GravityTale 0.6

Chapter 19 || Tea Time

__Chara's POV__

I asked Dipper to come over as I was organizing a tea party. I felt very nervous. Today was gonna be the day I would admit my feelings. My true feelings.

I wore a cute little purple afternoon tea dress. Jesus, I will never be able to wear my favorite colors won't I? These royal duties, including wearing purple and white outfits are starting to get to me. My hair was tied up in a bun and I managed to chase Flowey away from the greenhouse so we could eat there. At least no one will disturb us.

I waited, fiddling with the fork, then started to play with the knife. I could never get away from my favorite thing in the whole world. I pretended I was ripping the tablecloth with it, but really, the long piece of fabric was thick enough to counter it. I sighed in disappointment. Until he finally arrived.

" Hey, Chary! Can I call you that?" He exclaims, then starts to rub his head with his hand at the second sentence. Gosh, he felt so comfortable speaking to a girl including royalty. Mabel told me he used to be such a nervous wreck. I giggled.

" Of course you can," I replied. I stood up and pulled the seat in front of me. He sat down. I tried to hide my discomfort. I sat back down and we started eating the food and chatted for a small amount of minutes.

"Chara, you said something about wanting to talk to me about something?" He asked me.

I gulped to the point it was loud enough for him to hear. He started to frown.

"Is it serious?" He hesitantly asks, a bit worried.

"No, nothing serious, just...a confession to make," I replied hesitantly.

There was a moment of silence between us.

"Just...What I will say will inevitably shock you. But let me finish what I will have to say and you will understand." I tell him. I felt a shaking feeling in my bones. My face got redder and redder by the minute. As Dipper was gonna touch my shoulder and check if I'm alright, I stood up from my chair and shouted.

" I LIKE YOU! LIKE. ROMANTICALLY!"

He stared at me with a face of shock. Before he could speak, he remembered what I told him earlier and paused, his face was a light shade of pink.

" But that was only after Mabel and Frisk said we'd be a perfect couple. So it felt like my feelings were forced, and that's not right." I explain, the red on my face started to fade away as I retrieved my calm composure. " So now thinking about it, I decide to discard those seemingly fake feelings and just be friends. I wanted to tell you so you could know." 

I sat back down and placed my hand over his. But platonically. "So...Can we still be friends?" I asked. I hope he says yes, because I really appreciate my friendship with him.

His blush disappeared and he took a deep breath. I could tell it was now his turn to speak.

"Chara. You're a really great friend, even if we started on bad terms, but I'm glad we got past that. I admit, this is really hard to take in, but I accept your proposal. let's just be friends, okay?"

I smiled.

I grasp his hand and interlock my fingers with his.  We were both grinning. But the moment was interrupted by Dipper shyly asking:

"So...When can we eat the food again?"