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Took the leap
"Why are you looking at me like that?" She asks nervously.
"Nothing." He responds while smiling.

Decided to brush it off. She hesitantly turn around, planning to go where she was supposed to go to.

But boy, was that a mistake. With a shriek that reach a few octaves. She felt something rammed into her back, losing her balance, resulting her to fall backwards. Feeling the cold metal against her skin that's been exposed because her shirt has slipped up.

"CHARGE!!!!"
"ADAM GODDAMNIT!!"

Two voices perfectly in synch as she screams at her bestfriend. While clutching the edges of shopping cart for dear life. As Adam race through the aisles of supermarket. Ignoring the curses and weird glances that came their way.

"OMG I WANT THAT!! GET THAT!!!"
"WAIT WAIT LOOK OUT!!!"
"AHHHH"
"sh*t"
"RUN"

The sounds of laughter along the falling of cans resounded at every corners. Their voices the only thing you could hear, not only because they are really being loud but also the fact that it's already 1 o'clock in the morning.

"Oh dear." The gentle looking old woman utter as she look shock at the amount that she needs to check out and bag.

"Yeahhh.." Adam awkwardly scratch the back of his neck. As she suddenly find the floor interesting, never daring to look at the cashier. Feeling guilty for the work that the old woman have to do.

Taking her card and leaving a 100 bill for the woman's tip.

"Oh.. I can't take this. This is too much."
The woman says getting flustered again at the amount.

"Please accept it. Thank you for putting up with us." She just says and quickly walk out the market. Of course, she left empty handed. Adam have to carry all the grocery bags.

"Oiii! WHY YOU-" She ignores his protests and just fasten her pace to the car while giggling.

After half an hour, Adam finally finished putting what's left of the bags into the backseat because the trunk's already full. That's how many they bought.

"Finally, took you long enough." She says while looking at her nails.
"Well if SOMEONE tried to help me then maybe it'll be quicker!" His rebuttal to her, slightly irritated, while releasing a big breath.

"You already tired? I mean yeah. Look at those spaghetti arms of yours. I told you to work out, Adam. Or else you'll find yourself single for the rest of your lifeeee!" She says while quickly running as her bestfriend chase her.

Finally catching the girl he has been secretly loving since who knows when. Adam doesn't have any idea how or when it happened. He just got hit with a realization that he doesn't look at her the same way. No, he gazed at her as if she's the only one that exists in this barren world. At first he brush it off as nothing but illness but as time goes by he can't already deny the fact that, he has fallen in love with her.

He was scared shitless.
'There is so many girls around. Why her?!'
'Dammit Adam! You can't mess this up.'
'You'll lose her idiot!'
The thought of losing the person he's holding right now; Laughing as if she don't have any care in the world. Just thinking of that, it left a bitter taste in his mouth and along the constriction in his chest that he experienced now and then. Whenever some guy approached her.

"No." He mumbled.
"Huh? What did you say something?" Feeling the change in Adam's attitude, she turned around.
"Hey what's wrong?" Caressing his cheeks while staring intently in his eyes. Hoping he get the message of 'It will be alright. I'm here'

As he look at the worried face of the girl he's in love with. He can't help but feel more agony when he thought of losing her. Hugging her more tightly, face burrowing between her neck and shoulders. He let the words go.

"I love you." He said only above whisper.
Still not lifting his head up because he's afraid of what her reaction will be.

"Aww.. I love you too. You, big baby." She responded.

"No. It's not that." Suddenly having a surge of courage. He step back and look at her eyes. Letting down all the walls he had built for years. Showing her a side he has been hiding.

"..I Love You." Putting an emphasis in the middle word for her to have a better understanding of what he's trying to say.

Met with silence. He gave her some time, let the confession he did, sink in her mind. However, it's taking too long. Like a candle, the confidence he felt is slowly getting carried by the wind. He can feel the overwhelming pain that took over his whole body.

"I'm sorry." He muttered and slowly turn around to walk away. No, he wanted to run. He can't take it. It feels like he can't breathe.

As if understanding his intentions, She quickly wrap her hands around his waists.

"I love you too."

The words that kept ringing in his head.
'Did I? Did I pass out? Is it a dream?'
Getting snapped out of his thoughts by the wet feeling he could from his back. Quickly facing her. Grinning widely like a Cheshire cat in Alice in Wonderland, he ask her for confirmation.

"You do?!!" Like some sort of magic the pain he was just feeling a minute before was overtaken by giddiness.

Receiving a nod, he couldn't help but to spin her around. While constantly shouting the words.

"She love me back! HAHAHHAHA She love me! ME! HAHAHHAHA"

Wiping her face from the tears that she couldn't stop from falling because of shock and happiness.

'He feels the same way!'
'Omg He loves ME.'

As she giggle along the boisterous laugh of his bestfriend turned lover.

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Heyooo, I know I'm a little late but Happy Valentins y'all!
I hope you have a great day ahead
of you.

I didn't proof read this one but
meh ┐( ̄ヘ ̄)┌

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