Chapter 7: Uncertainty.
You stared at Astro as he gave you a serious look. You then looked to the side.
"Why... why me?" You questioned. Astro raised his eyebrow.
"I just told you why." Astro told. You shook your head.
"B-but..."
"But... what?" Astro questioned. You looked at him, and felt your face heating up. You then looked down, and fiddled with your thumbs.
"What am I supposed to say? I've never felt this kind of thing before." You told. Astro's eyes widened, and he laughed. You frowned. "W-what's so funny!?" Astro shook his head.
"No, it's nothing. It's just that it should be the other way around. I should be the one asking YOU what love is, not you asking me." Astro told. Your eyes widened. You then huffed, and turned away. Astro smiled, and pulled your face towards him. "Love, is a feeling that comes in many forms. For example, Kennedy has a love for soccer, it's his passion. Ajeero has a love for science, Abercrombie loves his family, and I love you." You raised your eyebrow.
"I don't get it. What's the difference between them?" You questioned. Astro put his finger to his chin in thought.
"Well, Kennedy loves to play soccer because he enjoys it. Abercrombie loves his family, but not in a romantic way. Me on the other hand, I love you in a romantic way." Astro told. Your eyes widened. You then turned around.
"Okay, things suddenly just got awkward." You told. Astro frowned.
"So, do you feel the same? Do you love me?" Astro questioned. You froze, and slowly turned towards him. You then looked down, and shrugged.
"I don't know. What does love even feel like?" You questioned. Astro sighed.
"Well, love feels like you have butterflies in your stomach, and that your heart beats faster. You get this warm feeling in your chest, and you feel happy." Astro explained. You touched your hand to to your chest, and felt your heart beat become faster. Astro's eyes widened. He then blushed as he smiled. Your eyes widened when you realised that he was listening to your heart beat. Your blush reddened, and you hit Astro on the head. Astro cried out, and rubbed his head.
"WHY THE HELL WERE YOU LISTENING TO MY HEART BEAT!?" You screamed. Astro frowned.
"I-I was just curious!" Astro told. You frowned, and narrowed your eyes at him. You then walked passed him, and grabbed your sword. You then opened the door, and walked out of the room. Astro followed you. "I-I'm sorry, I didn't mean to upset you." You sighed, and turned towards him. You then blushed, and looked down.
"Well, I guess you know how I feel now." You muttered. Astro's eyes widened. He then smiled.
"So, you feel the same?" Astro questioned as he grinned slyly. You blushed, irritated at his expression. You then nodded. Astro grinned, and picked you up. You cried out in surprise as he threw you in the air, and caught you. You gasped as he nuzzled his face against yours. Your blush then deepened to the point that you were positive that your face resembled a tomato. You then saw Zoran stare at you and Astro, and gasped. You then pushed against Astro.
"H-hey, let me go! She's watching!" You cried. Astro laughed, and carried you down the stairs. You growled. 'I swear I'm gonna kill him one of these days!' You mentally screamed. Zoran raised her eyebrow.
"Um, are you guys a couple now?" Zoran questioned. Astro nodded while grinning. You hid your face in your hands, wanting to die right then and there of sheer embarrassment. You then grabbed one of the horns on Astro's head.
"Hey, don't go around yelling out that we're a... you know." Astro nodded. "Good, sigh, now, put me down." Astro nodded, and put you down. You then looked over at Zoran, and saw that she was sniffing your cloak. She then blanched.
"Ugh, it smells funny." Zoran stated. You snickered.
"Well of course, it does. It's been covered in-" Before you could finish, Astro covered your mouth.
"Don't tell her, please." He requested. You sighed, and nodded. Astro then released you, and smiled. You then grabbed your cloak from Zoran, and turned towards the exit.
"Well, I gotta go home. My parents might be worried. See ya." You waved. Zoran waved, and Astro ran up to you.
"I'll walk you home." Astro offered. You gave him a blank look, and waved.
"See ya." You then walked out the door. Astro sighed, and Zoran rubbed his back.
"Better luck next time, brother." Astro nodded.
You sighed as you jumped on your bed, relief washing over you. You looked up at your ceiling, and thought back to the confession that happened before. You then started to blush, and sat up. 'So, what, are we a couple now?' You frowned, and walked out of your room. You needed to do something. By now, you were either at school, or doing a job. You looked at your hands, and imagined blood on them. Your eyes widened, and you hurried to the bathroom. You then turned on the faucet, and scrubbed your hands. You then realised that there was nothing there, and that you had just rubbed your hands to the point they were red. You sighed, and made your way towards the kitchen. You decided to make yourself a sandwich. You grabbed out the ham and butter, and walked over to the draws. You then opened them, and took out a knife. When you looked at the butter knife, you imagined blood on it. You gasped, and dropped the knife. Your brother walked in, and raised his eyebrow.
"Sis? Is everything alright?" Your brother questioned. You gave him a horrified look. You then quickly smiled, and nodded.
"Uh, yeah. I'm fine." You lied. Your brother frowned, and nodded. He then walked out of the kitchen after grabbing a bottle of juice. You sighed, and leaned on the counter as you held your head. "This is gonna need some getting used to." You muttered.
It had been three months ever since you quit the assassination guild. You sat at your desk in the classroom, and yawned. You hadn't been able to get much sleep thanks to the nightmares you were having of your old days. Astro glanced in your direction, and gave you a worried look. The teacher then walked in, and addressed the class.
"Okay, class. As you all know, we are having a culture festival!" The teacher exclaimed. Everyone cheered. You raised you raised your eyebrow. You then leaned towards Astro.
"What's a culture festival?" You questioned. Astro glanced at you, and shrugged.
"I don't know, this is the first that I've heard of this." Astro then leaned towards Ajeero. "Hey, Ajeero, what's a culture festival?" Ajeero looked at him.
"A culture festival is a festival where we hold a festival with many activities, including cafes, plays, and haunted houses!" Ajeero exclaimed. The teacher raised her eyebrow.
"Oh, I see someone wants to share their knowledge of the cultural festival, am I correct?" The teacher questioned. Ajeero jumped.
"U-uh, no maam, I was just explaining to Astro what a culture festival was!" Ajeero told. The teacher sighed.
"Alright, but don't interrupt me while I'm speaking next time." The teacher told. Ajeero laughed nervously, and nodded. The teacher then smiled. "Okay, now you all need to decide a theme. I will leave that to you." The teacher then left the classroom. Everyone immediately went into a chatter. Abercrombie then stood up, and walked to the front of the classroom, and coughed.
"Alright, everyone! Listen up!" Abercrombie waited for the class to quieten down, and look at him. He then nodded. "Okay, we need to come up with a theme. Anyone got any suggestions?" Kennedy raised his hand.
"We should have a haunted house!" Kennedy exclaimed. You smiled, and nodded, liking the idea. Abercrombie sighed.
"Any other ideas?" Ajeero raised his hand.
"We should hold a science fair!" Ajeero exclaimed. Abercrombie shook his head.
"No, some other class is probably doing it." Abercrombie then looked around. "Any other ideas?" Astro raised his hand.
"Um, what about a cafe?" Astro questioned. Abercrombie put his finger to his chin in thought.
"Hm, that sounds pretty good. Any other suggestions?" When nobody answered, Abercrombie nodded. "Okay, we'll vote on the two suggestions. Raise your hand if you vote for the haunted house." A few people raised their hands for the haunted house, including you. Astro glanced at you, and sighed. Abercrombie counted the votes, and nodded. "Okay, raise your hand for the cafe." Almost all of the class raised their hand for the cafe. Abercrombie then nodded. "Okay, it seems that we're going to have a cafe." You and Kennedy groaned. Abercrombie huffed. "Hey, not my fault that most of the class voted for the cafe. Suck it up, and deal with it!" You tsked. "Okay, now we'll assign rolls. We'll need people to create the signs. Ajeero, Max, Chloe, and Zane will be the ones assigned to it. People who will be in charge of the supplies, will be Kennedy, Chad, Penny, Lilly, and Y/N." You groaned.
"Ugh, why do I have to work this stupid job?" You questioned. Abercrombie dead panned at you.
"Suck it up. Okay, Tora, Astro, Stella, and Zeak, you guys will be in charge of making the outfits. I will need you guys to get everyone's measurements. The rest of you, you'll be in charge of coming up with ideas for our menu, including me." Everyone nodded. They then started their assigned jobs. You sighed, and stood up. You looked over, and saw Astro and the rest of his group asking everyone for their measurements. One of the girls walked up to you, and smiled.
"Hello, Y/N. Can I please get your measurements?" Tora questioned. You gave her a blank look.
"W/S, B/S, H, W, H/S." You then walked off to get the supplies. Astro was asking the guys for their measurements when he saw you walk out with your group. He then sighed, slightly disappointed that he wasn't put in the same group as you.
You sighed as you placed the last box in the classroom, and sat down on a chair. You then wiped the sweat off your forehead. Who would have thought that participating in a culture festival would be this hard? You then saw Kennedy walk over to you.
"Hey, Y/N." Kennedy greeted. You waved. "Can you carry this box to Astro's group?" You sighed, and nodded. You then stood up, and took the box of fabrics from Kennedy's hands. Your eyes then widened at the weight.
"Geez, what's in this, bricks!?" You questioned. Kennedy shrugged, and walked off. You groaned, and made your way to the room where Astro's group was at. You opened the door without knocking, and dumped the box in front of their table. The group looked at you in surprise, and frowned, except for Astro. One of the girls then stood up.
"You know, there's a thing called knocking." The girl told. You rolled your eyes, and left. The girl fumed. Astro sweat dropped.
"Hey, there's no need to get angry. After all, she gave us this box of fabrics!" Astro told. The girl huffed, and nodded. You leaned against the wall. Not wanting to go back to class, you decide to ditch school.