Loving Your World || Book 2

♁ Prologue ♁

Third Person POV
~3 weeks after the almost end of the world~

"Hurry up, Krel!" An eager Alya said, dragging her best friend towards the ice cream kart. 

"I still don't understand what iced - creams are." Krel retorted, crossing his arms over his chest. He was in human form, a Latino with a shaggy, curly mullet of dark brown hair, tan skin, and brown eyes. But today, he wore shorts and a blue shirt with sound waves on it. 

"You'll see, I promise it'll be good." Alya promised. 

"Okay..." Krel agreed unsurely. 

Alya led him to an ice cream truck and the line was long enough to give Krel some time to take in her appearance. She had grown out her hair a bit, and dyed the ends blue. She claimed it was in honor of Akiridion-5 and supporting his home planet during the hardships. Alya's style itself had changed too. She wore a white shirt over a dark teal long sleeve shirt, blue high tops and gray jeans. In his eyes, she was beautiful. 

"Hello," Alya waved at the ice cream worker. "two ice creams, please." 

"What flavor?" 

"Chocolate and vanilla." She answered. 

"What's chocolate and vanilla?" Krel whispered to her. 

"You'll see~" Alya teased.

Taking the two cones and paying the worker, Alya leads Krel to a park bench. She hands him the chocolate one. 

"Enjoy." She smiled, licking her ice cream. 

Krel seems hesitant at first, but after seeing how much Alya enjoys her ice cream, he takes a bite. His eyes light up at the taste, he starts eating it faster until a cold feeling appears in his head and takes him by surprise, causing him to fall off the bench. 

"Why is my head frozen?!" He asked, shocked. 

Alya laughed. "It's called brain freeze. Rub your tongue to the roof of your mouth." 

"Like this?" He attempted to say while following her advice. 

"Sure." Alya laughed, brightening Krel's day entirely. 

As soon as he feels better he immediately finishes his ice cream cone. Alya finished hers shortly after and he slowly stretched his hand towards hers. Their fingers brushed together, causing both to blush, until Krel fully grabbed her hand and intertwined his fingers in hers. 

"What I said, uh- about, me uh having a crush on you and stuff-" Alya stuttered, knowing this was going to be awkward. 

"Yeah?" Krel looks at her, a blush on his face. 

Alya glanced at him and down at their hands. "I just, i don't know if--" 

What happened next was unexpected, Krel leaned forward and smashed his lips onto hers. Alya straightened, shocked. She didn't kiss back, but she didn't pull away either. When Krel released from the kiss he smiled at her. 

"I'm confused. Happy, but confused." Alya admitted. 

Krel placed a hand on her cheek and gazed into her eyes. "You're amazing, Alya. I'm knew to this whole 'love' thing, but..." 

"But...?"

"You give me this abnormal, fluttery feeling in my stomach. And I love it everytime you look at me, everytime you hold my hand, everytime you're near me. I could go on forever, Alya Lake. But," he brushed hair out of her face. "one thing is clear to me. I love you..." 

Alya blushed heavily and pressed her face into Krel's chest, flustered as hell. 

"I did that confessing thing right, right?" Krel panicked, seeing Alya's reaction. 

Alya looked up and smiled brightly, giggling a bit. "Absolutely! Krel, that was the best thing anyone's ever said to me." She tucked a strand of hair behind her ear. 

"So... what are we, now?" Krel asked, smiling awkwardly. 

"I dunno." 

"Are we like Staja now?" Krel groaned teasingly. 

Alya giggled. "Do you want to be?" 

"What did Mary call us?" Krel asked, a smirk on his face. 

"K-Krelya..." Alya blushed. 

"Let's not tell her then." Krel decided. 

"Nor your sister!" Alya added, laughing. 

Krel grabbed her hand in his and stood up. She followed his lead and the two walked around Arcadia, hands intertwined and smiling happily together. Later in the day, Krel walked Alya home, and got many questions from her mom, and her mom's boyfriend, Mr. Strickler. They were very supportive, but Alya didn't feel comfortable telling any of their other friends, so they decided to hide their new relationship. 

But they had no idea what dangers would come next for them, from space. 

{Ocean Speaks!
Sorry it took me so long to publish the prologue, you might want to expect chapter 1 to take just as long to post, but hey, I'm trying. Cut me slack, I'm training currently so I'm ready for the hockey season to start. Yes, I play hockey, no I am not experienced, if you have any other questions feel free to ask.}