You held the letter close to your chest with a blush of disbelief on your face and turned in towards the corridor wall. Of all moments you decided to read such things. If only you knew it was a love letter, you would have opened it and read it in private. At first sight it simply looked like a simple white parchment envelope. All that was written upon it was your first name. And there you were about to enter the dorm room where all your fellow trainees where busy chatting away merrily after a long day of running laps and perfecting combat techniques. You scan through it again…taking in each and every detail. Making sure you hadn’t misread anything or were mistaken by the letter’s content. The sweetness of Marco’s words made the inside of your chest feel warm and your face even warmer. You really had no idea how to take this. You’d been working beside him for nearly three years now. He was a nice friendly charming person, but you never expected anything like this. And…just how long had he been feeling this way? Does anyone else know about this? Questions began racing through your mind over the whole matter. You’d have to think of something quickly or your friends waiting for you on the other side of the door would come looking for you. At just that very thought you heard footsteps approaching the door. Hastily folding the letter and shoving it into the breast pocket of your jacket you straightened yourself up. The door swings open…luckily it was only Sasha. You sigh with relief.
“Hey (Your first name). What are you doing out here in the hallway. Get in here already. We were all about to play a game of cards.” She beamed.
“Sasha!! Just the person I need. Come here for a sec….close the door behind you.” You whispered to her and gestured her to come in closer.
She gave you a puzzled look and did as you asked.
“Alright. What’s with the secrecy?” she whispered back.
You blushed and rolled your eyes down to the floor as she looked at you for an answer.
“Well…err….do you—Errm…no no.” you stumbled over your words trying to string out your thoughts into understandable sentences.
“Sasha…do you…know if…do you know if--“
Suddenly the door burst open behind the two of you. Making you jump out of your skin.
“Hey you guys we’re about to get this game started. You in?” Jean called.
Jean was one of your fellow recruits. He was pretty good looking, but it was a shame he was such an obnoxious loud mouth.
“What are you all doing over here?” came another voice.
A second figure walked up from behind Jean and bobbed his head around his shoulder. It was Marco. As your eyes met with his a gentle glow crossed his face when he realised it was you. Your eyes break away from his and look to the wall, your face getting hotter with every second his eyes were on you. An awkward silence fell upon the group. Jean looked at Marco...and then he looked at you...back to Marco and back to you again.
"Err...hey Sasha wanna help us set up?" Jean suddenly blurted out.
