Telly shuttered, "Oh..."

Hey, Telly... Chibi stretched his arms, Ugh...me and Leah were researching all night...it was quite the grind.

"Are you sure that's all you were doing?"

Chibi's eyes opened wide, What do you mean?

"Ehhh...?"

Telly... Chibi rolled his eyes, It wasn't like that. It's not like I'm going to marry her tomorrow!

"Whatever..." Telly's eyes glazed over as he looked in the distance.

What are you looking at? Chibi followed his gaze. Rose was tending to her garden again.

"Did Leah like her honeysuckle?"

Uh, yeah, she did. Chibi felt a mischievous smile come over his eyes, You love Rose, don't you?

"Wh-what!? What gave you that notion! of course not!"

Chibi shook his head, Don't be proud, it's okay, you're in love...

"Hey! You stop that!" Telly waved his arms around, flustered, "S-so what if I love her!? What's it to you!?"

You know, you're not going to get her attention by sitting over here and watching her.

"Yeah, well...what am I supposed to say? I haven't been this nervous since you got lost at Jenny's school!"

Ugh, don't remind me... Chibi inwardly rolled his eyes, Look, Rose is super shy, so nothing's going to happen if you keep sitting on the sidelines.

"I know! I just..." Telly was at a loss for words.

Hey. Just go give her a kiss. You don't even have to say anything, that'll speak for itself.

"Ugh...I can't do it! I feel sick all of a sudden..."

You don't have a stomach.

"Wha-shut up!" Telly shivered, "It's my...uh...servo-pump! Yeah! That's it!"

You don't have one of those either. Chibi shook his head, You're just making up excuses for yourself.

Telly drooped, "I know..."

Just talk to her. What harm could come from that?

"Well..." Telly was downcast for another second before straightening out, "Okay! I'm gonna do it!"

Cool! Good luck! Chibi then took the translator off while watching Telly approach his crush.

"Oh! Hey, Telly!" Rose greeted brightly, "Aren't they beautiful?"

"What? Your roses?"

"Of course!" she cradled each blossom, "How sweet they are..."

"Oh, yeah...but honestly...they're nothing compared to you..."

Rose gasped, "You mean that?"

Chibi was surprised he'd said that out loud.

"Uh...yeah, of course I do..."

"Awww..." Rose smiled, lacing her fingers behind her back, "That's so nice of you..." she let her eye-forms slip closed.

There he goes.

Telly moved in closer, his eyes betraying his scattered thoughts as they closed too.

Come on...

The gap between them suddenly closed and a spark flew off their heads.

"Ahhh...!" Telly and Rose flushed.

Wait. What happened?

Chibi looked around until he spotted Leah hiding in the rose bushes. She winked at him.

He couldn't help it, he silently laughed.

THE END