The title of this piece doesn't reflect what it is actually about. I think I might post one more tonight, but I'll post the rest I have written tomorrow. Please review!
"You know what?"
"What?"
Marina looks up at Eight, who had just brought her tea. In the middle of this war, she was glad she had found someone who was able to make her smile.
Eight says, "I like you."
Marina's cheeks flush red, she was trying to not make her huge smile obvious. She starts, "Like in a friend way or-"
"Like in a sexual way."
Now Eight's cheeks flush red, too. He hadn't meant for it to come out that way, it just did.
"Oh," was all Marina could muster out. She didn't know what to say, boys didn't usually like her, if they did, they didn't come right out and say they liked her sexually.
Eight stutters over his words, "Marina I'm- I just- I think-"
Marina shakes her head and says, "It's okay, Eight."
Eight asks unsure, "It is?"
Marina nods and Eight exclaims, "In that case, I tell you I like you and all you can say is, 'oh'."
"Okay, you have to hear me out."
Eight nods, giving Marina the go-ahead. She says, "Eight, no one has ever told me they like me or even given me the most subtle hint that they did until you. I don't know how to act in this situation. What do I do? What do I say? Are we dating now? Do we remain friends? I don't know, I have never really dealt with feelings that much, not even platonic ones, barely even for Adelina."
Eight understood, he did. He knew that Marina was kept in one place that had no people she liked and that she didn't like anyone for most of her life on Earth.
Eight says, "Marina, I think it would be best if we just stay friends and allies until we get these feelings figured out."
Marina says, "I think that would be best."
Friends and allies, Marina liked the sound of that. Even when they started getting closer, she knew they were friends and allies first, and they alway would be. They were friends and allies until the end, until Eight's end.