we saw that movie together was nice, and it was fun when we had ice cream, but after that…”
Shaking his head, he tried putting what had transpired after visiting the ice cream parlor out of his mind. He really didn’t want to remember the disastrous series of events that happened later on that day.
“ Is there anything I can do to help?” Lilian asked earnestly. Kevin actually cracked a smile, even as he shook his head.
“ I’m fine. A good night’s rest and I’ll be good as new.” When he saw the concerned look remain in place, he gave Lilian a more genuine smile filled with gratitude. “Thank you for being so concerned for me, though. It means a lot to me.”
“ You’re welcome,” Lilian cheeks suffused with warmth. There was just something about having the person she loved expressing gratitude toward her that sent her heart thumping wildly against her chest.
Silence settled over them as they sat there, two small lattés in front of them. It was neither discomforting nor oppressing, this moment, just a comfortable quiet between two friends who, if Lilian had her way, would become much more than mere friends in the near future.
“ Do we have any plans for tomorrow?”
Kevin opened his eyes, which he had closed sometime during the pause in conversation. Blinking, he looked at the girl for a second, then frowned.
“ I hadn’t really thought about tomorrow, to be honest,” he admitted, “though, considering what happened today, I don’t think I’m up for another trip to the mall any time soon.” They had been going to the mall too much lately in his opinion, anyway. “I’m thinking of just staying home and relaxing.”
“ Oh.”
Kevin observed Lilian as she squirmed in her seat, and couldn’t help but wonder why she seemed so nervous. Was she anxious about something? Or was it… ah, that must have been it.
His lips curled upwards. “Did you want to do something tomorrow?”
Lilian looked surprised, but soon graced him with a bedazzling smile as she shook her head. “Not really. So long as I’m with you, I don’t really care what we do.”
Kevin couldn’t keep the blush from appearing on his cheeks. He tried to cover his red face by taking a sip of his latté. He needed to calm down. This wasn’t something to get embarrassed over. Lilian said stuff like this all the time. Heck, she had been saying stuff like this for as long as he’d known her. This really wasn’t a big deal.
But if that’s the case, then why does my heart feel like it’s melting out of my feet?
“ I-is that so?” he asked, trying to ignore how his heart was turning into a puddle of goo. Lilian seemed to have other ideas.
“ Oh, yes.”
Before Kevin could even think of removing his unused hand from the table, Lilian placed both of her hands over it. He nearly spit out his drink when he felt her warm, soft-as-silk fingers holding his larger, more calloused hand. He still ended up nearly choking when the scalding liquid went down the wrong tube.
While Kevin coughed and sputtered as the burning latté traveled down his airway, scalding his throat like liquid fire, Lilian raised his hand to her face. Kevin eventually stopped choking on his drink, and it was during this time that he noticed what the girl was doing.
His wide, frightened eyes made him look similar to a rabbit staring down the barrel of a shotgun. And, much like a terrified bunny, he was unable to pull away from Lilian’s enchanting gaze as she pressed the palm of his hand to her cheek. As his calloused hand touched skin that was softer than velvet, a shiver went from his feet to the crown of his head, and then traversed his spine down to his tailbone.
“ Nothing brings me greater happiness than spending time with you,” Lilian told him earnestly.
In the face of such sincere, overwhelming emotion, Kevin could do nothing but stare. This girl… how could she make such embarrassing statements so easily?
“ Lilian…” His throat felt dry,
Shaking his head, he tried putting what had transpired after visiting the ice cream parlor out of his mind. He really didn’t want to remember the disastrous series of events that happened later on that day.
“ Is there anything I can do to help?” Lilian asked earnestly. Kevin actually cracked a smile, even as he shook his head.
“ I’m fine. A good night’s rest and I’ll be good as new.” When he saw the concerned look remain in place, he gave Lilian a more genuine smile filled with gratitude. “Thank you for being so concerned for me, though. It means a lot to me.”
“ You’re welcome,” Lilian cheeks suffused with warmth. There was just something about having the person she loved expressing gratitude toward her that sent her heart thumping wildly against her chest.
Silence settled over them as they sat there, two small lattés in front of them. It was neither discomforting nor oppressing, this moment, just a comfortable quiet between two friends who, if Lilian had her way, would become much more than mere friends in the near future.
“ Do we have any plans for tomorrow?”
Kevin opened his eyes, which he had closed sometime during the pause in conversation. Blinking, he looked at the girl for a second, then frowned.
“ I hadn’t really thought about tomorrow, to be honest,” he admitted, “though, considering what happened today, I don’t think I’m up for another trip to the mall any time soon.” They had been going to the mall too much lately in his opinion, anyway. “I’m thinking of just staying home and relaxing.”
“ Oh.”
Kevin observed Lilian as she squirmed in her seat, and couldn’t help but wonder why she seemed so nervous. Was she anxious about something? Or was it… ah, that must have been it.
His lips curled upwards. “Did you want to do something tomorrow?”
Lilian looked surprised, but soon graced him with a bedazzling smile as she shook her head. “Not really. So long as I’m with you, I don’t really care what we do.”
Kevin couldn’t keep the blush from appearing on his cheeks. He tried to cover his red face by taking a sip of his latté. He needed to calm down. This wasn’t something to get embarrassed over. Lilian said stuff like this all the time. Heck, she had been saying stuff like this for as long as he’d known her. This really wasn’t a big deal.
But if that’s the case, then why does my heart feel like it’s melting out of my feet?
“ I-is that so?” he asked, trying to ignore how his heart was turning into a puddle of goo. Lilian seemed to have other ideas.
“ Oh, yes.”
Before Kevin could even think of removing his unused hand from the table, Lilian placed both of her hands over it. He nearly spit out his drink when he felt her warm, soft-as-silk fingers holding his larger, more calloused hand. He still ended up nearly choking when the scalding liquid went down the wrong tube.
While Kevin coughed and sputtered as the burning latté traveled down his airway, scalding his throat like liquid fire, Lilian raised his hand to her face. Kevin eventually stopped choking on his drink, and it was during this time that he noticed what the girl was doing.
His wide, frightened eyes made him look similar to a rabbit staring down the barrel of a shotgun. And, much like a terrified bunny, he was unable to pull away from Lilian’s enchanting gaze as she pressed the palm of his hand to her cheek. As his calloused hand touched skin that was softer than velvet, a shiver went from his feet to the crown of his head, and then traversed his spine down to his tailbone.
“ Nothing brings me greater happiness than spending time with you,” Lilian told him earnestly.
In the face of such sincere, overwhelming emotion, Kevin could do nothing but stare. This girl… how could she make such embarrassing statements so easily?
“ Lilian…” His throat felt dry,
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