Casual Short Stories

Falling in Love

The feeling brings pleasure and dread mixing together as my anxiety rises up into the air that I don't know what to do when I'm around you.

I always saw you as an acquaintance, friend, then best friend, and then later on I had that fuzzy feeling in my stomach like something was moving inside until it bursts out at you.

Every time that feeling comes up, it brings care, fear, shame, dread and all of the above.

I want to cut our friendship off and start a new chapter with you, and be lovers instead.

I always wanted to say the words, "I love you." But never got the courage to, because I thought you wouldn't feel the same way, so I waited for the right time to get a chance.

Even though I keep telling myself to, "Tell them, you won't know if they love you or not, if you don't tell them." But I lose the courage and backed out instead.

So many chances, but so little time as I have to leave soon, and leave you again.

Wanting to bring you with me, holding hands, and leave with both of us right next to each other.

However, I never got the chance to say those words that I wanted to bring out of my vocal cords, then out of my mouth.

I never got to say, "I love you."