"All right, Nash. Eleven days have gone by with a rose for each day." Steve held up the final rose, with a small note attached. "Nash, this note says to meet you in Mia's garden at noon, but it doesn't say who it's from."
"I don't think I can do this. Whenever I see her, I can't think straight. I barely got out of her room alive."
"I wouldn't think that you would want to get out of her room," Steve said with a sly grin.
Nash looked shocked. "I can't believe you just said that."
"The more time you spend with me, the more you'll be able to believe that I can say things like that. As for the thinking thing, you don't have to. Just read her what we wrote. Besides, if you don't, Torach might. Rumor has it that he likes Mia too, and is moving in."
"I won't let that happen," Nash stated, taking the rose. As quiet as he could, Nash made his way to the door, and placed the rose.
Mia looked frantically down the halls of the guild. She clutched the note from the rose in her hand. Racing down the hall, she didn't see the figure rounding the corner.
The two collided and fell to the ground. Mia recognized the voice and sense of humor as the other person said, "Mia, funny running into you here."
She looked up at the boy. With a smile, she said, "We have to stop meeting like this."
"You're telling me," Steve replied, as they got up. "Where were you off to so fast?"
"To find you," she replied. "I got a note today with the rose. He wants me to meet him in my garden in like two minutes. What should I do?"
"My recommendation? Go. If nothing else, to see what's going on." Steve saw the amount of uncertainty in her eyes. "Would it help if I came along?"
Mia nodded, and the two made their way to her garden. Steve could tell that Mia was getting more and more nervous the more they walked. Won't she be she be surprised when she sees who it really is. Man, I live for this kind of thing.
They neared their destination, and Mia's jaw dropped. Nash sat on the bench in the middle of her garden. She turned to say something to Steve, but he was gone.
Still a bit dumbfounded, Mia slowly walked over to where he was sitting. "Nash, you..."
"Mia," he interrupted. "I... I h-have something to t-tell you, but if I don't say it all at once, I-I may never get a chance to say it." Mia sat down next to Nash, as he took out a sheet of paper, unfolded it, and began to read from it.
"Mia, I know that I'm not perfect, even though I sometimes act like I am. I know that I'm not the most sensitive, smartest, or strongest guy on Lunar, and you probably deserve better. Mia, there are few things in this world that anyone is certain about. The one thing that I am certain about is that..." Nash paused, struggling with the next part. "...I have feelings for you, and have been kicking myself every day that I haven't done something about them. It's taken all the strength that I have to tell you this, but now I have to know. Do you feel the same way about me?"
Nash refolded the paper, which was now wet from the sweat of his hands. His face was bright red. Mia could tell that he was nervous and waiting for an answer.
Mia didn't know what to say, but she also didn't want to keep him in suspense any longer. Surprising both herself and Nash, Mia leaned in close and planted a kiss full on his lips.
Nash's body tensed up as he was startled by her action. She broke the kiss, and in a soft voice whispered, "Does that answer your question?" She leaned in and kissed him again.
Nash slowly relaxed as the kiss that he had longed for was finally there. It was every bit as sweet as he had hoped. He finally had his true love.
Steve turned away from the make out session from. Even though he was hidden by his "Invisibility Cloak" spell, he wanted to give the two some privicy. And so the game of "Hide the True Feelings" comes to an end. Now the game of "Love" can commence.