Innocent Flower
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Romance › Het - Male/Female
Rating:
Adult +
Chapters:
23
Views:
10,511
Reviews:
46
Recommended:
0
Currently Reading:
1
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This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance of characters to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. The Author holds exclusive rights to this work. Unauthorized duplication is prohibited
Twelve
Written by Raven of Darkness Shadows
Twelve
Nick finally comes home later that week. I am so happy to see him again, but happier than I thought I would be. I get worried considering the theory that I might be falling in love with him. “Hey, Alec?” he says, getting my attention. “What’s up? You look pretty down.”
“Oh, sorry,” I tell him. “Maybe I’m just not feeling very well.”
Takeru walks by just then, with just one comment, “Maybe you should stay in your room for a week then.” A week?
“Takeru, what’s your problem?” Nick questions him, but he only receives a bored stare from Takeru. “Well?”
“Maybe it’s your guys’ idiocy?” Takeru tries telling him… er, us.
“Hey! I thought we were all friends!”
When I think the two are about to start fighting, I take the chance to escape to my room for a moment. I can easily hear Nick’s angry outbursts as I grab a pair of socks and put them on. He gets louder as I’m putting on my shoes… When I finally come back to the room, Nick is nowhere to be seen, and Takeru is watching television like nothing had happened. “You know, Takeru…” I walk closer to him, and he turns my way. “Be nicer to Nick for awhile, okay? He just came home from a funeral.”
“Whatever…” He just starts watching whatever show is on again. I go to the door to leave, and I hear him say, “Be careful out there.”
“Oh.. Okay, I will be.” I open the front door to go outside, and then blink at the crouching Nick right by the door. “Uhh… are you okay?”
“He’s just a fucking jerk, that’s all,” Nick tells me. Looking up at me, he asks, “Where are you going?”
“Oh, I’m going to the movies with my.. cousin…”
“Cool, can I come?”
It’s so hard for me to say no to a face like that when he starts pouting… he looks like a cartoony puppy. I sigh reluctantly when I agree to letting him come with me, and we walk to the theater together. It’s kind of strange, really… If Crissy wasn’t going to be there, would this almost be considered… a date? … Does that mean that Nick might be bi? I glance over at him, and see that he’s actually smiling. Maybe he likes me too? Or maybe he just wants an excuse to get away from Takeru…?
We arrive at the theater at about the same time my sister does, and she blinks when she sees Nick beside me. “Hello there,” she greets him, smiling a little.
“Hey… are you Alec’s cousin then?”
“Why, yes I am!” She throws her hand out at him, startling him a little. “You can call me Crissy!”
“Um, I’m Nick.” He politely shakes hands with her, then quietly comments to me, “Your whole family is weird…”
“Haha, you have no idea…” I whisper back.
We go to get our tickets, and Crissy says out loud, “It sure would be nice if this nice gentleman paid for both of our tickets, right, Alec?”
“Crissy…” I start, turning to look at her, “what are you doing?”
“Trying to help turn your friend into a nice gentleman?”
“No, you’re just being cheap. You wouldn’t be asking him to pay for your ticket if I didn’t bring him along.”
“Our tickets, Alec, not just mine.”
“I have my own money, jeeze!”
“That’s not the point…” she tells me.
I’m about to say something else, but then there’s a pair of tickets between us. We look over at Nick, who is holding them in front of us. “Would you two just stop arguing now? If I wanted to listen to people fight, I would’ve stayed home.”
“Oh, thank you!” Crissy exclaims, throwing her arms around him. I’m not jealous, I’m not jealous, I’m not jealous… “You’re so nice!” and she gives him a kiss on the cheek.
… … … …
“Crissy!”
“What?” she looks at me. “Are you jealous or something, dear cousin?”
Gaaaaaaahhh…
***
The movie is actually a little… tear-jerking. Guys don’t cry, I try telling myself. I look beside me at Nick, and see Crissy on the other side of him, clenching onto his arm and almost bawling. Grr… I’m starting to wonder… was this all a trick to get me to find hot guys for her to steal? No, of course not, Crissy isn’t that cruel and clever, right? And our mom wouldn’t have gone along with it then, would she? Of course not! But Crissy sure is getting pretty snuggly with him…
Nick tries leaning away from her a little more, but because of my position he bumps my head. I instantly turn to face the screen as he whispers a “sorry”. I can’t believe I stayed like that for so long! Ow, my head hurts… I rest it on my hand on the side away from Nick, completely caught up in my thoughts until I notice something odd, and I peek over my shoulder ever so slowly… Nick’s hand is touching mine on the armrest. I look away again immediately. If I do anything about it… things could get weird. I can’t just start holding his hand! I can’t just pull it away either! Waaaaaaaah, and my head still hurts!
Twelve
Nick finally comes home later that week. I am so happy to see him again, but happier than I thought I would be. I get worried considering the theory that I might be falling in love with him. “Hey, Alec?” he says, getting my attention. “What’s up? You look pretty down.”
“Oh, sorry,” I tell him. “Maybe I’m just not feeling very well.”
Takeru walks by just then, with just one comment, “Maybe you should stay in your room for a week then.” A week?
“Takeru, what’s your problem?” Nick questions him, but he only receives a bored stare from Takeru. “Well?”
“Maybe it’s your guys’ idiocy?” Takeru tries telling him… er, us.
“Hey! I thought we were all friends!”
When I think the two are about to start fighting, I take the chance to escape to my room for a moment. I can easily hear Nick’s angry outbursts as I grab a pair of socks and put them on. He gets louder as I’m putting on my shoes… When I finally come back to the room, Nick is nowhere to be seen, and Takeru is watching television like nothing had happened. “You know, Takeru…” I walk closer to him, and he turns my way. “Be nicer to Nick for awhile, okay? He just came home from a funeral.”
“Whatever…” He just starts watching whatever show is on again. I go to the door to leave, and I hear him say, “Be careful out there.”
“Oh.. Okay, I will be.” I open the front door to go outside, and then blink at the crouching Nick right by the door. “Uhh… are you okay?”
“He’s just a fucking jerk, that’s all,” Nick tells me. Looking up at me, he asks, “Where are you going?”
“Oh, I’m going to the movies with my.. cousin…”
“Cool, can I come?”
It’s so hard for me to say no to a face like that when he starts pouting… he looks like a cartoony puppy. I sigh reluctantly when I agree to letting him come with me, and we walk to the theater together. It’s kind of strange, really… If Crissy wasn’t going to be there, would this almost be considered… a date? … Does that mean that Nick might be bi? I glance over at him, and see that he’s actually smiling. Maybe he likes me too? Or maybe he just wants an excuse to get away from Takeru…?
We arrive at the theater at about the same time my sister does, and she blinks when she sees Nick beside me. “Hello there,” she greets him, smiling a little.
“Hey… are you Alec’s cousin then?”
“Why, yes I am!” She throws her hand out at him, startling him a little. “You can call me Crissy!”
“Um, I’m Nick.” He politely shakes hands with her, then quietly comments to me, “Your whole family is weird…”
“Haha, you have no idea…” I whisper back.
We go to get our tickets, and Crissy says out loud, “It sure would be nice if this nice gentleman paid for both of our tickets, right, Alec?”
“Crissy…” I start, turning to look at her, “what are you doing?”
“Trying to help turn your friend into a nice gentleman?”
“No, you’re just being cheap. You wouldn’t be asking him to pay for your ticket if I didn’t bring him along.”
“Our tickets, Alec, not just mine.”
“I have my own money, jeeze!”
“That’s not the point…” she tells me.
I’m about to say something else, but then there’s a pair of tickets between us. We look over at Nick, who is holding them in front of us. “Would you two just stop arguing now? If I wanted to listen to people fight, I would’ve stayed home.”
“Oh, thank you!” Crissy exclaims, throwing her arms around him. I’m not jealous, I’m not jealous, I’m not jealous… “You’re so nice!” and she gives him a kiss on the cheek.
… … … …
“Crissy!”
“What?” she looks at me. “Are you jealous or something, dear cousin?”
Gaaaaaaahhh…
***
The movie is actually a little… tear-jerking. Guys don’t cry, I try telling myself. I look beside me at Nick, and see Crissy on the other side of him, clenching onto his arm and almost bawling. Grr… I’m starting to wonder… was this all a trick to get me to find hot guys for her to steal? No, of course not, Crissy isn’t that cruel and clever, right? And our mom wouldn’t have gone along with it then, would she? Of course not! But Crissy sure is getting pretty snuggly with him…
Nick tries leaning away from her a little more, but because of my position he bumps my head. I instantly turn to face the screen as he whispers a “sorry”. I can’t believe I stayed like that for so long! Ow, my head hurts… I rest it on my hand on the side away from Nick, completely caught up in my thoughts until I notice something odd, and I peek over my shoulder ever so slowly… Nick’s hand is touching mine on the armrest. I look away again immediately. If I do anything about it… things could get weird. I can’t just start holding his hand! I can’t just pull it away either! Waaaaaaaah, and my head still hurts!