A Teasing Love

The Feelings Bloom

Yume's POV

All of us arrive at the front gate with our bags, ready to go. The bus was already there. But there was no sign of Subaru.

I can't help but feel a bit relieved of that fact. After last night...

Flashback

"But you like each other?" Laura asks.

I wave my hands in front of my face. "Of course not! Not in that way, at least." I add.

"But you kissed. Right on the lips." She controverts.

"That didn't mean anything. I told you, he got carried away..." I look down.

"And you seriously believed that?" Ako asks.

I gaze at her, confused. "Why wouldn't I?"

"It's obvious that he said that because he didn't want to admit that he likes you." Yuzu says and then adds. "More than in a friends way."

"W-What? N-No, Subaru doesn't have that type of feelings for me. We are just friends. And rivals." I add.

They all sigh. "Yume, you are 15. It's time for you to understand that boys are confusing and oftentimes complete idiots because they don't know how to express how they feel. The made up excuses to justify their actions instead of just say their feelings. Many of them take long to realize their feelings and I think that this is the case." Lily says and I get a little surprise for her knowledge about this subject. But she is Lily; she knows everything. "Yume you are kind and a nice person but I think that you are a bit too dense."

"Dense?" I repeat.

"Yes." Now is Mahiru talking. "To help you to understand, I will ask you one question and I want your answer to be honest, do you understand?" I nod and she continues. "How do you feel when you are with Subaru?"

"Well..." I put a finger under my chin, thinking. "No!" Mahiru yells and I jump, looking at her a bit amazed. "I don't want you to think. I want you to say the things naturally."

"Okay." I take a deep breath and start speaking. "In the beginning, Subaru was just annoying. He was always calling me Yudetaco and I was angry about it. But the truth is that, without me realizing, he helped my many times. With this movie, I got to know a new side of Subaru that I never knew that existed. An interesting, funny, nice and caring one. He makes surprises so I can be happy and always supports me. We have tastes in common but different ones too, but that is what makes things interesting. Now, when I'm with him, I feel light and happy. My heart," I put my hand on my heart's place. "Always seem to be running or jumping when I see him smiling. I feel something good on my belly that I can't describe whenever we are close. I can't understand this feeling, this happiness to be next to someone. I never felt this way towards anyone before. I don't know what this is..." I didn't even realized that I had talked for so long, saying so many things. But this was how I felt towards Subaru. This is the truth and it seems as a weight had been lifted from my shoulders.

"Oh Yume-chan..." Koharu says and only then I notice their lovely smiles with caring eyes. "You are in love with Subaru."

It was as if a bomb had fallen. "W-What? N-No, nothing like that. I-I, hum..." I had no words so I look down.

"I know that this can be confusing but everything is alright." I hear Lily's calm voice saying.

But how can that be? My head is spinning with questions while my heart doesn't seem to want to calm down. I was in love... with Subaru? I roughly shake my head, denying the truth.