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In the confines of the Blueberry Academy were two students passing notes to each other.
Much, to expect from these two. After all, they'd get much too bored by whatever the teacher spat about in the room of students. (who were also not paying attention..)
To them, this was far more interesting than learning about some dumb subject they already knew so much about. To them, this was their way of bonding without getting caught. (well, at least for this class!)
♡
Back and forth they went, as it was almost the end of class by the time they stopped! Pure Vanilla was trying his best not to go a bit too overboard with his replies to White Lily's silly questions…
He was trying not to show he was shyly flirting with her.
The poor boy never knew how to tell Lily he loved her!
Well, he didn't even know if his feelings were real!!
Maybe he was just getting tunnel-visioned, from all the time he spent with her.
“Like a bee trying to pick a flower to pollinate on a field…”
No, that is a horrible metaphor.
Vanilla thought as he looked at the now zoning-out Lily. Who was trying to survive what was left of this boring class…
Why didn't the class end sooner?
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As the class ended, Vanilla was walking with Lily to her locker.
Their lockers were a bit far from each other, but neither really ever minded.
If one of them needed something, the other would bring a spar supply just in case!
Pencils, paper, notebooks, what they needed for a long class in the academy.
After all, the top students should be the most prepared!
As White Lily unlocked the locker to bring something for her next period, Vanilla tapped her shoulder.
“Lily, should we skip the next class?”
He told her with a smile, she turned to him as two books were in her arms. One needed for the next class and her book she would always carry like it was a relic. Keeping it safe and on display for the other students to stare at.
She gave him a blink and stood there for a good minute before responding.
“Well. Where are we headed to, Vani?"
Ah Vani… that stupid nickname that he loved for her to call him as..
“Oh, the Secret Garden lily!”
Vanilla told her as he walked up to her and grabbed her hand
Maybe he should have been more creative with the nickname he referred to her as, and not just Lily.
She meant a lot to Vanilla and his love-stricken teen heart…
They had known each other since childhood! How could he nickname her something as simple as Lily?!..
Ah, young love
And what the thought of her did to him…
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Soon, they were on the way to the garden they went to every so often, usually after deciding to skip class.
Hand in hand, they walked over to the secluded spot near a field of flowers.
Ah yes, that field!
It felt like the both of them had experience but about everything in this spot, together!
Picnics, late nights and early morning studying hanging out together, telling jokes, even having a sleepover!
It was so much fun that night! They were able to just be themselves after the stressful week they had endured.
It was around test month that week, and both Lily and Vanilla were exhausted from the amount of work they did. So they agreed to rest a bit. After all, they deserved it from a hellish week.
How the both of them would never forget that night..!
White Lily let go of his hand and pulled him to the spot she wanted to sit in while in the field.
Just about every color Imaginable was at the Academy’s garden was growing here!
Almost the whole rainbow of colors was in this garden!
Just one of the reasons they loved this place so much.
White Lily sat down and vanilla let go of the pulling.
“Oh, my Vanilla!”
Lily laughed, as he almost fell from how fast she let go. He luckily stood up just in time on the ground before anything could hurt him.
How Clumsy he can be.
He got hold of his balance as a blush arose from the teasing laughter she gave him.
Why must he find everything about her flattering...
He also sat down when he got his balance, sitting right next to her as she looked down to Admire the flowers that stood up in front of them.
“It seems like more flowers have grown from the last time we came.”
She spoke, picking one flower and taking a sniff, smelling in its calming scent.
Vanilla noticed the flower’s blue petals and looked at her.
“Is that a blue Daisy?”
Vanilla asked as he felt her move.
“Hm?..”
She let out as he Interrupted her sniffing and looked at the flower
“Hmm… I guess so. Maybe it's just a daisy?”
She had always wondered how he had amazing Intuition for different flowers.Maybe he just liked to study flowers in his free time, When they weren't studying for her goal of creating a perfect cookie..
“It might be but can you hand it to me, Lily?”
Vanilla asked, reaching out his hand for the flower to which Lily nodded and carefully gave him it.
He Inspected it again and he smiled.
“Mhm! It's a blue daisy, a Felicia to be exact Lily! ”
He responded and gave it back to her.
She took it back and gave Vanilla a soft smile
"How do you know so many different flowers, vanilla?"
Lily said with curiosity about how he knew flowers. Almost as if it was the back of his hand.
Maybe he liked learning about them for a different reason..!
He grinned and opened his eyes. Vanilla was happy to explain why he loved flowers so much to her! But he didn't want to bore her with his words that were nothing more than a yap. So he'll shorten it a bit.. for their sake.
"Well, aren't flowers just wonderful to you? There's so much to a flower that meets the eye, other than its smell and color!!"
He happily spoke to her, looking away to find an example to show her.
"Say, let's see this one."
Vanilla said, picking up a big-sized flower.
It was a pure white-colored plant that had its stem at an angle, And was almost shaped like a star!
He already knew that this flower was one of his favorites!
Well aside from lilies.. It was an Ornithogalum flower.
Mostly since It reminded him of the lily she wore next to her academy hat.
Turning back he showed her the flower that was just picked.
"Say this beautiful flower. It's quite the eye candy, isn't it?"
Lily took a look and nodded
"Why is that?"
She asked wanting him to have a field day from yapping about a random flower.
"Well, there are many ways why it's like this."
He started, holding the flower with both of his hands.
"The main reason is to attract bees and other insects. Mainly for pollination purposes."
Vanilla added, looking at her with a grin.
Lily was even more curious by that!.. Even though she knew flowers were meant to be pretty...
She did like to learn about new things more if it was from him!
'Oh, what are the other reasons?"
She responded, as he once again got excited and began to tell her everything he knew!
How fun!
♡
After that quick little teaching. Vanilla had picked a few more flowers to show Lily the differences between each.
By now, it was most likely the end of the school day. Surprisingly the teachers didn't get suspicious, or worried about the two not showing up.
They were most likely used to them "disappearing" after classes.
After all, any teacher could catch on where they would go after skipping. When both Vanilla and Lily would do this often.
Or could it just be that they get a pass for being top students?
Oh well! Who knows?
When Vanilla was picking the flowers, he couldn't help but notice Lily's curious glance at each one of them.
He stopped slightly and got an idea for the both of them. After all, they hadn't talked much besides him yapping about weeds and Orchards.
"Lily, do you want to pick some other flowers with me?"
Vanilla asked, smiling as she thought about what he said for a moment before nodding
"Well... What type of flowers do you want?"
Lily said, getting up from the grass that they had just been submerged in
"Any is fine!"
He happily responded, holding the flowers that he had picked beforehand.
"Maybe I can tell you facts about them!"
"That's if I know what species they are.."
Vanilla said a bit unsure After all, he just had a handful of knowable plants...
Maybe he overestimated what he truly knew.
Makes sense, he just wanted to have something impressive to show her...
Witches, he does have a crush on her, doesn't he?
♡
After a while, they both came back with their bundles as colorful as they could be.
Vanilla had picked an armful of beautiful flowers to show her. Mostly the big and colorful ones that were on the ground they were sitting on.
Meanwhile, Lily picked the flowers that interested her. She was going to have fun learning about the absolutely wonderful world of flowers!
Maybe she could even use some petals for the baking process of a cookie.
No.. That's too dangerous.
But what if it worked?
What if the flowers here could be the secret to her goal?!
No, no! She needs to think it through before coming up with wacky ideas like that
Vanilla walked to her and looked down at her choices of flowers Interesting.. another Daisy, and a few Daffodils?
He smiled and raised his head to her
"Ah, what unique choices Lily!"
Vanilla said grabbing one of the flowers
"Where did you find these?"
Vanilla added while inspecting the petal of the Daffodil
White Lily shrugged as she held the flower that he held
"I just found them, and they spiked some interest in me.."
Lily said as she loosened her grip on the poor flowers that would almost break if she held onto them tighter
"And didn't you say that I could pick whatever I wanted?"
Vanilla nodded when Lily said that. How did he forget that he said that?!
Is he REALLY that forgetful?
Curse his unknown feelings to him! Maybe he was as surely lovesick as he thought...
He didn't say that out loud, but what would she say if she heard him yelling inside his head?
She won't mind it ..
Would she?..
Lily watched as her best friend looked like he had just lost a battle with himself as his cheeks were pink.
She softly smiled and then took a laugh at him.
"Hello? Vanilla? Did I say something a little out there?"
She teased as now vanilla remembered he was next to her, so vanilla hugged her in retaliation. But..a bit too close.
Oops!♡
Oh well it's comfy.
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After whatever that freezing of words was, Lily and Vanilla were now sitting next to each other watching the sunset go down a bit.
They should get going!
"It's already late in the afternoon, Vani.."
Lily spoke as she moved out of the hug and almost cuddled what they were doing!
Vanilla tilted his head as she stated that
"Already? I didn't feel the time fly at all Lily!"
He responded to her with a giggle
"The time truly went by, didn't it?"
Lily smiled, as she went close and hugged him again
Uh oh!! His body is heating up!!
Vanilla stay calm!!
Vanilla stay calm!!!
Oh dear he's blushing!!
Vanilla was surprised by the hug and did the only thing his dumb heart knew.
Hugged her back.♡
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What a wholesome moment between the two. A warm hug from two friends who would always be there for each other.
After a few minutes of the hug.
White Lily let go and smiled
"Thank you Vanilla... I enjoyed the flower facts.."
She said as Vanilla tried to lower his blush.
Vanilla also smiled as she got up.
"You're welcome, Lily!"
He responded opening his eyes that were covered with his messy bangs.
.
.
.
.
"Hey Lily there's something I want to tell you.."
Vanilla said as he stood up and looked at her.
Does he have the guts to say it?..
Lily stood there as the messy-haired boy walked close to her
The girl smiled and spoke
"What is it?.."
She said softly as he took her hand in his
...
"Lily..I-"
He can't get the words out.
The dumb words that he had been holding off from.
The months he waited...
Or was it years?
That he waited to get enough confidence to say it
..
"Like"
This is it!
He can do this!!
".. to walk you to your dorm tonight"
He mumbled as Lily's face got a bit pink from the request
"Oh?”
She mumbled a bit but spoke again
“You can"
"I'd love that.."
She said getting a tighter hold on his hand
That was all he needed♡
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"Goodnight, Lily!"
He explained as he waved to her as he began to walk away to his dorm.
"Goodnight.."
Lily said smiling as she closed the door.
Well, he didn't say the words he wanted.
But at least he got to spend almost the whole day with her.
A whole day picking flowers with her. ♡
His second favorite thing in the world, He unlocked his door and got ready for bed. After all, they need to get to class after skipping all of the school day.
He may have not told her his true feelings.
But all he needed was a yes.
A yes to his yapping for flowers, and their silly flower-picking.
And maybe an "I love you" in his dreams...
Ah, his dumb lovestrucken heart ♡
Where he would be without it...
♡