See You Again - A Choni Story

Chapter 7

~3 days later~

Cheryl's POV

Instead of drawing today, I decided I wanted to read a book. Toni had gone off to play some games with Fangs, but we still spent some time together at breakfast. There wasn't a great selection so I simply chose the first book I saw. I started reading it, and I quickly found myself invested in the story and its characters. It wasn't the best book ever, but it was all that was available. In this place, reading books was one of the only ways I could learn anything. This particular book was about a boy and a girl who were really good friends. After reading several pages, I got to a certain part that, to me, seemed to really stand out from everything else I had read for some strange reason. The girl was talking to her friend. I read it once, and it was almost like what was being described was familiar to me. So I read it again, to try and get and get to the bottom of this familiar feeling.

Every time I see him, my heart beats faster. I always want to be around him. It's this crazy and overwhelming feeling. I feel like my heart is going to explode when he does the most simple things, like smiling. He always makes me happy. He always makes me feel cared for. He is one of the first things I think about when I wake up in the morning. Sometimes I find myself wanting to kiss him. Bella...I think I have a crush on him.

The heart beating faster...The always being cared for...That's exactly how Toni makes me feel. But I thought love could only be between a boy and a girl? That was what my mother always used to say. Surely I can't have a crush on Toni. She's a girl. That can't be normal, can it? So many thoughts were going through my head. That can't be what I'm feeling, but yet what I feel matches the girl's feelings from the book perfectly. Maybe I'm going crazy...or maybe I'm not. But that's the only explanation. I Cheryl Blossom, have a crush on Toni Topaz. It just took some reading to realise that

I wasn't sure at first, but saying it in my head for the first time made me believe it. It felt like a relief, but it also felt wrong. Whether it was a good or bad thing, it was how I felt and I finally understood that and accepted it. I just couldn't believe it took a stupid book to clear it up. I didn't really know what love was, or what having a crush was before coming here and reading books and stuff. I hadn't really felt anything like it, or what I'm feeling now, before I arrived at this horrible place.

Toni's POV

I was sitting down at a table with Fangs and we were playing a game of cards. He was doing quite good. I had some thoughts on my mind that had been bothering me for a few days and I really wanted to talk to someone about them. I couldn't talk to Cheryl about it, so it had to be Fangs. It felt like a better time than any.

"Hey Fangs..." I mumbled.

"Yes Tiny?" I laughed at the nickname every time he used it. Even though I was kind of tall, I was still shorter than him, so to him it was a great chance to give me a nickname and have a joke at the same time.

"Can I tell you something? Or talk to you about something? Or I don't know...explain somethig to you?" I said quickly. I was getting nervous and I was panicking slightly. Whenever I panick I always speak faster.

"Sure. Now what's bothering you because it seems to have you kind of anxious?"

"And confused. I just I keep feeling these...things and I don't know what they mean. Well...actually I feel like I might know what they mean...but I'm not sure." I stated.

"What things?"

"It's just that...like...I don't really know how to describe them."

"Well if you don't know, Tiny, then how am I supposed to know?" Fangs said.

"Okay well, like I said, I have my suspicions about what these mean but I'm not sure and I want you to tell me exactly what they mean, because you seem to know a lot of things." I mumbled quick.

"Thank you Toni. And whatver it is that has been bothering you is clearly something big beacuse it is making you very nervous. So tell me, dude." Fangs stated nicely.

"Well, it's got something to do with Cheryl. You see...it's like any time I see her I feel much happier. I feel safer when she is around and seeing her smile just makes my heart go mad. I feel butterflies in my stomach whenever she's around. So tell me, am I going insane?" I explained. It felt so good to get it off of my chest.

"Ahhhh finally. That my friend is what is called a crush." Fangs added.

"I thought you might say that-wait what do you mean finally?" I couldn't help but wonder what he meant.

"You might not notice it, beause you're still a young baby but-" I playfully slapped him.

"I'm not a baby."

"Sure thing, Tiny. Anyway, back to what I was saying. You probably don't notice it but the way you look at her, it's is as if she is the only person in the world to you. It's actually adorable. And you always try and sit next to her. Then when we get told to go back to our rooms, the sad look you have on your face just makes it obvious. You've fallen for her." Fangs continued to explain how he already knew.

"But I thought it wasn't okay for a girl to like a girl or a boy to like a boy? That's what a bunch of posters in this place say." I said, partially confused by what he had told me.

"And those posters are bullsh-" Fangs stopped for a minute, with a look of anger in his eyes. "Those posters are lies. There's nothing wrong with it. I mean...I've liked a boy before."

"You have?"

"Yeah...and it's totally normal and totally okay." Fangs added, his voice getting softer as he spoke.

"Oh...okay." I waited for a second. "So who was this boy? Is he here? Do I know him?" I questioned my friend.

"No you don't. It was before I got here. I was at a surprisingly young age. I think I was about ten. He was this really cute boy in my class. At first, I thought I just really wanted to be his friend, but I soon realized it was something more and that none of the other boys felt like this." I could see that Fangs was getting caught up in his feelings. "Whatever. That's enough of that story for now. Let's go back to you and Cheryl."

"What about me and Cheryl?"

"What are you gonna do about your new, and late, discovery?" He asked me.

"I don't know. Maybe I shouldn't do anything. If all of the posters and things say it's wrong then that's probably what the nuns think. Even though it sucks, I'm probably better off not saying anything."

"Ahhh, the struggles. Been there." Fangs mumbled.

"Can I just say thank you...you just helped me fully understand everything. You know you are literally like a brother to me."

"And you're like a sister to me." He said. This deep conversation got me thinking.

"Another question...and I can't believe I never asked you this, but...why did you talk to me and protect me when I first got here?" I asked him. "I've never been able to make sense of it."

"What is it with you and questions?" He laughed and I shrugged my shoulders. "If you must know...I did it because you remind me of someone...my little sister. And then I got to know you, and it became more about protecting you than protecting someone who reminded me of my sister...if that makes sense."

"Yeah I geat that...Do you know where she is now?"

"Nope. She got adopted before you got here. I guess the people who adopted her didn't want me too." Fangs sniffled. "How about we get on with the card game?"

Authors note:
So they have both kind of acknowledged their feelings now and we know a little bit more about Fangs. What's going to happen next? Leave your thoughts below!