Critical Hit!

"I... Uhm... I... I Like You!" She confessed while stuttering to the youth in front of her who suddenly became stiff after listening to her.

The two of them were standing inside their classroom. The sun that was setting in the west gave light to the dim classroom. Time seemed to suddenly stop between the two of them. The place suddenly became deadly quiet.

She keeps her head low because she is embarrassed and nervous to face him after confessing her feelings that were hidden in her heart for a long time. She now awaits his answer.

2 minutes... 5 minutes... 8...

Little by little, disappointment loomed over her little heart. Seems like what she is scared of, being rejected, will happen. She knew that being with your first love is just a bittersweet dream.

There's a saying that "First love is also called unrequited love." Because people are afraid of being rejected by their first love, they keep their feelings for themselves. Resulting in missing the chance to be with their first love. Leaving endless regrets in their lives.

Romance... is bitter. The flower hasn't even bloomed and yet has already withered.

"Ah... I see... He... At least I tried... I don't have to regret it... anymore... Whatever, this love... I'll just make it a memory." She didn't know that her hand became pale because of how hard she worked her skirt. Her shoulders started trembling and her eyes were glistening little by little because of the tears that were on the verge of coming down.

"Ah... I see... I understand... Your answer... yeah... I understand... I'll go now..." She looked at him with a forced smile plastered on her petite face.

She wants to get out of this place as soon as possible. She didn't want to embarrass herself in front of him anymore. She didn't want to cry in front of him because she was just rejected. She hurriedly turned around to go out of the classroom while forcing herself not to cry in front of him, when suddenly a hand pulled her, took her by surprise. She found herself in the embrace of a certain someone while patting her head.

"Huh...?" Her mind went blank, not understanding what was happening.

"Me too... Me too... you know... I like you too." He slowly answered the girl whose body was trembling and on the verge of crying.

She became dumbfounded for a decent amount of time. Her mind went blank, she didn't know what to do. When her mind slowly became clear, she found that she was in his embrace. She suddenly panicked and instinctively pushed him, but as a result, he held her tighter in his embrace.

"What... What did you just say?" She asked hurriedly in a very low voice after being silent within his embrace for a short amount of time.

"Hmm? I just said I like you too..." He chuckled softly then answered.

She slowly raised her head and was stunned to see the smile on his face resembling that of the coming of new spring. His pinkish lips that are slightly open showing his perfectly lined white teeth, his long eyelashes that are very mesmerizing, and his almond-shaped black eyes that show his innocence and charm.

He was patting her head clumsily for a decent amount of time, she was just leaning in his embrace in confusion as she awaited an answer to why he liked her too.

"Thank you... Thank you for confessing to me. If you don't confess, I wouldn't know that you like me too. I have liked you for a very long time. I just don't dare to confess like you." He said shyly, avoiding her gaze because of embarrassment and nervousness.

Listening to his voice with a hint of childishness, she looks up to him and looks at his cute, tender, and handsome face. His cheeks, ears, and his neck were extremely red because of embarrassment. Showing his innocence about things like love and relationships.

She giggles hard seeing his actions. She thought, because of how mature he looked in school, he already knew things much more than his age, but who knew that it knew just a façade. He was still in his adolescence like her. Innocent and Childish. She started laughing hard in his embrace.

Seeing that the girl in his embrace was laughing, it brought sweetness to his heart. He was watching her laughing when his eyes stopped on her lips. His throat became dry. He hesitated to do what was in his mind. After debating in his mind what to do, he slowly raises his left hand and touches her delicate chin.

She was stunned when he suddenly clumsily touched her chin. She slowly looks at his face going downwards. She already had an idea of what would happen next. She slowly closes her beautiful eyes, her body keeps trembling because of her nervousness. She could feel his breath slowly nearer to her face. She is very happy. Both of their lips kept getting closer and closer.

"Knock... Knock... Knock..." Knocks at the door.

She's wearing pink bunny pajamas. Her skin is colored slightly pink, and blends well with her short black bob hair that slightly covers her delicate face. Her head is lying on her pink-colored soft pillow.

She opened her delicate eyes. She stared at the ceiling of her room, confused about what was happening. She confessed her feelings to her crush and her crush told her that he liked her too. The two of them were embracing each other and attempting to kiss each other. She was just in his embrace but suddenly she was lying in a comfortable bed. She was confused. Little by little, her mind became clear. She finally realized what was happening. Unfortunately, it was all just a dream.

"Hannah! Hannah! Time to wake up! You'll be late on the first day of school!" Shouted by her mother while knocking on her room.

She glared hard at the door where her mother kept knocking.

"Yes! Mom! I'm already awake!" Hannah shouted in an annoyed tone.

Her mother slightly frowned after listening to her daughter, who seemed annoyed.

"What happened to you? Is there a problem?" Softly asked her mother.

"Nothing." Hannah replied dejectedly.

"Is that so? Then you have to change and go downstairs to eat breakfast before you go to school," mother said before she left while thinking of something.

Hannah, who had just been awakened by her mother, blinked her beautiful eyes. She stared at the pink-colored ceiling of her room for a while and glared at the pink-colored door of her room.

"Ah! I'm so angry!! Why did mom wake me up exactly at this time?! Her knocking is so loud! Wrong timing! Just a little bit more... Just a little bit more... before I can kiss his lips! AH!!! My long-awaited dream! He's so cute! Ah!!! My dream... I'll sleep again so that I can continue my dream!"

Her closets, bedsheets, toys, and other things that can be found in her room are colored pink. You can say that this is the typical room for a girl in her adolescence.

Hannah rolled her body in her pink-colored bed to continue to sleep, but after many times of trying, she couldn't sleep anymore.

"Ah... I can't fall asleep anymore." She muttered to herself.

Yes, she is annoyed with her mother because she interrupted her from sleeping. Her dream is all about her confessing her feelings to her first love and almost kissing each other.

"Ah... almost... I can finally kiss him..." Hannah dejectedly muttered to herself.

After accepting that she couldn't continue her sleep anymore, she walked up from her bed and walked to her bathroom. She washed her face and stared at the mirror.

"One day! I will confess to him! I will tell him that I like him!" Hannah promised herself once again for the 597th time.

After that, she changes into her lovely school uniform. She wears her sky-blue long sleeve uniform with a cute little yellow-green bowtie in its collar. Her blue skirt that is only above her knee hides her beautiful pinkish legs and black thigh socks that accompany her thighs. After changing to her school uniform, she stares again at the mirror in her bathroom and fixes her short bob cut of black hair.

"Alright! I'm ready to go back to school!" She said with determination in her delicate eyes.

Hannah leaves her room and goes directly to the kitchen to eat her breakfast.

"Eat your breakfast before you go to school," her mother said with a meaningful glance.

Hannah saw her mother glancing at her but she didn't mind it.

"Yes," Hannah replied, and finally ate her breakfast.

While enjoying the food on her plate, she can't help but remember her sweet dream last night. She starts to daydream when she notices that her mother is staring at her with a sly smile on her face.

"Hannah, why are you annoyed after I woke you up? Is it because I interrupted your beautiful dream?" asked her mother, with a very sly smile.

Hannah, who was eating, choked her food after listening to her mother's question.

"What... What do you mean Mom? Not at all!" Hannah said while stuttering with a guilty expression.

"Am I wrong? I thought your dream was all about your crush that almost kissed you in your dream?" Said her mother while her hand stroking her chin.

Hannah, who was listening to her mother, suddenly lowered her reddened face because of embarrassment.

"How did Mom know?! Can she read my mind?! Ahh!!!" Hannah asked herself.

Seeing her daughter become embarrassed, she chuckled and stopped teasing her daughter.

"It's not that I'm against you having a relationship, but always remember the things you need to do, your still young, OK? Alright, you have finished your breakfast already. You're going to be late." Hannah's mother, Mary, softly said.

"Yes, Mother. Thank you." Hannah said.

She knew that her mother was just thinking about her wellbeing. That's why all of the reminders of her mom always resonate deep in her heart.

"Hehe... When will you bring him home? Is he handsome? Is he..." Mary continued when she was interrupted by Hannah.

"MOM!!!" Hannah jumped forward to cover her mother's mouth.

"I'll stop, I'll stop... Continue to eat your breakfast." Hannah's mother said and went to clean the house.

Hannah goes back to her seat and eats her breakfast like a squirrel to go to school before she gets late.

After finishing her breakfast, she gets her backpack and goes straight to the door.

While wearing her black shoes, Hannah is talking to herself.

"Ha... I hope one day that will happen... I'm excited to see him again after the vacation! Alright! I'm ready to go to school!"

She opened the door and gave farewell to her mother.

"Mom! I'm going now!" Shout by Hannah.

"Alright! Be careful on the road!" A reminder of her mother.

Seeing her daughter going back to school with a smile on her face. Mary can't help herself to think about her youthful days.

"It's good to be young. Right, Dear?" Mary whispered to herself while looking at the distant clouds.

After closing the door, Hannah couldn't stop herself thinking again of her dream last night.

"Haha... These feelings of love just won't stop." She chuckled to herself.