𝚃𝙷𝚁𝙾𝚆𝙱𝙰𝙲𝙺𝚂!

Always

ADELINE

I'm quiet on the walk home, trying to stomach this newfound crush I have on Lio.

I'm not really sure if it's newfound per se. I've always kinda felt this string pull towards him, but I just assumed it was because he's cute. I guess being in denial makes life much easier because I've never been this uncomfortable around Lio before.

I can feel his body heat next to mine. I can smell the mixture of his cologne and the nasty beer he was drinking. I can see his soft black hair, and dark brown eyes even though I'm not looking at him.

God I hate having crushes.

It makes me so much more hyper aware of everything that he does. How much longer is this walk?

Lio interrupts my thoughts by nudging my shoulder.

"Whatcha thinking about?" His voice soft, like he doesn't wanna scare me away.

"Nothing," I say trying to quickly end the conversation.

"Oh really? You have to be thinking about something because this is the quietest you've ever been around me." I can hear the smirk in his voice.

I bite the inside of my cheek and look off to the side.

"You must be thinking about me." He says with a cocky tone.

His words make my eyes widen and my cheeks blush, so naturally I deny deny deny.

"Ew, no why would i be doing that!" I feign disgust.

"Chill out it was just a joke," he says laughing at my reaction. 

We continue walking and I make sure he doesn't try to spark up any conversation by walking a few steps ahead of him.

Just as I've begun to feel my nerves fade away, Lio grabs my arm causing me to face him.

"Hey, you can talk to me. I know what happened tonight was scary for you, so just know I'm here for you Adeline. Always."

Lio speaks so sincerely it almost brings tears to my eyes. I cant do this.

"Thanks...well would you look at that, it's my house! Bye!" I yank my hand out of his and run into ,y home. I shut the door and lean back against it.

Oh my god what is wrong with me? Why would I say that!? He just poured out his heart to me saying how I'll always have him and I just brush him off like that.

I'm drunk, that's why I'm acting like this and I'm sure Lio understands. I'm just gonna go to bed and get my mind off of all this.