Difficult (Complete)

(7)

---Ike's pov---

Before I could even think, I said, "You're pretty cute." It's just that he looked up at me with his dark brown eyes, and he fixed his hair cutely, and- Ugh! He's just cute, all right?

When I said it, he blushed and looked twice as cute.

I couldn't take it anymore, and I pulled him into a hug.

His face was only barely up to my chest, I felt his hands grip the front of my shirt, tightly.

"W-What are you doing?" I hear his muffled voice from my chest.

"Hugging you...?" I said, feeling my face heat up a little bit.

I then let him go, his face as red as a tomato. I chuckled as he turned away from me, even his ears were red.

"Why...?" he asked not looking at me.

"Why what?"

"Just why," he said turning to me. His face still red, but not as red as before.

"Because I can," I finally said. I didn't really have any other reasons.

Firkle looked prepared to say something, but we heard the bell ring.

We both just stood there. Neither of us thought about going to class.

Then, Firkle turned and sighed, "See you later, Ike."

"...Yeah..." I say watching him put his hands in his pockets and walk away.