Confidence takes time to develop (Paper Puppets Take 2)

Chapter 3

Bottle's Pov

Wow...I....that must have been very emotional....especially someone as her....

As soon as she got finished with her disadvantaged past, she just sobbed in heavy emotions....

I really feel bad for this girl...

I wrapped my arms around her just to comfort her, as I letted her sob on my glass chest.

Every cry, every tear, it really hurt me to see her like this...even for a new player...

Milk eventually stopped sobbing and tried to wipe away her tears as she slightly pulled away.

Milk: I-I'm...*hic* I'm sorry...I-I...I really needed that out o-of my chest...

Bottle: hey, it's okay...I don't blame you for it. To be honest I would probably react that way too...

We both satted in silence, mainly because I should give her a moment or two to recover from sobbing like that.

It wasn't until I spoke again out of curiosity.

Bottle: so...what happened after that...?

That made Milk bit her lip a little as she looked away slightly, but she tried to put it in the best words possible.

Milk: ...well...I was a complete embarrassment infront of everyone...so...after that....I didn't talked with anyone else, even to my closest friends again....because I didn't want something like t-that h-happening a-again... ;/

Complete Silence for a whole year straight?

...

This girl has really went through a lot of a struggle since then if I were to assume. I should really try and get her motivation and confidence back...

But how...?

...

It wasn't long until a thought struck to me.

Bottle: Milk....I'm really sorry for what you had to go through....and....to be honest, letting yourself get that out of your chest really seemed to struck a thought of me.

Milk: ...? And what might that be?

Bottle: "someone really needs to get you back on your feet. And I think I know how."

Milk: h-huh? O//O

I held my hands on her cheeks without realizing at first, but I went on.

Bottle: so...I think a good start is to help you on this next challenge, if we're on the same team that is... ,;)

It wasn't long until I just realized my hands were on her face. I slightly tried to pull away, but Milk held my hands to get her attention.

Milk: you...would really do that for me? *slight blush* ,;)

...that face...why does it make my stomach feel like butterflies..?

Bottle: ...of course... ,:)

That was enough for Milk to hold me in a very tight embrace, I could feel my face warming up right now.

Milk: t-thank you so much bottle! ^_^

Bottle: hehe...it's no problem. ,;)

I wrapped my arms around her again, we hugged for quite a little bit...and I don't think I felt this happy in a while...

We both enjoyed the hug....but...

Gold Ingot (at the distance): Urgh!! Enough with this sad stuff! We got a challenge and episode to do!

Our faces turned bright red when we heard the host? Good ingot at the distance, trying to get our attention.!however, me and Milk just giggled.

Bottle: we might aswell get this done first, huh? ,;)

Milk: yeah... ;)

We got up and started heading to the challenge grounds. And we can tell judging from 3 team mats, this is going to be a LONG season...but...if I got some of my friends on my team, like Flashlight, and possibly Milk...I think I'll be okay.

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Sorry for the lack of chapters, motivation is lacking on me from what happened earlier, and school. Speaking of school, I wrote this during and before class. So I hope this will at least make up for the lack of motivation.