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“Nemona, there's something that I need to tell you.” Penny stands by the side of the school, gazing up at the girl that she had been crushing on for so long. A gentle breeze blows her bangs in front of her eyes, hiding Nemona’s face from her view. She could bear to fully look at the other girl right now. “Nemona, I-,” She pauses, her words caught in her throat. Fuck, she can’t do this…
“You got this!” Nemona whispers, giving her two thumbs up and smiling. And suddenly, Penny’s fear turns to rage.
“OH MY ARCEUS, SHUT UP! I’M NOT DOING THIS!”
And she storms away.
How did this even happen? Wasn’t she supposed to confess today? How did it turn to her stomping away from the girl she’s liked for months?!
24 Hours Until Confession
“Hey gir- what the fuck?!” Ortega’s mouth drops open as he sees Penny shamble to the lunch table. Penny can’t blame him either, painfully aware of the messy state of her hair, and her probably giant eyebags.
“Did you get any sleep?” Eri swings an arm around her former boss's shoulder, guiding her to sit at the table making sure she doesn’t topple over.
“Ugh, guess.” Penny grumbles, burying her head in hands and slumping against the table.
“This is about green , isn’t it?” Mela asks from Penny’s other side. “And the fact you plan to confess to her tomorrow?”
“I’m not doing it anymore.”
“WHAT?!” Ortega slams his cane against the ground, getting a few nasty looks from the teachers. “Oh absolutely not, you are definitely going to confess to her!”
“I’m too nervous!” Penny argues back. “I can’t eat, I can’t sleep! She’s just…she’s way too-“
“Totally gay for you?” Giacomo butts in, raising an eyebrow at her, having taken off his headphones at the sound of their raised voices.
“Shut up Momo!”
“Penny,” The boy sighs. “You can’t argue that that girl is anything less than whipped for you. The two of you have been dancing around each other for like three months now.”
“Uuuuuuh!” Penny groans, burying her face in her hands once more.
She can’t do this! She definitely can’t!
12 Hours Until Confession
“You’re doing it? You’re really doing it?!” Juliana shrieks in Penny’s ear. “You’re really going to confess?!”
“Ugh, I don’t have a choice. Giacomo told me that if I didn’t confess, he would tell the teachers about how I hack the vending machines.”
“You what the vending machines?”
“…nothing.”
“Wait, so when you made me pay for your snacks the other day…”
“Don’t think too hard about ittT” Penny yelps as Juliana launches at her, making a run for the door…
CRASH!
…and running into someone as the door opens.
“Ow…” Nemona’s voice groans in her ear. Wait.. holy shit she fell on Nemona!
“I’m so sorry!” Penny scrambles up and helps Nemona to her feet, internally screaming inside. She just ran her crush over! Embarrassing! “Ohmyarceus, are you hurt?!”
“No, I’m fine!” Nemona cups Penny's chin in one hand, tilting her face up and using the other to brush back her bangs. “Are you okay? You face planted into my shoulder pretty hard…”
Error! Penny.exe is not working! Pretty girl speaking!
“F-fine.” She finally manages to stutter out as Nemo gently presses her fingers to the spot they collided. Her lips are turned into a frown…pretty lips… so close to me holy shit
Hm. If you say so.” Nemona steps back, and the moment is broken. Penny shakes her head a little, clearing the daze from her mind.
“What were you guys talking about anyway?” Nemona asks, and Juliana opens her mouth to respond.
“Oh nothi-“
“I’m going to confess to you on Valentine’s Day.” Penny answers, fixing her crooked glasses and readjusting her bangs before making eye contact with Nemona. “So wait up for me after school, okay?”
“Eh?!”
Wait a second…
“You’re free after school, right?”
“Mhm..”
“Be prepared then.” Penny nods.
“Okay…”
“Why is your face all red?” Penny frowns as she notices Nemona’s face is now a dark red color, and honestly it makes her freckles pop. She’s so gorgeous…
“B-because this is basically a confession…” Nemona stutters out in a small voice, her hands crawling up to cover her reddening face.
Oh.
Oh.
OH SHIT!
“Ah!” Penny smacks her hands over her mouth, mentally kicking…no, kicking isn’t a strong enough word. Mentally jumping herself because WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK, PENNY?! “Forget I said anything!” Penny gasps out and books it out the door.
“Wait-!”
Nope. She’s gone. Bye.
1 Hour Until Confession
“I’m going to throw up.” Penny whispers, pacing the floor of her dorm room. “I’m going to die. I’m going to throw up and die.”
“No you won’t, you’ll be fine.” Arven assures her from his spot on her bed, absentmindedly petting Flareon as he watches Penny tear her room apart for the right outfit. She feels bad for tearing him away from his day all of a sudden but Juliana hasn’t left Nemona’s side since…the incident. And Team Star…well. She’d never live this down with them.
“What if she doesn’t show up?” Penny mumbles as she flops to the ground, letting Mabosstif flop in her lap and burying her face in the large dog's fur. Arven had mentioned him being a nice therapy dog and was right, the oversized puppy along with her Sylveon the only things keeping her from having the…third? Panic attack of the day? Yeah, it’s been rough.
“She already knows how I feel, obviously. She’ll just say yes or no. I don’t need to be scared. It’s Nemona.” Penny tries to gaslight herself into feeling better with mild success.
“Seriously, what’s the worst that can happen?”
The Confession
Penny takes a deep breath as she trudges to the spot she said she would meet Nemona at. The two had texted to confirm it but haven’t talked since then. It’s a little secluded spot by the side of the school where no onlookers would gawk at them. As she gets closer she sees Nemona already standing there, wearing her school uniform as normal. Penny had decided on a long sleeve shirt and some sweatpants instead of her lazy hoodie look. She wants to look a little better for her confession, after all.
“Hey!” Nemona greets Penny when she’s close enough, rocking on her heels and clearly trying (and failing) to hold back a smile.
“Hi…” Penny gives her a weak smile before clearing her throat, kicking the toe of her boot into the ground. “So…”
“So,” Nemona repeats. “You have something to tell me?”
“Y-yeah.” Penny nods, trying not to cringe too hard. “I’m sorry, this is really embarrassing…”
“Nono, it’s okay!” Nemona waves her hands in front of her. “Look, I’ll pretend that yesterday never happened, okay?”
Of course Nemona would try to hype Penny up, even at this moment.
“Right.” Penny nods, taking a deep breath. The worst she can say is no. I can do this! “Nemona, there's something that I need to tell you.” Penny gazes up at the girl she’s been crushing on for months. A gentle breeze blows her bangs in front of her eyes, hiding Nemona’s face from her view. She could bear to fully look at the other girl right now. “Nemona, I-,” She pauses, her words caught in her throat. Fuck, she can’t do this…
“You got this!” Nemona whispers, giving her two thumbs up and smiling. And suddenly, Penny’s fear turns to embarrassment fueled rage.
“OH MY ARCEUS, SHUT UP” She sputters, wanting to dig a hole and bury herself in it. “I’M NOT DOING THIS!”
And she storms away.
“Wait! Wait wait wait!” Nemona grabs her arm and pulls her back, forcing her to look up at the taller girl. “I’m sorry. That was dumb of me. Please, go on.”
And Nemona reaches out, brushing the hair from Penny’s face and oh. There are those sunset orange eyes that have been keeping her up at night. The freckle dusted face that always seems to worm its way into her thoughts.
“I-….uh…” Penny gulps, her eyes falling to Nemona’s lips. And suddenly, it’s impossible to think of anything else.
“Penny?”
Penny kisses her. She’s not sure where the courage comes from but she stands on her tippy toes, wraps her arms around Nemona’s neck and kisses her. And Nemona kisses her back. One kiss turns to two, and then three, and soon the two are completely wrapped around each other in this secluded little corner of the school.
“D-didn’t you have something to tell me?” Nemona whispers against her lips when they finally have to come up for air.
“Hm?” Penny rasps, already leaning in for another round. “Oh. I like you. Be my girlfriend?”
“Wouldn’t dream of anything else.” Nemona sighs, and Penny smiles against her lips.
Fuck yeah. She did it!