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Chapter 1 Niko's Revelation pt. 1

NIko walks to Sapphire's house, rehearsing what he's going to say to her. He had known Sapphire since they were old enough to say hi to each other. Over the years he fell in love with her and he wanted to tell her how he felt so badly. With the dance coming up, this was a perfect time to do it. He straightened out his black cargo pants and red t-shirt. "Just gotta confess my feelings and ask her to the dance and take what I get" He says to himself. He gets to her home, takes a deep breath and rings the doorbell. Meanwhile, Sapphire was playing Halo 4 and was on an elev point kill streak when the doorbell rings, making her lose concentration, get killed and lose her stream. Frustrated, Sapphire slammed her video game controller down with a sharp yell of frustration. She scowled as she heard the doorbell ring, and she made her way down stairs. "What do you want?" she asked angrily, but her expression softened when she saw who it was. "Oh, hey, what's up?" "N-nothing much." Niko said nervously "May i come in?" Sapphire nodded and stepped aside, "Sure." "Thanks.." Niko sits down on the couch and looks up at Sapphire. He had forgotten how beautiful she was. This was, as he felt, gonna be a challenge for him to tell her. "Well as you know, Valentine's day is coming up...and...well...uh..." Niko rubs his head nervously, trying to come up with the right words. Sapphire followed Niko in after closing the door. She sat down next to her obviously nervous friend. "Yea, Valentine's Day," she scowled shaking her head. "A stupid holiday where the entire purpose is to either burn hundreds of dollars on a loved one to bankrupt you, or make those who are single feel an everlasting guilt and add to their need to have a lover so they won't be left out on the day of love." She rolled her eyes. "What about it?" Remembering how much Sapphire hated Valentine's day, he tried to keep going with what he was trying to say. "Not that my visit has anything to do with Valentine's day, but there's somethin' I wanted to tell you." Getting the courage to say it, Niko takes a deep breath and continues. "Sapphire, we've been friends for a long time and along the road, I've gotten real close to you. I also gained a feeling in my heart I can't shake." Sapphire nodded and smiled, "Yea, I get it. I feel like we've become better friends over the years." She paused a moment. "You are a really good friend of mine." Niko smiled back and hopes his feelings aren't mismatched. "Well...i came to visit because i wanted to tell you something important." Looking serious, Sapphire nodded, "Ok, shoot." What important thing would Niko have to tell her? This bugged her so. Niko was never one to have anything really important to say. So now that Niko did, in fact, have something important to tell her, her mind began to think of what Niko could have to tell her. Steeling up his courage he comes out with the words some girl usually dream of hearing. "I love you Sapphire." Shocked and speechless, Sapphire only blinked. She couldn't believe what Niko just said. She always thought of Niko as a really close friend. "You... What?" Sapphire asked, unable to comprehend what she just heard. She had few admirers in the past, and the ones she did have got punched in the face once they told her about their feelings. But this was Niko, the guy she'd tell about the incidents who she would laugh with about them. She couldn't do that to him. He was too pure of heart. Plus she knew him too long. Seeing her shocked expression Niko begins to wonder if he did something wrong revealing this to her. "Sapph?" Niko asked. "Are you okay?" "Yea. I'm fine," Sapphire told Niko, putting her left hand out on the couch as if to balance herself. This was big news to her and she didn't know how to handle it. "And, um... How long have you, uh, loved me?" She asked finally regaining her composure. Niko shrugs at this question and replies "For as long as I knew what love was...which was five years. Is that a bad thing?" Sapphire though a moment. Was it a bad thing? Her dad had always told her that love was something that had to be experienced to know if it's a good or bad thing. However, she never wanted love. She always hated the idea of love. Now that her closest friend is telling her he's in love with her, it felt like her world was starting to change around her. "I... I honestly don't know..." She replied. "This is all so sudden." Niko looked into Sapphire's eyes and saw her questioning herself. He figured that she would be questioning her perspective on love. He knew he had sprung something on her she found appalling. "It's not a bad thing to fall in love with me...at least I don't think so. I wanna know something...do you love me back?" Avoiding Niko's gaze, Sapphire looked down and closed her eyes. Did she love him back? They had known each other for a long, long time, almost since birth, so did she? "I might." She replied, unsure of herself. "I don't know." She put her head in her hands. This was too much to take in. Niko touched Sapphire's shoulder gently. He knew that this really putting pressure on her somehow. "It's okay Sapphire...if you don't have an answer..." Niko said. "I just wanted to tell you something I kept hidden in my heart for a long time" Sapphire took a deep breath and looked up at Niko. This was gonna hurt her a lot. "I don't know if I love you, Niko," she began. "But I like you a lot. Can we work with that?" "Yeah..." Niko replied. "Is it okay if I do one thing?" Sapphire, who had recollected herself, sat back against the couch. "What is it?" Throwing all caution to the wind, Niko leans in and kisses Sapphire. After a few seconds, he pulls back and notices her surprised expression. "That's what I wanted to do." Niko replied. "I'm sorry if I did wrong by you..." Sure, Sapphire looked shocked. Her childhood friend just kissed her. But, that didn't mean she didn't enjoy it. She shook her head and have a small smile. "No, don't be sorry. That was actually really nice."