Dawnshipping for jupitergirl132!
Matthew is not great with words. He much prefers to just stay silent, let his actions speak for themselves. When he is trying to make an action speak for Karis though, all he can do is stay silent, for fear he'll just embarrass himself. He always tries stupid things, trying to get her to see that he likes her. That he has always liked her. He has tried to hold her hand more times than he can count, but every time he just ends up too embarrassed to do anything.
He often just sits silently and admires her, hoping that she won't notice. She is so beautiful. Her amazing verdant hair. Her shining purple eyes. Her smile. Her amazing laugh. How intelligent and passionate she was. She was amazing and he loved everything about her, even her flaws. Like when she would get emotional over little things Tyrell might do. Or when she couldn't do something and became stressed and worried. There was something so approachable about her.
None of it was helped by the fact that she had been his best friend his entire life.
Karis is no mind-reader and often she curses this fact. Ivan tells her that the ability to read minds is the curse, but she is not so sure. If she had that power then she wouldn't need to try to analyse everything Matthew did, in the hopes that he may have been implying something.
She was not sure when it happened really, when these feelings came to be. It just… well, it just happened. She had been sitting eating a picnic with him and Tyrell on the cliffs of the Goma Range. Tyrell had suddenly rushed off to get something from the cabin, leaving her and her blue-eyed friend staring at the majesty of Mt. Aleph.
Without thought or glance, she had reached to pick up one of the sandwiches they had brought. She was surprised to find her fingers tangled together with Matthew's who had somehow managed to reach for the same sandwich. They both blushed and offered to give it up, despite the numerous other sandwiches around. Eventually, after her face was as red as Tyrell's hair, Karis accepted it and took a shy bite.
One day, Matthew asked if he could speak with her. Karis was admittedly worried. The only times Matthew ever needed to talk was when something was serious or he was really worried. He had seemed fine recently, so she was not sure she would particularly like whatever conversation he had in store for her. Regardless she accepted and the two of them went for a walk together alone so as not to be overheard.
Matthew was silent even after they reached their destination, the cave that overlooked the Tanglewood Forest. He stared out over the trees and to the golden glow in the distance. Karis reached out a gentle hand, and touched his shoulder, letting him know that whatever was wrong would be alright.
Matthew turned a smiled a small smile to his friend, "I'm… not the best with talking… about things." He started off slowly.
Karis held off the urge to give a little laugh at the obvious truth.
"So… I want… to show you." He continued shyly, his cheeks reddening with every word.
Karis titled her head to the side in question, "Show me wha-"
Seizing his chance, the young Venus Adept placed a very quick and very chaste kiss against Karis' lips. The green haired girl remained frozen with her sentenced unfinished for a few moments, trying to process if that had just happened. She blinked once, focus returning to her, and then again to make sure she was not dreaming.
Matthew's face was almost completely red. Karis smiled at how cute he was, wrapped her arms around his shoulders and kissed him again.
Matthew never struggled to show his love for her after that day.
Hope you like it!
Oh, and I was going to do one on your story, but I couldn't think of what to do really. Chances are I would have shipped someone.
If you have anything particular in mind, I'd be more than happy to do it.