Short Stories

What if I Can't?

OTP is Barry and Iris, so want them to be together. short but i hope you guys enjoy :)

Barry:

I don't care that she's with someone else, I don't care that she might hate me after this and I don't care if I lose her. I need to do this, it hurts so much that my feelings her were opened like a can of worms then the worms had to go back underground hiding. Eddie is a good guy but I just can't seem to hold it in anymore.

She told me last week that they broke up, not telling me the reason but I already knew she has feelings for me as well, she says that she wants me to be happy with someone else but gets jealous when I try to date other girls. I want to give her some space but a girl like her can easily get an admirer. Walking into the café, there's a Valentine's Day theme: pink white and red hearts, cupid dolls on the tables and different colored coffee and teas you can be able to order. I look around at the patrons here: some were couples sharing drinks and pastries; some were friends playing games on their phones and strangers stealing glances from each other. It is the day of love, new and old, and this is my day to make my move.

"Barry, Happy Valentine's Day!" Iris hugs me from behind, I turn to see her megawatt smile, a smile that I have fallen in love with so many times. I smile back and tell her happy Valentine's Day as well. "So you have any secret loves today or are you flying solo today?" she teased.

"Actually yeah and you already know the person" I responded. She narrowed her eyes at me then her face came into realization.

"Barry stop" she walked away to attend a customer with their beverage.

"Stop what, my feelings for you because I can't"

"Well you're gonna have to"

"You can't keep denying how you feel, I know you love me too"

"How do you figure that?"

"The way you look at me, how you would rather hang out with me than do some crappy assignment at work or how jealous you get when I talk to other girls" She stifles for a little, giving the beverage to the customer she grabs my hand. She yells at her manager for two minutes then leads me outside.

"Ok" she starts as she faces me with determination on her face. "Maybe I do have some feelings for you, I did before you went into a coma"

"What-" she holds up her hand and says "let me finish. I do love you as a friend, I did want us to be more but then the accelerator happened. I didn't think I would see you again. Now you confess your feelings to me and I just feel conflicted. Like I said I need more time, can you please just wait?"

"For how long?"

"How long can you think you can wait?"

"Two seconds"

"Two seconds?" she looked confused, I leaned in and kissed her lightly on the lips. Soft and sweet, I wanted to do that for so long and it was worth it. I open my eyes to see her stunned face, eyes still closed but she flutters them open slowly.

"I can't handle the rejection right now, but if you need more time then that's fine. Happy Valentine's Day Iris" was my last words as I walked away.