Emotional Rainbow

I Like Seeing You This Happy

"Hey, Bakubro." Shitty Hair says. "You ready to go?"

"Um, yeah, whatever. Let's go." I practically stutter out. "The beach we're going to is about 20 minutes away by bus. Hope that's ok."

"Sounds great." He says but more quiet than usual.

I look over at him and he's looking away from me. "What's up with you?" I ask.

"O, um, nothing. Um, just thinking, I guess." He almost looks upset.

"Hey, um, I'm glad we get to hang out today, you know, just the two of us." I mumble. "I needed a break from all the love the squads been given me." I kind of chuckle at the end of my sentence and look down at the ground. I want him to get out of this sour mood he seems to be in. Oh fuck, what if he doesn't like me and doesn't even want to be around me. Ugh, why the fuck am I so nervous about this. I slowly look back up and see him smiling at me.

"So you mean, um, you like being with just, me?" He says with a look on his face that I want to be hope.

"Of course." I start. "You are my best friend. Plus, I still have to tell you how I feel." I put up my right hand. "I know you're curious and I am going to tell you today. But, it takes a lot out of me to be emotional, so I'm going to do it at the end of the day. You just have to be patient,  alright?"

"Sure bro, whatever you need. I'm here for you." He says as his smile goes back to looking like his normal self.

I guess he was upset that I didn't start the day with telling him. If I only had the courage to just blurt it out. No matter how strong I am, when it come to my emotions, I'm a wuss. This week has helped me work through some of it, but not with these kind of feelings.

"Well we better hurry or we'll miss the bus."I start walking to the bus stop. "Oh, and um, we have to be back here by 4:30. I, um, have a surprise for you later."

"A surprise?" He asks. "What is it?"

"What do you mean, what is it? If I tell you it won't be a surprise." I roll my eyes at him. "You'll just have to wait and see."

We get to the bus stop in plenty of time. We chat about nothing until it gets here. I get on first and pay for both of us before he can object. We grab our seats and I get out my earbuds and pass one to him. We listen to music on the ride to the beach. Shitty Hair looks out the window as I'm kind of lost in my own thoughts. When it's our stop, I tap him lightly on the arm. He turns to me with a soft smile and follows me off the bus.

We head down to the beach and his smile gets bigger the closer we get to the water. "Glad I brought sunglasses." I say with a smirk. "I'm being blinded by that smile of yours."

"W-what?" He blushes as he turns towards me.

"Come on. Let's get in the water." I start to feel my own blush and turn away to set down my bag. "I have food for later, so let me know when you're ready to eat."

We both take our shoes and shirts off. "Race ya!" I shout as I run towards the water.

"No fair!" He shouts, running after me.

We get to the water and immediately start a water fight. When he hardens his arm to slap the water at me I shout out. "Talk about unfair!" I then take a leap at him and tackle him. He grabs hold of me and we both go under. We come back up both of us sputtering and laughing at the same time.

"Hey?" I ask after we've been playing around for a little while. "You ready for your first surprise?"

"First surprise?" He says. "How many surprises do you have planned for today?"