3. Connected hearts

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I grin as the ferries wheel starts moving, I look beside me at my best friend Cedric who's grinning at me.

"I told you coming to the carnival is a good idea." He said his blonde hair now messy after the rides we've gone in as he ran his hand through them.

"Yea, I love it here." I replied as I look at the view, people and houses getting smaller as we go up.

"Diana, I wanna tell you something." I turn my head his way as he finishes the sentence, my attention all to him.

Cedric scratches his neck as he looked past me and in the air, his eyes lost, indicating he is thinking hard.

"What is it?" I ask.

Why does he look scared?

I open my mouth to speak again but his lips connect to mine like magnet.

My eyes widen at the sudden moment and my lips forget hot to kiss.

What

Is

Happening

I feel his lips kiss mine like his life depends on it.

I've known Cedric for two years now and we've been best friends ever since, but still I can't seem to make myself kiss him back.

I keep still, not knowing what to do and too in a shock to pull back.

He pulls away, his eyebrows furrowed as his fierce eyes look into my clueless ones.

"I don't like you like that." My mouth stumbles.

Way to be subtle and soft about it, now he hates me.

What?

Yeah!!! He kissed you, could've not slapped him.

I didn't.

But you kinda did

What?

I drag myself away from the conversation with myself as hurt flashes in Cedric's eyes.

The ride stops and before he could reply, I bolt.

My feet take me away from him and towards the back fence of the ground the carnival is set on.

I stop running as I reach the low cement fence.

I hop up and sit on it as I gain my breathing back.

"You okay there?" I hear a voice, making me jump.

I look to my left at the brunette figure.

What's he doing here?

I don't know.

Find out you dumbass!

"Yeah I am. Thanks." I reply as look down at my feet.

Its silent for a while before he speaks up again "Happy birthday."

My face whips toward's his with eyes wide "How did you know?" I ask.

A small smile slipped on his face as his brown eyes looked into mine "Oh come on, I was there with you on the last two ones."

Oh yeah.

Ryan has been my classmate since four years and before this year; we did hang out a lot. Even though we did that only in school premises and on our birthdays.

We drew away when Cedric started to glare and throw shade at him.

But well since then he did change a little.

He was Ryan before and he's the Ryan now.

He glowed up well.

Well to be honest I've liked him since before the glow up and now that we don't talk anymore, his pretty face is just a bonus for me when I stare at him or think about him.

"I thought you wouldn't wanna come this year." I murmured as he sat beside me on the wall.

"Why is that?" he asked before pausing. Hurt flashes across his face.

And I'm confused.

We were close, but not anymore.

We aren't even friends since nine months.

You're just crushing on him. Hard.

"Did you and Cedric finally got together?" his fingers fumble with the black ring on the index finger of his left hand as he looks at it.

"What? No." my eyes widen at his comment.

What!

"Come on, you two were meant to be. I see the way he looks at you." he laughed lightly.

"You notice?" I ask, forgetting everything else that came out of his mouth.

"I notice you Di."

My heart races as he looks at me before continuing "and I think you notice me too."

I swallow. It's suddenly hard to breathe.

His face slowly moves towards mine as my mouth fumbles "I don't like Ced."

Ryan grins and his hand trace my jaw as his eyes look into mine.

"What's happening here?" I hear a familiar voice.

"Ced, I can explain." I speak, getting away from Ryan as I look at my best friend.

"You seriously cant like this f*cking douche over me." Cedric spoke up, judgment in his eyes as he looked at me and Ryan.

"Douche?" I ask.

"I mean Diana, I understand if you're not ready for me yet but that doesn't mean you'll go kissing people like him."

What!?

"I can't believe this Ced!" I reply, my eyes wide at what he said.

"You're my best friend. You should know better than accusing me of kissing him. Specially when you just did that on the ferris wheel. And what has Ry done to get so much disliking from you anyways?"

"Don't you see it Diana? He has always been your friend because he liked you, that's why I removed him away from us. He's good for nothing!" cedric speaks, his eyes at Ryan with hate in them.

I look at Ryan and hurt is written all over his face.

I move my eyes at Cedric's figure standing five feet away and speak with confidence "Seems you were doing the same Ced. At least throughout my friendship with Ry, he never forcefully kissed me."

"I don't care Diana! Just know either its him or me." He relied, crossing his arms over his chest.

I look at him, my best friend who I thought would always be there for me.

Turns out he isn't what I thought he is. People can go from something to something else anytime.

Cedric's eyes are full of confidence that ill choose him as a smirk played on his lips.

Then I move my head to look at Ryan. His eyes look into mine, waiting for me to reply.

And then I realize, he has been the one who was always there. The one who was willing to do things for my happiness, specially before I ditched him for cedric months ago.

"Well then you should go." I look dead into Cedric's eyes and see all the confidence slip out from them as his mouth hangs open.

"I—" he opens his mouth, to protest.

"Just go Ced." I say, tearing my eyes away from him as I hear his footsteps go away.

"You okay?" Ryan speaks up after moments of silence.

"I will be." I smile at him which he returns with one of his own beautiful grin.

His hand find their way back to my jaw as his eyes look into mine for permission.

I slowly nod and his lips touch mine.

It's a weird sensation. A good one at that.

His soft lips taste like mint as I grab his hair and tug at them.

He grabs my neck, pulling me closer.

I can never get enough of this.

He pulls away, his forehead against mine as he grins "I wanted to do that for a long time."

"Me too." I reply before connecting our lips again.

And at that moment, I forget why I was there at the first place. I forget where we are. I just cherish him as we sat on the railing, lips connected, along with our hearts.

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