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Autumn Eyes by Jaded Catalyst

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What was the big deal?
 
They smiled. They joked. They teased. They poked and prodded. They chased. They hugged, and they laughed.
 
Sure they were a bit on the flirtatious side, but they still couldn’t understand why the press had to make such a big deal out of it.
 
Article after article, page after page, the media was all over Nat and Rosalina’s flirtatious friendship. The two were constantly hounded by reporters who were scrutinizing every little detail from the way they looked at each other to the distance they stood apart. They just never got the end of it.
 
Although Nat and Rosalina had often been told to be more careful when they knew reporters were around, the warning often slipped their minds when they were together. Neither of them was willing to sacrifice their time together simply because the press interpreted every little action as an attempt at romance.
  
It wasn’t their fault that everything they did, said, or thought could be interpreted as flirting. The two shared an obvious chemistry, so it shouldn’t have been surprising to see them act the way they did around each other. They were friends, and that was simply what friends did.
 
Of course, that was disregarding the fact that Nat had an undisputed crush on his best friend. It didn’t take a genius to see that one.
 
She was his love, his only never-ending love. However, he had never been able to find it in himself to tell her that. Even though he had made his feelings painfully obvious by means of rhythm and lyric, he still could not find the courage to tell her up front. Nat would swim oceans, run miles, and move mountains for her, but as soon as she looked him in the eye, he found it difficult to even stay standing.
 
Lately, however, it seemed as though Nat was getting bolder.
 
He was able to speak with her without fumbling his words. He had danced with her at prom without becoming weak at the knees. He had even asked her on a date without losing his mind when she said yes. He had gone on the date and lived to tell the tale. He had even held her hand at that date, and to his utter surprise, his heart did not stop at that very instant.
 
Nat Wolff was becoming bolder, and more confident. He knew that, one day, he would have to tell her how he felt. It wasn’t going to be in song or in writing; it was going to be face-to-face.
 
That day, he knew, would be coming soon. Everything he had ever hoped for and dreamed of would come true on that day. The world could end and he wouldn’t have a single regret, as long as he had that one day. Every fiber of his being revolved around that one day.
 
One day. One moment.
 
It was all that he needed, he thought, and all that he would ever need.
 
Until that day, he would have to settle with the way things were. He would have to go along with the ploy that they were nothing more than friends, and he would have to act like he didn’t want to be anything more. Even though the world could see right through him, he had to keep his disguise.
 
One day was all he wanted. One moment was all he needed.
 
It could come at any time in any place. It could happen right now if he wanted it to. There was only one thing holding him back.
 
No matter how confident or bold Nat Wolff had become, he would never confess his love for Rosalina until he knew, without a doubt, that she felt the same way about him.

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