Like a ruby flower (nickloon)

A Great Day, right?

It's 3 am, i am not bothered to check up on the spelling/grammar so uh if you're reading this just now know that I'm gonna do it in the morning

ALSO GUYS I SWEAR IM NOT GIVING UP ON THIS BOOK JUST THINGS ARE TAKING LONGER TO WRITE BC IM THINKING OF HOW TO WRITE THINGS BETTER AND THE ENDING 😭

So uh just note that I'm not gonna be posting like before (1-3 days) it gonna take longer now lmao :,)
(SORRY FOR HOW LONG THIS TOOK)
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NICKELS POV
Ugh I can't fall back asleep, is it really too much to ask to lay here longer with balloon. Well whatever, it's not like I still won't stay. I sigh

As much as I'd love to keep my mind quite right now, it literally won't shut up. I keep thinking about yesterday, the dance and I guess just everything else. How am I gonna do this even? Why did I seriously agree to confessing to balloon, I've never felt this nervous about something. I know that if he doesn't like me back then it would be so weird around us, not like it isn't already sometimes but it would be just I guess embarrassing, I would look like an idiot honestly. Did balloon even like the dance? Maybe he thought it was embarrassing...

No wait, he must of liked it or at least likes me enough to asked me out for it in the first place. But then what if I completely weirded balloon out yesterday, I knew that he wanted to ask why I was following him to his bed. And I did want to sleep with him again, it just makes it easier to fall asleep (and that I feel much more comfortable in his arms). Okay no but think for a second, he wanted to ask you why right? So if he was weirded out by it then balloon would have commented on it. Plus not the first time we slept together, and balloon chose to hold you.

Fine, maybe I'm overthinking things.. oh who am I kidding I definitely am, I think just the whole confessing thing is just kinda stressing me out. At least everything that happened yesterday happened, I danced with balloon
And that did actually happen,
It wasn't another one of my dreams
I smile

Yesterday honestly felt like a dream, it feels so unreal, in a good way. At least- I could feel myself about to sneeze
*ACHOO

Crap, I didn't wake balloon up did I?
"Bless you :)" I jump at the sudden response and look at balloon
"AH, Balloon?! You're awake?" I say surprised. Balloon had his eyes closed with a small smile on his face
"Mhm, did i scare you~?" he says teasingly
"No! I was just uh, surprised!" he giggles
"Sure, whatever you say"
"Oh shush" Wait how long was balloon even awake for? "Uh so I didn't wake you up, did I?"
"No, I was awake for a while now. I just wanted to stay like this longer; I didn't realise you were awake too though" My face was getting warmer...Did balloon just say what I think he said? A somewhat nervous but happy smile forms on my face.
"Y-yep, guess I am...Uh wait what's the time?"
"Hm about 8:30, so we still have time. I mean time until we have to go" We fall silence, balloon relaxed. I think about what balloon said. BALLOON SAID THAT RIGHT? IM NOT IMAGINING THINGS AM I?
I mean I must be because HE SAID IT SO CASUALLY?? AM I JUST SUPPOSED TO IGNORE HE SAID THAT? I   MEAN, I don't want to ignore it. Then again I might of taken it the wrong way or something, because HELLO??? He said it like it was a normal thing to say to someone! Maybe it is normal? Ugh I don't know!

I look over to balloon, did he fall asleep? I sigh
Maybe I should just stop worrying about these things and just like, enjoy it. I mean better to feel happy than stressed right? I close my eyes, slowly relaxing.
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"Hey nickel, did you like the dance?" Balloon asks, I could feel him looking at me. I open my eyes, thinking on what to say, or well I guess how to say it. I did like it obviously,i just uh don't know how to say that. "I-it's fine if you didn't, I just-"
"No!..no I uhm actually really liked it." Balloon's eyes lit up "You didn't um think it was embarrassing or anything right?" I ask uncertainty
"What!? Of course not, if anything I probably liked it just as much as you" my eyes widen and a small smile appears on my face. "Oh also sorry for acting weird like afterwards" He wasn't though?
"Huh? You weren't acting weird, or at least I don't think so. Where did you get that idea from?"
"I don't know, I guess I thought that you might of thought that because like I-" I cut him off
"No but seriously why did you think I thought you were? It's not like I think you do, I never do honestly. Plus, even if I did you don't really need to apologise for that you know" Balloon looked at me somewhat shocked, but then smiled.
"Wow uhm, thanks. That actually means a lot"
"I-it's nothing, just how I feel is all" I mutter, I could hear balloon giggle at this
"Aw, so you actually like me~?"
"Well yeah, I thought that was obvi-" balloon raises an eyebrow with a smirk, I could feel my face get redder "HEY-WAIT, uhm n-not like that..I mean y- UHM, just s-shut up" balloon chuckles. WAS I SERIOUSLY JUST ABOUT TO SAY THAT.
"Mhm okay~" balloon closes his eyes. I stare at him for a second. Ignoring what just happened I think to myself. So I was just overthinking it, maybe I am for everything else too then. It's still odd though, I don't usually overthink things but I'm glad balloon liked it, probably not as much as me but hey, it's better than nothing. A yawn escapes my mouth and I close my eyes. I lean more into balloon.
I wish I could
Stay..