Fireworks Dream

Chapter 2

 "I like you. You are so cute and adorable."

He wrapped his arms around me and engulfed me into his embrace and leaned his chin on top of my head. I couldn't move any parts of my body. I wanted to hug him back eagerly but my stupid arms couldn't move. I wanted to tell him that I liked him too.  'Ugghh!' I cried in frustration to myself.

"Okay, let's go and have something to eat. Then we'll head to the stalls and have some fun. I am so eager to try out the games here.", he said happily pulling my hands to follow him.

*flashback*

I had asked Scott before, why did he like me. He instantly told me the reason.

"Scott, why do you like me?", I asked him.

"Eh, why do I like you? Can there be no reason?", he questioned me back.

"Urrmm..."

"Okay. In that case, it was because you obeyed Miss Hannah to keep an eye on me."

"Eh, that was because...", I couldn't finish off my sentence when Scott interposed saying, "Because you were forced to?".

"That..." . It wasn't because I was forced to look after him. It was because I liked him and I wanted to spend time with him alone to get to know him more. I was sure that behind the bad boy appearance of his, there's a another guy who is caring and loving.

He let out a soft chortle when he saw my bothered face. "I like your face when you are worried and edgy. You look cute especially when you blush.", he grinned at me showing off his white straight teeth.

*end of flashback*

Bang! Bang! Bang!

More fireworks burst in the air creating a remarkable and splendid view in the night sky.

We went to one of the food stalls and bought hotdogs which was delicious. Then, we headed to the game area and looked out for interesting games to play. Scott who is naturally childish was lured into one of the Japanese games where one has to use what looked like the thing you used whenever you want to filter out the coffee powder to catch goldfishes as many as one can.  But instead of the net, it is replaced by a soft tissue-like net.

"Yay! Catch a lot more. Catch a lot more!". Scott shouted happily and jumped like a kid whenever he got a fish. After a while, one of the fishes didn't get into the tissue net and fell back into the water in the basin. "Aahh! My fish! Come back here!", he cried.

"Enough!", the owner of the stall said with an annoyed expression on his face.

Annoyed and irritated, Scott replied, "But my tissue net is still in good condition."

"Take this for free." The man gave us the gold fish in plastic holding water.

"Ugh! My goldfishes left only two!", he told me with an aggravated tone in his voice.

I laughed at his childish words and his angry face joyfully. "It was a waste of time catching those goldfish then." I kept on laughing that I didn't realize he was staring at me intensely with his eyes sparkling with joy until he carried me and swung me around in his arms. "You are laughing! That was so cute!", he bellowed which had caused us to gain a few stares from the people around us.

"Hey!", I cried.

He put me down and stared me in the eyes penetratingly and whisper to me, "Ignore the people around us."

I flashed him a smile and was returned with a warm one of his. I could see the soft pink tint on his cheeks that he tried to hide by acting casually.

He then brought his lips dangerously near to my ear and marginally brushed his lips on them before kissing my earlobe lightly and whispered, "I like you. But now I love you." I felt goose bumps all over my body and the butterflies in the pit of my stomach as he embraced me with his arms around me tightly and gently kissing my forehead. My heart was beating rapidly against my rib cage and I tried not to blush too much. My heartbeat was increasing drastically at that moment. Feeling my cheeks starting to redden, I stood on my tip-toes and draped my arms around his neck bringing him closer to me and laid my head on his broad shoulders hiding my flushed face away from him.

 'Why is it too hard to tell him that you like him Senya? And now you are completely in love with him. Tell him Senya. Tell him before it's too late. Tell him!', I screamed in my heart. But like always, I couldn't let the words out of my mouth. 'Scott, I'm sorry because until today I still don't have the gut to tell you that I loved you too. But I promised you Scott, I will tell you one day. Just wait for the moment Scott. Wait for it.', I vowed to myself sadly.