of porcelain. He turns it around and looks at it oddly. "What's this?"
My eyes widen as I see the large red heart at the front with a note. The messy scribbling belongs to none other than Teto.
"N-nothing!" I yell and rip it out. I start crushing it with my hands and then place it into my cardigan's small pocket.
"Okay…" Aito says and laughs at my expression. Then, he pulls out a small white bunny with a small card attached to it.
"S-sorry if it's a little too girly," I say nervously. Boys don't like gifts like this! What was I thinking?!
Aito smiles and presses it against his cheek. "Nah, it's cute. It kinda reminds me of you, Gumi."
W-what?
The butterflies in my stomach are released and begin dancing in twos. I feel myself become uneasy as I feel each flutter reach my heart. And now he's even nuzzling it with his cheek!
I think I may have just melted into a puddle…
"Thank you for visiting me."
I snap out of my thoughts and look up at him.
"No one has come and seen if I was okay, so I'm grateful that you came," Aito says and I see a hint of sadness in his eyes. Not even Luka came to visit him? His very own best friend?
"I-it's nothing," is all I can mutter out.
"Here, come sit with me," Aito says and pats the spot beside him on his white couch. Really? I get to sit by Aito?
I sit down slowly, keeping my arms close to myself. I wouldn't want to accidently brush up against him and make him uncomfortable. I turn to face him and shyly smile, tucking some of my fringe behind my ear. I haven't sat this close to his since that television game show that we went to…
"Last week was pretty odd, huh?"
I snap out of my thoughts. "Hm?"
"You know- the game show thing."
Oh, right.
"Yeah," I say and laugh lightly. "We even had to act like a couple."
"It wasn't that bad," Aito shrugs. "I mean, you'd be a great girlfriend Gumi."
"I-I would?"
I can't believe I haven't died from happiness yet.
"Yeah," Aito says and turns to me. "You're really cute and you have a kind personality. Don't let anyone change that."
I wonder…can he hear my heart beating quickly?
I nod and look down at my lap, smiling to myself. "T-thanks. It was actually kind of fun too. I think everyone had fun."
Aito taps his chin and looks up at the ceiling. "Yeah." He chuckles and closes his eyes. "Did you hear Rin and Len's arguments?"
"Who couldn't?" I laugh and feel myself relax.
"Hm…do you think he's changing, Gumi?"
"Hm?"
"Do you think that Rin is changing him?" Aito asks. "I mean, I know he has a reputation of being the school player, but when you see them together…doesn't it seem like he's actually genuinely happy with her?"
I look at my hands. Can someone like him actually change by love?
"I guess we'll have to see how their relationship plays out in the future," I say and Aito nods.
"I think a lot of relationships will be changing in the future…"
Normal POV~~~
"It was nice talking to you," Gumi says and bows to Aito.
"The pleasure was all mine," Aito says with his hand resting on his door. "Thanks for coming to see me."
Gumi turns red and nods.
'This is it… I can confess right now…' Gumi thinks and clenches her hands into fists, her heart beat racing.
"I can't keep this inside myself anymore- I've got to tell you! I fell for you! I'm sorry if this makes you uncomfortable, b-but…"
'Spit it out, Gumi!' she wills herself.
"B-but I can't stop loving you!" Gumi says as she looks up at Aito. "I don't need to hide from it any longer! I- I- I- I-"
Gumi catches her breath and closes her eyes tightly to avoid tears from spilling out.
"I love you!"
.
.
.
Is what she wanted to say. Instead, Gumi just sheepishly smiles and waves at him.
"Bye Aito- I'll see you on Monday," Gumi says and Aito nods.
"Bye Gumi."
Gumi sighs as she turns around and the warm sunset hits her face as a cool breeze fans her face.
'I didn't have the courage to confess today, but just seeing you laugh, watching your hands when you talk, and getting to be around your pleasant heart is enough for me. Cause, you know, since I for you, just one glance makes me crazy.'
Gumi happily sighs and reaches into her pocket to take out the note that Teto had left as she starts walking back home.
'What did Teto write?' Gumi thinks and looks down at the note.
"Dear Gumi,
Go get him girl! Show him your wild side, tiger ;D. And remember to name the kid after me!
Sincerely, the EPIC Teto."
Gumi's face heats up and she stuffs the note back into her pocket.
'Teto, why do you have to embarrass me so much?!'
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