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     1.4 +Disclaimer: This is short. Karika! I hope it’s not too horrid! I
     1.5 +don’t own any copyrighted items. ~.^ ~~Forever3330~~ ^.~
     1.6 +
     1.7 +Watching You~~A Medabots fanfiction
     1.8 +
     1.9 +Forever3330
    1.10 +kawaiimotoko@hotmail.com
    1.11 +
    1.12 +	I’ve never been one to get crushes; actually, I never HAVE had a
    1.13 +crush. I never even had a crush on you. I just fell head-over heels
    1.14 +in love with you, straight from the moment I met you. Even if it
    1.15 +seems as if I don’t…it only shows through at small moments. But
    1.16 +that’s how I want it.
    1.17 +
    1.18 +	Do you know what kind of love I mean? The romantic, passionate kind
    1.19 +that keeps you going? The kind where you would sacrifice your life of
    1.20 +feelings or anything for the sake of the one you love without a
    1.21 +second thought? It’s scary, in a way.
    1.22 +
    1.23 +	Because you may never be loved back.
    1.24 +
    1.25 +	But it’s okay, I guess. I don’t like the thought of you getting
    1.26 +together with someone else. But that’s the way I am. Jealous. It’s so
    1.27 +hard not to just reach out and take your hand, and ask if you would
    1.28 +like to dance. But then, I’m getting used to being a wallflower,
    1.29 +leaning against the cold, hard stone, watching the couples twirl
    1.30 +about in patterns I couldn’t hope to break into, dancing along with
    1.31 +you as my partner. You need to have a partner, after all, to dance at
    1.32 +these things.
    1.33 +
    1.34 +	They all like you too. It hard to see how they couldn’t. I never
    1.35 +thought I would fall in love, but after I met you it wasn’t hard to
    1.36 +see how I could. But I had promised I would only watch you, knowing
    1.37 +that you would fall for one of them. Guessing you would fall for one
    1.38 +of them. Wishing you wouldn’t, that you’d look into my eyes and see
    1.39 +everything I can’t say for fear of scaring you off. That you’d accept
    1.40 +it. That you’d feel the same way.
    1.41 +
    1.42 +	My heart is very, very bad. It’s not making this whole ‘not saying
    1.43 +anything’ thing any easier on me.
    1.44 +
    1.45 +	You see my gaze and smile gently, the smile that makes my heart
    1.46 +flutter. “Erika-chan, would you like to dance? Everyone else is still
    1.47 +at the refreshment table, and this is my favorite song.”
    1.48 +
    1.49 +	My mouth must have said something without my permission again,
    1.50 +because now I’m dancing with you, twirling about in the dances that
    1.51 +meant so little when I was just watching them. I’m surprised to note
    1.52 +that you’re exactly my height now; I used to be taller. We pull
    1.53 +closer and I see that you’re mouthing the words, singing ever so
    1.54 +softly, eyes at your feet.
    1.55 +
    1.56 +	And you look up, seeing my eyes on you once again. And you smile,
    1.57 +the simple expression faltering. “E…Erika-chan…”
    1.58 +
    1.59 +	“Hai?” We’re slowing down a bit, earning us angry glares from other
    1.60 +couples.
    1.61 +
    1.62 +	“I…” You clear your throat. “I’ve been meaning to tell you
    1.63 +something.”
    1.64 +
    1.65 +	“What is it?” I think my heart just sped up quite a bit.
    1.66 +
    1.67 +	“I like someone.”
    1.68 +
    1.69 +	And then stopped. “Oh…um…oh, hey, there’s the others with the
    1.70 +drinks!” I’m about to go over to them, to my best friend and my other
    1.71 +friends, but you grab my hand.
    1.72 +
    1.73 +	“Erika-chan! Hold on for just one moment!” You pause, then sigh. “I
    1.74 +don’t think they like me back.”
    1.75 +
    1.76 +	I stop, if only because you look so sad. “I’m sure they like you
    1.77 +back.”
    1.78 +
    1.79 +	You smile sadly. “As a friend only. Erika-chan, I’ve been meaning
    1.80 +to tell you who I…”
    1.81 +
    1.82 +	My brain tells me I should run before my heart gets broken. My
    1.83 +heart disagrees, though it doesn’t want to be broken. It wants to
    1.84 +stay with you.
    1.85 +
    1.86 +	“…Who I like. I like you, Erika-chan.”
    1.87 +
    1.88 +	…
    1.89 +
    1.90 +	…
    1.91 +
    1.92 +	…
    1.93 +
    1.94 +	What just happened?
    1.95 +
    1.96 +	“You…you what?”
    1.97 +
    1.98 +	You look away. “I like you, Erika-chan.”
    1.99 +
   1.100 +	“That…that can’t be true…”
   1.101 +
   1.102 +	And then you lean in and kiss me, once.
   1.103 +
   1.104 +	I really must be going insane. “But…”
   1.105 +
   1.106 +	“Gomenasai…I…” You turn to leave.
   1.107 +
   1.108 +	“Karin-chan, wait!” I grab your hand this time, and you turn back
   1.109 +to look at me, tears streaming down your face. “I…I like you too.”
   1.110 +
   1.111 +	And then we’re hugging, and I feel a tap on my shoulder.
   1.112 +
   1.113 +	“Congratulations! We got the whole thing on tape!” Ikki beams,
   1.114 +proud of himself for not leaving the cap on the camera, most likely.
   1.115 +He winks at me. Of course he knew whom I liked. He IS my best friend,
   1.116 +after all. He used to have a crush on Karin, but then, he tends to
   1.117 +get crushes. “Right Metabee?”
   1.118 +
   1.119 +	“Yo, Ikki? Kogee’s out cold…” Metabee sweatdropped.
   1.120 +
   1.121 +	“Probably from seeing his life-long love kiss someone else.”
   1.122 +Sumiladon replied, shaking Kogee.
   1.123 +
   1.124 +“Kogee-kun has a life-long love?” You ask, blinking.
   1.125 +
   1.126 +	Somehow I have a feeling you never had crushes either.
   1.127 +
   1.128 +Owari!
   1.129 +