Insanity

The End of Our... Date?

"The truth. Ok. Um... Niyah. I have liked you since 7th grade.", Cooper says looking straight at me now.

   What. Do. I. DO?! IT'S JUST LIKE WHEN WE FIRST MET! HOW CUTE! NO! HE JUST CONFESSED HIS LOVE FOR YOU! WHAT DO I DO! AAH! I'M SO HAPPY! BUT! WHAT ABOUT OUR FRIENDSHIP?! WILL A... DIFFERENT? RELATIONSHIP RUIN THAT?!

"Niyah... Say something..." Cooper says it now blushing while looking at me.

"Uh... Um..." WHAT DO I SAY?!

"Oh. Ok. Um... Well, you don't have to answer right now, I guess... I just wanted you to know. Are you wanting to go home now, or...?", He asks looking me desperately trying to read my face. I'm sure that all he can see is shock right now, but I definitely DON'T want to cut this date short.

"Uh... No... Keep walking... Yeah..." I finally get out.

"O-ok. That works.", he says, a smile returning to his face. I hope that got the message across. It might not be clear, but it's what I can get out right now.

"Mhm...", I say finally gathering the moment... ish... I start to stand up, and I feel Kuiper tap my shoulder as I start to walk down the path.

"Hm?", I say turning around to face him. He holds out his hand closed with his fingers facing the ground as if he's holding something like a bug.

"Here.", he says, reaching for my hand with his other hand. "Hold this for me.", he says holding my hand out flat. I hurry and pull my hand back in fear that it might actually be a bug. He chuckles and just grabs my hand again.

"Just let me see your hand. I REALLY need you to hold this for me. Ok?", he says as he hovers his closed hand over mine, and I turn away not wanting to see what he's about to place on my hand. I feel what he places in my hand. I feel our fingers intertwine, as he holds my hand in his. Perfect fit, too.

"See?", he said smiling at me. "Nothing to worry about! Now. Will you hold this for me?", he asks laughing at my shocked expression. What a cheesy way to ask to hold my hand! He knows me so well!

"But that trick aside... Do you mind? It's kinda getting dark, and I wouldn't want anything to happen, or for someone to steal you from me.", he says it chuckling, and smiling like an idiot. I laugh along with him as to not make it awkward for him as much as it is for me. I'm sure that people in outer space can see my blush!

   We walk a little further holding hands and just enjoying the silence. I'm very surprised that it's getting dark already! It did take a while to get here... Well, either way I spent the whole day here with my best friend! Or is he my best friend? Are we more than friends? DOES he want to be more than friends?! What if-!

"Niyah!", I hear Kuiper say my name.

'Huh!", I say coming out of my head to hear what he has to say.

"Are you done with your drink?", he asks.

"Yeah!", I say, showing him the empty cup.

"Here.", he says taking the cup to throw it away for me.

"Oh! No! You don't have to do that!", I say following him.

"It's ok! I got it!", he says, running to the trash can. I chase after him, but he gets there first.

   We both laugh and keep on walking.

"So! We have an anime convention in about... Some number of months!", Kuiper says.

"Yeah...", I say walking forward fidgeting with my hands. It's a nervous habit I have.

"So who do we wanna be?", Kuiper asks.

"Hm... I'm not sure... Christa and Ymir?", I say holding back a laugh.

"Mhm... And who are you gonna be that with?", Kuiper asks, smiling. I smile with him.

"Fine! Fine! I will be Levi and Eren with you!", I say laughing.

"That works... And who will be who?", he says still smiling.

"Well isn't that already obvious?!", I say laughing.

"I don't know...", Kuiper says acting confused.

"YOU'RE LIKE TEN FEET TALLER THAN ME!", I say laughing.

"Yeah, yeah! I know..." he says smirking at me.

"So I'll be Levi, and you will be Eren! It's settled!", I say smiling.

   It started to get pretty dark out, and I was starving.

"I'm so HUNGRY!", I said complaining as usual.

"Yeah, yeah. I know. Where do you wanna go eat?", Kuiper asks.

"SUBWAY!', I scream getting a lot of people's attention.

"Ok, ok! Just chill or else I'll starve you."Kuiper say digging out his keys.

    We get into the car, and I plug up my phone to the AUX cord. I play various Kpop songs, we sing in Korean all the way to Subway. Kuiper parks the car, and we go in to the front to get our food. Kuiper already knows what I want so he tells me to go pick out a seat in the back room, and he orders for us both. I find a seat that isn't around many people and I sit down waiting for Kuiper with our food. I pull out my phone to see five messages, all from Rowan saying that she just saw Kuiper's car pull into Subway, and she wanted to know what we were doing there.

"We're getting food, Mother.", I text back.

"HA HA! VERY FUNNY! AND HOW CUTE!!!!!!!!!!", she texts back.

"Rowan. Chill. Now leave me alone. Kuiper is back with our food.", I text her.

"Fine, fine! Have fun Darling!", she texts back. I can just imagine her face... It gives me chills...

"Here we go!", Kuiper says as he places our food on the table.

"Thank you~!", I say instantly going for my sandwich since I was dying of starvation.

"No problem...", he says staring at me devour my sandwich.

    We sit and eat and talk for what seemed like hours. (I know! So cliche! Right!) Kuiper looks down at his watch and suggest that we should probably go.

"Ok~!", I say sad that our... date? Wow... Is that what this is? I really don't know... Oh well! I'll just call it our hang out day... Yeah... That's just weird. Well, I don't know what else to call it! It doesn't matter. We really should be going, though.

    We get into the car, and this time Kuiper plugs in his phone.

"We... Are going to listen to He Is We!", he says pulling out of the parking lot.

"Wow... Dude that's more feminine than what I played!", I say laughing.

"Oh well.", he says laughing to.

    We listen to his playlist for He Is We, and we pull up to Rowan's house.

"I think I'll just go home this time.", Kuiper says parking on the street so that I can go in.

"You sure?", I ask.

"Yeah.", he says back. "I have work early in the morning, and tomorrow is the last day of our break, so my parents will want me home tonight.", he says.

"Ok", I say.

"Well see you when I do, Niyah.", he says giving me a tired smile.

"Same!", I say giving him a hug and getting out of the car.

    I wave until his car disappears, and then run into Rowan's house.

"I'm home!", I yell upstairs to Rowan's room.

"YEEEEEEEEEEEEE!", Rowan screams coming down the stairs.

"Is that even a word?",I ask laughing.

    Rowan grabs my wrist, and drags me to her room to interrogate me.