"Gifts"
Shortaki Week 2016 - Day 5
Unrequited love and I are not newly acquainted. Crimeny, we've been buddies since I was three. We're old friends really.
You might say I fell hard and fast and deeply. Maybe even obsessively. I can't think about anything else. I sleep, drink, eat, and breathe him. He's the reason I exist. My life.
I've spend years in agony-wishing and hoping for some affection in return; for reciprocation of my feelings. I've been rejected, mocked, ignored, disliked, embarrassed repeatedly. I haven't been loved by him.
Except...maybe there's still hope! Right now he's noticing me. And he's not just noticing me. He's offering me a gift. A little box beautifully wrapped with care. I can hardly wait to open it! Will it be a note-confessions of his utter adoration for me? Or maybe it's a new pink bow (he's once complimented this one.) Or maybe he's cutting to right to the chase and it's a beautiful diamond ring!
"Uh, gee, thanks, Arnold," I say, surprise lacing my voice.
I'm anything but prepared for what's inside the little box as I open it. A blinding flash of shock washes over me...
Oh...wait...
"April fools!"