" Gotou-san, I love you."
Huh?
What?
I feel his arms wrapping themselves around me as he pulls me closer to his chest. He presses my head to it, so I could hear his heartbeat.
Ba-dum!
Ba-dum!
Ba-dum!
" Do you hear it?" he whispers to my ear. I feel my face heat up from the airiness of his voice.
" It beats for you and only you." He murmurs.
" A-Akihiko-kun..." I didn't know what to say. No, wasn't this what I've been waiting for all this time? He says he loves me. I should say it back, let him know that his feelings are reciprocated.
But the words are caught in my throat.
" You don't have to say you love me." He suddenly says.
But why wouldn't you want me to?
" You know," His tone was shakey, but the following words were filled with his honest feelings. " I didn't think I'd fall in love. Much less, with you."
" Yet somehow, I did."
"..."
" ' How did I fall in love with you? ' That's the question that rang through my head, the question that beat me senseless ever since I realized how I've fallen for you."
"..."
" Maybe it was the way you speak, or the way you look at me with those beautiful blue eyes, or maybe it's when you smile....or..."
I feel his arms weaken.
" Maybe...it's all of that." He released a chuckle.
" And then the next question came," He pulls away from me and our eyes met. " ' Would I ever be good enough for you?' now that's the question that's been poisoning me."
You are good enough-- no, even more than that. So why would you think otherwise?
" I couldn't say these words to you because I was scared...that I'd mess up. I don't always doubt myself when it comes to everything else, but with you, I can't help but panic every single time I'm this close to spilling my feelings out."
"..."
" But I realized, that it doesn't matter. I shouldn't be afraid to admit it. I shouldn't be afraid to tell you the one thing I want you to know."
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Bocchi the Love Story!
FanfictionUnexpectedly created this during my free time, and also the fact that I'm in love with the series! Just wanted to publish this, very unsure if I wanna continue it later down the line but here we go... Synopsis: Our household favorite introvert rock...