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The next morning, Leon got on the earliest bus he could to the Kaleido Stage.
His car was still in the shop for now, though that tidbit was not an issue for him at the moment. He lightly frowned as he stared out the window. What did Sora mean when she said she can't?
Did she mean she couldn't talk at the moment?
Or was it that she can't date him anymore?
He thrummed his fingers along the back of the seat as he thought. He was new to dating, but other than the disaster of their first date, he thought things were going smoothly between them. His eyes narrowed a little. If she was fine with our first date, then I do not think one of our dates was the problem.
His fingers paused for a moment. Is it because I haven't gotten her a gift yet?
Was there some unspoken rule that a second date needed to include a gift of some sort? Was that oversight the issue? She did get me a book...He noted the little shops around and pulled on the bus chord. I'll find something now.
Hopefully he could still fix the problem.
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That morning, Sora's alarm went off.
She turned it off and then ducked her head back under her blanket. Most mornings she'd be up and about already, getting ready to have some breakfast with her friends. But the thought of running into Ken made her shrink within herself and then she thought about running into May and felt even worse. Even though she hadn't initiated the kiss, she had still kissed her friend's boyfriend. She really didn't think she could face May at the moment without feeling guilty.
As for Leon...
She let out a pitiful sound. How can I face him right now?
Where would she begin? What would she say? And how would he take the news?
Granted, they haven't been dating for long, but she felt like she betrayed him somehow, especially since they haven't kissed yet.
We've just started and now it's going to end.
She whimpered a little, feeling so disappointed and sad that she burrowed even further into her sheets.
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As the cafeteria filled up, May couldn't help but notice a couple of distinct things.
1) Ken couldn't look at her without turning red.
2) Leon was sitting by himself.
Number one made her grin widely. She knew he wouldn't forget her kiss. Number two made her wonder what the heck was taking Sora so long to come? There was a little gift bag on the table next to Leon as he read, but by the slight frown on his face, she knew that he was confused about Sora's absence.
May took another look at Ken - inadvertently causing the carrot top to blush for the fifth time this morning as he noticed her looking at him.
I wonder... She highly doubted that Ken had apologized to Sora yet and knowing how the redhead tended to take small things to heart, she had a feeling the incident with Ken was the reason why Sora wasn't here.
May stood up and walked over to Leon's table.
"Hey Leon, you looking for Sora?"
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Sora fell asleep again for a little bit.
That, or the heavy blanket made her pass out from lack of air.
Whichever the case, she stirred as someone knocked on her door. "Who is it?" she slightly croaked out.
"You're still in here?!"
May. She'd recognize her voice anywhere. "Give me a moment."
May tsked and grumbled on the other side of the door. Sora dragged herself out of bed, keeping the blanket around her shoulders like a protective cape. She undid the lock and then opened the door.
Her sleepy eyes widened upon seeing Leon next to May.
On instinct, Sora slammed the door closed, but May had anticipated it. The dark haired acrobat put her foot in the way and grunted as she pushed her shoulder against the door.
"Oh no you don't!" May turned to Leon. "A little help here?"
Leon switched the gift bag to his left hand and gave a little push on the door with his right hand. He heard Sora squeak as the door swung open, making her back up and slip on her blanket. May rolled her eyes as Sora was sprawled on the floor.
"She's all yours," May breezily told Leon and then walked away.
Sora sat on her knees as she rubbed where she fell on. "My tailbone." With the sound of the door closing, though, her attention was quickly brought to Leon. Her face turned red.
Messy hair, short shorts on and a tank. Nope, she was not prepared to see Leon.
She probably had bad breath as well.
With all of that in mind, her right hand went over her mouth as her left hand tugged the blanket over herself. "M-Morning Leon."
"Good morning," he murmured back. He lifted the small bag up. "I brought a gift."
Her eyes watered, but not from happiness. "You didn't have to."
"...I wanted to."
He could only see her eyes for her hand covered the lower half of her face for some reason - he did not know she was trying to not let her bad morning breath to be smelled. However, he saw her brows twist and a few tears slip out of her eyes.
Was crying a normal reaction to receiving a gift?
"I can't accept it," she cried - though her hand covering her mouth made her words a little muffled.
He felt something cold inside with her words. "I see," he murmured.
He was too late.
"I'm sorry," she half whimpered, her hand on the blanket coming up to wipe her eyes. "I am so so sorry."
"Don't be," he murmured, the hand with the gift drooping down by his side. He's felt disappointment and rejection before. After all, the Oswald siblings didn't start as famous performers so circus rejections were not unheard of back then. But for some reason, Sora's rejection seemed to hurt more.
If it can hurt this much, why do people frequently do this?
He decided to save that thought for later.
"I'll leave you be," he said, keeping his voice toneless. He went back to the door and turned the knob, intent on leaving without looking back. However, he couldn't bring himself to do exactly that, instead he turned his head towards her, to wish her a good day when she spoke again.
"I didn't mean for it to happen," she whimpered. "It just happened so fast!"
Those words didn't fit with his actions. "Pardon?"
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AN: I think there's only two or three chapters left. You can only take "blissful ignorance" so far before it turns a little annoying. XP So I have been wrapping this up.