I ended the video call with a sigh. I've known Tavros for four months now. Within that time I've helped him celebrate a birthday, learned he's paraplegic, which I had to assure him many times I had no problem with, and have learned more about his species. It was so weird knowing someone that wasn't from Earth. I never really believed that aliens or anything existed, but I was currently head over heels with one at the moment. 

The only problem I had was he wouldn't actually ask me to be with him. I wanted an actual relationship, and I wasn't sure if he really wanted one. We've never even exchanged 'I love you's to one another.

I finally got up from my chair and dragged my feet to my bed. I plopped down onto the blankets and grabbed a pillow to hold tightly to my chest. So many thoughts crossed my mind as I closed my eyes. I know what to do... I'll admit to Tavros that I'm in love with him, and if he feels the same... I'll ask him out!

I would do this the next time we video chatted.. with that, a small smile spread across my face, and I drifted off to sleep.

~

I went through the trouble to dress up nicely. I wore a plain, simple black dress with a sweetheart neckline, the bottom puffed out like a princess dress and there was a large white bow attached to a white belt around my waist. I brushed out my hair and put it up in a nice bun with a small, flower hair clip. I even put on some pink lip gloss and put a thin line of eyeliner on.

I checked myself out in the mirror. I looked amazing! I did a small little twirl before I smiled widely to myself. Today was hard at work, Saturdays are always the busiest. All day long people came in and out, and my new coworker kept messing up orders so we got a lot of complaints. Which resulted in the manager yelling at me after my shift since she assumed it was me who put in the orders wrong.

Which I swore it wasn't.

But that didn't change anything. I also had to clean the whole house since my dad is having a birthday this weekend, but he said that if I did it instead of him, and told mom it was him who cleaned, he would give me twenty bucks. I wasn't going to complain too verbally about cleaning and vacuuming, washing dishes, and cleaning counter tops for twenty dollars.

Even though I wasn't going to openly complain, I was still so tired. I plopped down into my office chair and turned on the computer. I tapped my finger on the desk as I waited for it to load. I pulled up pesterchum and started a conversation  with Tavros.

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RB: Hi, Tavros!
AT: hI <3
AT: }:)
RB: Do you want to video chat? ^////^
AT: uH
AT: yES

I opened up Skype quickly and began to call Tavros. I felt so nervous. I was so busy all day that it never occurred to me the negatives that could happened. What if he says no? What if he doesn't like me enough? What if he says he could never love me? I felt bile rise in my throat, but I forced myself to swallow it. I cringed in disgust.

"Hi, Valery! Oo~, you look so beautiful," he cooed, his eyes wide and a cute little smile on his face. I smiled so widely at how much my heart beat for him.

"Yeah, I felt like getting a bit dolled up," I said, it made me so much happier than it should to be noticed and called beautiful when I actually intended to look good. 

"A bit?" He laughed," you went way beyond a bit." I giggled as I agreed, showing off their flower pin in my hair. "I want to see your dress," he said, there was a bit of reluctance in his voice, and I swore I almost heard him stutter, but I got up from my seat and did a small twirl to show off my attire. I giggled as he let out an array of 'oo's and 'ah's.

With a sudden perk of his ears and a wide smile plastering on his face, I heard him chuckle. "D-did you get all dressed up.. for-for me?" He stammered, I covered my face as I blushed and sat down in my seat. I peaked through my fingers to see he still had a look on his face that showed he was still looking for an answer. I nodded my head and removed my hands from my face, putting them on the desk.

This time he covered his cheeks and I could see his eyes crinkle to prove he was smiling. "You didn't have to get so fancy for me," he said with a shy smile.

This was it. I was about to tell him why I was dolled up. Why I did this for him. How much I loved him,  and I would ask him to be mine.

"A-actually," I started, I felt sick to my stomach. "I got dressed up, because... I wanted to tell you that I lo-"

"I just got a message from Kanaya!" He interrupted, his attention being completely shifted. I watched as he furrowed his brows together and his eyes darted across the screen. "She says not to ask how, but she found a way to get us to finally meet in person! She needs a time and place, but she can go to Earth and bring you back!" He said with excitement, his eyes lit up, ears perked and a wide smile on his face.

He looked so happy. With a smile, and a disappointed feeling in my chest, I said how happy I was. Which wasn't a lie. I couldn't wait to finally meet Tavros in person. But I lost my confidence....

And who knew when I would finally be able to tell him what I wanted to say.