Stormy Summer

A Rollercoaster of Emotions

I was the one to cut the cake, and I was excited to do so as I was overflown with happiness that they would do something like this for me, but also slight embarrassment as now the attention was on me alone.

When I went to give everyone a pice themselves, Akaashi's mother interrupted me by taking the task upon herself, telling me that I should sit back down again, which I gladly did.

We ate and talked for a while, but before long, we all had enough cake, and as Akaashi retreated to his room, Kuro and Kenma had to leave soon, too.

"Can we talk?" Bokuto asked as he was about to leave as well, "About yesterday?" seeing Bokuto nervous was a rare occasion but right now, he looked more than just nervous, which, in turn, made me nervous as well. Still, I nodded in agreement. 

I need to make sure about what happened, anyway.

"We'll be upstairs, Summer," I nearly forgot that they were still here, and, slightly embarrassed, I nodded at them before following Bokuto outside. We walked for a while, and soon, we were at the local park. There was no one else here at the moment, seeing as it was a Sunday.

We went for the swings and sat down there.

It struck me as weird that I, for a change, wasn't nervous at all. Normally, being alone with Bokuto, especially after that dream I had, would make me immensely nervous, but right now, I was surprisingly calm. Bokuto and I just talked for a while. He was getting excited about the training camp with Kuro's school, along with other schools from the area, and one more from further away.

Before long, though, it got a little quieter and I felt the reason why he wanted to talk in the first place approach quickly.

"I meant what I said yesterday," Bokuto turned to look at me, "will you go out with me?"

My heart suddenly skipped a beat again and I failed to think clearly for a few beats.

"Sally?" Bokuto's voice startled me out of whatever was or wasn't going on in my head, and I quickly nodded, "Yes," I smiled nervously at Bokuto.

Bokuto seemed surprised, "really?" he seemed a mix of dumbfounded and anxious, but when I nodded, he jumped up from his seat and nearly jumped on me, as he hugged me.

Since I wasn't prepared for this, I quickly lost my balance and fell backward, grabbing at anything in the process.

As I landed on the ground, I could momentarily feel all the air being pushed out of my lungs, "Sorry..." Bokuto laughed sheepishly. When I opened my eyes I had golden ones staring right in front of me as Bokuto pulled me up to a sitting position.

"It's... fine," I muttered. His eyes... Now that I think of it... I've avoided looking at them like this for as long as I can remember. 

"Are you sure?" Bokuto's grin was sheepish, "Is everything alright?"

"I haven't seen your eyes from this close before," I voiced before I could stop myself, and blushed furiously. Bokuto seemed puzzled for a few seconds, before bursting out in laughter, "What I mean is-"

I stumbled on my words until they just left me altogether when Bokuto's lips made contact with my cheek, "You're incredibly cute when you're blushing," the way his voice sounded made my blush just deepen further, and if I hadn't been feeling this weird, I would've probably argued against his point. 

When Bokuto managed to stop laughing, he helped me untangle myself from the swing, and I managed to stand up without making a fool of myself.

Bokuto happily held my hand, as we made our way out of the park again. It was already turning dark, as the pinks and oranges turned in to darker shades of blue, so I offered to walk him to the train station, but he refused.

However, since neither of us was ready to say goodbye just yet, he still walked me back to Akaashi's house. We continued talking for a few minutes before he gave me one last hug before he left to go home himself.

'Today was a good birthday.'

That thought lingered all the way upstairs and until I was back in my room, where I found Anna, Charlie, and Rose talking to each other. As soon as they noticed my arrival, though, they stopped talking.

"And?" Rose asked me, motioning for me to sit down with them. I hesitated but ended up sitting with them and telling them what had happened, leaving out some of the more embarrassing details. 

Saying it out loud somehow made it feel official in a way, I hadn't fully processed it until now.

Bokuto asked me to be his girlfriend.

And I didn't freak out or run away. I was proud of myself in a weird way.

I basically just edited most of the chapter... I originally wrote this when I was sick so needless to say... there were some things that were either too OOC or just... off. So technically, this is the first original chapter, that hadn't been posted on a different site before. You can't imagine the physical pain I went through while editing this... Trust me... whatever this is now... it was much worse before.