Nickels pov

"YOU WANT TO WHAT?!" baseball yells. 

"SHUT UP- ugh why does everyone SCREAM whenever it's SOMETHING PRIVATE" i say, pretty loudly.

We are sitting near the forest behind hotel oj, but we are still close enough for anyone inside the hotel to faintly hear our voices. And especially at 5pm, when the hotel is most busy with people doing chores and starting dinner.

"Ooooh after you very loudly shouted that I'm sure nobody's itching to listen" baseball says sarcastically.

"GIVE BACK THE SARCASM"

"Oh yeahh, I totally will," he replies. But before I could scream he starts talking again.

"So... you wanna confess but you don't know how?" he says.

"Mhm, that's why i ASKED YOU"

"And you want to do it before this other guy in balloons poem does"

"Yeah" I say, biting the inside of my cheek.

"And it was like a love poem, but there was no name?"

I shake my head yes.

"How do you know the person he's talking about isn't you?"

...

"WHAT? N-no, that's crazy! He can't like me..."

Can he?

Am I just jealous of myself?

"Noo, that's not right heh..."

"Well if you're SO SURE that he doesn't like you then why would you confess?" 

"Oh..."

"He likes you nickel, it's obvious"

"I mean, maybe..."

"That's the spirit!"

"But the ONLY WAY I'm gonna know if he likes me is if I CONFESS. I'M GONNA HAVE TO DO IT EITHER WAY. 

And.. I kinda want to..."

As baseball celebrates that I'm finally gonna do it, I spot a daisy a few feet from us. I walk over and look at it closely, remembering what balloon said when we first became friends.

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 "What's that?" I say hurriedly. I seriously just asked him what a flower was 😃🔫. "Oh, it's a daisy," he replies. "They tell you about your love life".

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Love life...

I pick it up and as I'm about to start plucking the petals, baseball comes beside me.

"You're gonna let a flower decide?" he asks, knowing exactly what I was doing.

"N-no!"

Baseball raises an eyebrow at me 

"fine- yah... balloon told me about it"

"Hey, it's a cool way to find out stuff, but I don't want my best friend depressed because of what a flower told him" he says laughing.

I start laughing with him,

Suddenly both of our phones ring.

Balloons pov

"He likes you~" suitcase teases, as I cover my face with a pillow in embarrassment. 

"He could have just been asking..." I say hesitantly. Suitcase drinks some leftover strawberry smoothie from breakfast as she sits next to me on my bed.

"Why would he ask, if you LIKE SOMEONE? HE OBVIOUSLY LIKES YOU BACK!" suitcase screams excitedly. I look up from my pillow smiling shyly.

"Maybe... but still..."

"Stop being so blind!" she says.

"The way he looks at you is enough, not to mention the constant blushing and looking away, the stuttering, and the way he smiles when you laugh. It's plain to see!"

"Suitssss stopp" I say, stretching out her nickname.

"Nope! Not until you realise he likes you!!"

I hug the pillow even closer to me and shove my face into it

"Admit it, you wish that pillow was him"

Almost immediately I throw the pillow across the room.

"WHAT? NO!"

"I know! We should do another night in! Mephone is definitely not doing a challenge this week because he's on host break, which I'm pretty sure he made up but anyway..."

"Actually... that doesn't sound too bad"

"Yeah! We can even throw in some truth or daree~"

"NO SUITCASE!!"

"You're right, let's not" suitcase says smiling. 

She turns on her phone and quickly finds the group chat named '4lifers' and clicks the call button. My phone starts ringing but I decline, since she is already here. Nickel declines and baseball picks up, and soon after we find out that they are also with each other. Suitcase quickly plans the night in to be tomorrow night and after everyone agrees, she ends the call and smiles at me.

"That's more time to spend with your future boyfriend"

"ARE YO-"

Nickels pov

"-U SERIOUS?!?" I yell at baseball. He just made a joke that balloon and I would end up SLEEPING IN THE SAME BED THAT NIGHT. I deadpan stare at him as he laughs his heart out at my reaction.

"So... how are you going to confess?" He asks.

"Well, soap gave me some advice, like, do it when you're ready, when he's happy so there'll be a lesser chance of rejection, and do it somewhere he likes"

"Ok, so let's start with the place. What place does he like?"

I think about that for a second. He likes the soft breeze, nature, and flowers. But the back of the hotel isn't special enough. He likes the forest but that might bring back bad memories from the getting-lost incident.

Then it clicks

The orchard

"So there's this orchard place called Dawnberry Orchard and it's literally the most magical place I've ever seen. It's perfect!"

"Woah, I don't think I've ever been there"

"Really? I should bring you there sometime. There's even a garden house that I can confess to him in because the view from there is amazing!"

"That's settled then. You've figured your place out. Now when?"

"That's... a good question actually. I want it to be soon enough, but not like, tomorrow or anything. How about Friday?"

"Don't ask me. It's your confession"

"Damn, why are we doing this like I'm proposing or something"

"Why don't you get him a ring while you're at it?" Baseball says smirking.

"HEYYY" I shout, kicking him.

"HEheE-OWW HEY I WAS JOKING" He shouts laughing.

"Well, Friday it is." I declare.

I realise it's almost 7 and dinner time, so I say goodbye to baseball and head back into the hotel. As I walk in, suitcase walks out. We wave at each other and go our way. I sit down on my place at the dining table and the only other person there is paintbrush.

"How're things going with that oatmeal raisin lover?" I ask, smirking.

"How're things going with that sack of helium?" 

"I don't know, I'm a bit nervous about confe-" I stop abruptly. NICKEL CAN YOU NOT KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT?

"You're gonna confess?" Paintbrush says, thankfully not shouting.

"...yes"

"Seriously? When?"

"Maybe Friday... Why are you so interested?"

"Oh nothing, it's just-" they stop, before smiling.

"Good luck in getting him" they say, winking. I get slightly confused, but I'm not going to complain. I smile at their supporting.

Balloon comes downstairs and sits next to me, and we talk and laugh, smiling and giggling.

There's a chance one week from now that he's going to be mine.

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