New Reason for Living
Chapter 11: Festival Festivities
That next morning, I was surprised to notice that Blaze wasn't there. I figured that he must have gone downstairs, so I headed down to notice that he was there with Leanne. It sounded like he was talking to her, so I hid nearby to listen in to what he was saying.
"Leanne, I heard that the festival is on today. I thought it would be great if you could come with me." Blaze said. I couldn't believe what I was hearing; Blaze was asking Leanne out. After a bit of thought, Leanne smiled.
"That would be great, Blaze." Leanne said. I was alarmed when I heard that. Without realizing, I came out from where I was hiding. Leanne turned to see me and she smiled. "Morning, Aaron. Were we disturbing you?" she asked. Despite having heard everything, I decided to pretend I didn't hear anything of what Blaze was saying.
"No, I just came down to see what was going on." I responded. Even though I knew that wasn't true, it certainly seemed like the right thing to say. "You won't believe it, Aaron. Blaze asked me if I would like to go to the festival with him." Leanne explained. It actually wasn't a surprise to me because I overheard Blaze.
"Would you like to come as well, Aaron?" Leanne asked. I was surprised to hear that, but then I figured that I could keep an eye on Blaze as well as have a good time with Leanne. It didn't seem like it would be that hard to do both at the same time.
"All right. It sounds like it will be good." I responded. Leanne smiled when she heard this, but I was going to keep my eye on Blaze; I didn't want him to do anything from behind Leanne's back when she didn't expect it.
When the three of us arrived, Leanne and Blaze were both amazed. I was impressed as well, but that was because I hadn't seen anything that was like this. "This is amazing. It reminds me of us going out when we were little." Leanne said, looking over at Blaze.
Blaze smiled when he heard that; it seemed like he was happy to know that he was starting to be able to spend time with Leanne again. I decided that I was going to keep an eye on Blaze, just to be sure that I could trust him.
I looked down at a brochure that I got when we came in. As I looked at what has happening today, I smiled as something caught my attention. "Look at this, Leanne. It says that there will be a fireworks display tonight." I said as I showed the brochure to Leanne. Leanne looked at it with me and she smiled.
"That sounds like it will be great." Leanne commented. I nodded in agreement; I was looking forward to seeing that sight with her. Blaze however looked like he had a different idea on his mind.
"Leanne, come look at this!" he called. Leanne came over to see what Blaze found. Wondering what was going on, I followed as well. "What'd you find, Blaze?" Leanne asked, interested. Blaze showed her what looked like a machine with an arrow in it.
"It says that this can show you who your life partner is." Blaze said. Leanne seemed like she was fascinated when she heard this. I was surprised as well. "I'll need to try it later. Why don't we look for something fun?" Leanne asked. Blaze nodded in agreement and with that, they both headed off leaving me by myself. I looked at the machine for a moment.
"I guess it wouldn't be that bad to try it out." I said. After getting it active, I was surprised to see that it was pointing to Leanne. I was confused when I saw this. I looked over at Leanne, who was with Blaze at a juice stall.
'I don't understand. How can my partner be Leanne? I haven't known her for very long and neither has she known me for long, so how is this possible? Although when you think about it, we have been spending a lot of time together. Could it be possible that I'm falling for her? Oh Arceus, this is so hard to understand.' I thought. There was a lot running through my head, most of which didn't make much sense to me. How could that be possible, me falling for Leanne? We were different species, so how would it ever work out?
That night, I was sitting on the hillside where the fireworks could be seen well. I was still trying to figure out how this was possible when Leanne and Blaze came over. "There you are, Aaron. I figured you would wait for us." Leanne said. "Yeah, I didn't see you with us all day. Where were you?" Blaze asked.
I wanted to tell Leanne about what happened, but for some reason I couldn't bring myself to. I wasn't sure why, but as much as I wanted to tell her I wasn't able to. "I was a bit busy, so I wasn't able to catch up with you." I explained. I felt horrible inside, because I knew I was lying to myself.
"That's all right. I had a lot of those times myself." Leanne smiled as she sat down next to me. I was surprised, but like a lot of times before I smiled. It somehow always felt wonderful whenever Leanne was with me. We both smiled at one another, and I could be sure I saw Leanne's eyes glittering. It was a wonderful sight to see to me.
"Look at that, you two. The fireworks are starting!" Blaze said. Sure enough we looked up and we saw fireworks going off and lighting up the sky. Leanne was amazed and so was I.
"This is wonderful. I haven't seen anything like this for a while." Leanne said. I looked at her and I could tell that she was so glad to be here, like I was. "I know. This is amazing; I'm sure that it would be better to have someone close to you with you there." I explained, unaware of what I was saying. Leanne looked at me in surprise and then she smiled.
"I already have that, Aaron." Leanne said. I was surprised when I heard this. "Who's that?" I asked. In response, Leanne nuzzled up against me to my surprise and amazement. "That's you, Aaron." Leanne responded. After a moment of surprise, I smiled.
I guess my least possible thought was right. I am falling for Leanne and she's falling for me in return. But why? I guess it's because I'm just myself. And I'm not sure why, but I feel like I would do anything for Leanne, just to make her happy. That makes me feel happy with myself in return. I don't think anything could go wrong now, could they?