staaaaares.

fidget! "Does it look that bad??" Runs her fingers through her hair awkwardly.

glances everywhere but at her. "No, it looks nice, bella..."

frowns a little. "I think it's too big.." Tries to flatten her hair a little.

shakes his head and keeps looking around. "No, it's very nice."

pouts! "I don't think you're even looking at it!"

blinks quickly and looks just at her hair. "It is nice..."

"Hmmm." Looks a little disbelieving, but stops futzing with her hair. "Well... thank you then..."

fidgets. This was.... much more awkward for him than he was used to.

a little uncertain what to do. He's acting weird. "Are you okay?"

jumps and glances at her. "Huh? Oh, heheh~ Yeah, I'm okay." Here comes the creepy grin.

glares just a little. "You know I can tell when you're lying to me..."

shakes his head. "I'm not lying...."

sighs! "Alright, if you say so." He keeps getting weirder and weirder.

frets and starts to worry.

isn't going to ask him if he's okay again! Just goes back to playing with her hair a little.

doesn't know what to do so just stares at her with his creepy grin, trying very hard to think.

tries to figure out how to get her flower to stay in her hair properly with it like this. Hmm... Maybe a clip?

watches her and fidgets a little, going back to looking away from her.

goes to find a clip to pin the flower into her hair. Ah! That seems to work really well!

starts to cry. Thinking was way too hard!

suddenly finds her attention forcibly drawn to Paolo. "W-what are you doing??" What?! He cries?!

"He-heheh..." He wipes at his eyes. It wasn't manly to cry!

moves over to try and wipe his tears with her sleeves. "Why are you crying? I knew something was wrong!"

"Y-you're still not old enough for me to hit on!"

blinks. Then frowns and swats his shoulder a little. "Why do you have to keep saying that? Is that really what's wrong?" This is so dumb!

blinks in surprise. "S-si, of course it's what's wrong..."

"Then... then stop letting it bug you. Don't you have lots of girls you hit on all the time? What does it matter if you 'can't' hit on me?"

fidgets. "I don't want to hurt your feelings." Not like that's every stopped him before....

"You... you won't." Actually, he kind of does every time he talks about her being too young or she sees him flrting with another girl. ;A;

knows he does which is why he feels upset. He doesn't know it when he's actually flirting with the other girls, only after. "S-si?"

sighs. "Yes. You won't hurt my feelings." She just doesn't want him to cry. >_< It's weird and unsettling.

stops crying. "Are you sure?"

frowns a little at him. "I'm... I'm sure. Okay? So... don't be upset."

nods. "Okay..." Pauses, thinking. There had to be someway to check... "Cause I kissed another girl yesterday." Tactful as always....

"..." Why was he telling her this?? Tries very hard not to go red, but she does anyway. "Oh. W-well, that's... normal, isn't it?" No, she's

not tearing up, shut up!

didn't expect that to work as well as it did.... "I... I still like you, though! But you're too young..."

swallows hard. "You make that very clear every time you see me." Was that an icy undertone? Nah, couldn't be.

notices the undertone for once and starts to panic. "Sh-she told me I should kiss you, though!" That would make this better, right?

"And of course, you should listen to some girl you were kissing instead of me." Okay, now she's crying a little. -_-;

sputters. "Oh, well she said I should kiss whoever I want to and I kind of want to kiss you..."

swallows hard and swipes the tears away. "Obviously you don't want to kiss me as much as her. N-not like I care."

shakes his head. "No, I want to kiss you! You're... you're just too young."

"I know!" Guh, no, she said he wouldn't hurt her feelings, buuuh! "It's... it's fine..." Liiies.

frets. "I just don

't know what to do!"

"That's not my problem, is it?" Okay, she feels like a jerk immediately after saying that. -_-

frowns and looks away. "O-okay..."

Why is she so bad at this? She should just tell him what she's thinking... "I... didn't mean that. Sorry." Sniffles.

glances back at her. "I-it's fine, bella..."

wipes her eyes again. "...I'm sorry I lied too..." Ugh, her hair's getting in her face, ughh.

pauses before reaching out to tuck her hair behind her ear.

freezes for a moment. "What are you doing...?" Besides the obvious.

fidgets but leans in to kiss her cheek.

goes very suddenly and vibrantly red. "I... w-what?" Paolo doesn't do this to her...!

"I'm sorry for hurting you..."

blinks at him. And she's tearing up again. "...I know you didn't mean to..." This is weird. Is she dreaming?

frowns a little. "If... if you want, I can hit on you."

Seriously, she has to be dreaming. Pinches herself. "Ow!" Blinks. "Oh... I... if you want to...?" This is really happening. How handle??

shakes his head. "If you want me to."

Awkward. "I... a little...?" What kind of answer was that? >_<

doesn't think it was a good one. "Just tell me!" He can barely think on his own and he's willing to be good if he has to be.

blinks. That was... vehement. "Fine! O-okay! I... I've wanted you to hit on me for a while now."

nods slowly and pauses before leaning in to give her a small pack on the lips.

flusters. Brings a hand up to touch her lips. "Y-you kissed me..."

might be blushing. "Si, I did..."

blinks at him a couple of times. Then smiles and... hugs him.

pauses, surprised, before hugging her back and laughing.

ridiculously happy and confused at the same time. "...you're not going to keep kissing other girls, are you...?"

"Not unless you want me to."

shakes her head. "I don't want you to." Very... vehement about that one.

nods. "I'll do my best not to upset you."

hugs him tighter. "Thank you, Paolo..." Could this actually work? Maybe!

pets her back. "You can be my girlfriend, too... if you want."

freezes. "What? You... want me to be your... girlfriend?" He actually said it. o_o

tilts his head. "Isn't that what's it's called when a guy only hits on one girl?"

nods! Oh gosh, she wasn't expecting that from Paolo though! "Yes, e-exactly." She is... practically beaming.

nods. "Then you are my girlfriend."

lets out a breath then kisses his cheek quickly. "I... thank you." She's been waiting for this. ;A;

grins at her. "Just don't hit on any other guys, heheh~"

laughs a little. "I don't think I could. I'm not any good at it..."

hums. "You did fine when you were hitting on me~"

blushes. "That's... because it was you..."

tilts his head. "How does that make it different?"

looks awkward. "Because I like you so much.."

tilts his head. "Well.. you are only supposed to hit on people you like."

"That's... why I was able to do it with you. Do you see?" Seriously hopes he understands this. She can't flirt with other people because

she doesn't like them like that.

might understand it a little.... "Si~ That sounds right."

smiles. "Good." Runs her fingers through her hair awkwardly again. See, now she doesn't know what to do.

just smiles at her.

Not helpful. Her fingers get caught in a little tangle and she squeaks.

blinks at the noise and reaches out to try and help her.

manages to get her fingers out of her hair with his help. "I think this is why I don't wear it down..."

holds her hand. "It's pretty, though~"

blushes. "Thanks... I think I'll... put it back up tomorrow, though."