How To End a Crush

d.

The images floating around in my head from that awkward meeting with Noah back in the clubroom put me in bad spirits.

I layed on my bed for a while until I remembered Noah’s candies that Flora had given me.
I reached my hand into my pocket and pulled out the mint lollipops.

“… Hey, Dora.
You can have these now.”

It’s high time I put an end to these stupid feelings.

“Huh?”

Dora looked at the peppermint flavored lollipops in my hand and tilted her head.

“I don’t like those things.”

“Just… take it.
Just take it and eat it… Before I shove it down your throat myself.”

Just eat it quickly so that I can be rid of it.

I squeezed my forehead with one hand while forcing the mint lollipops into Dora’s hand with the other.

“…?”

With a dumbfounded look on her face, Dora accepted the candies.

I heard her grunt in disapproval that I gave her something so gross, but I paid her no mind and just buried my head into my pillow.

My crush had ended.

***

It was my delusion.
However, notwithstanding earlier, it seemed like it wasn’t over yet.

I had regretted my decision to end my crush with Noah right after I woke up the very next morning.

“Hey, did you eat it? You didn’t, did you?” I asked Dora, shaking her by the hem of her clothes while she was still laying in bed.
I managed to wake her up, but she was mostly half-asleep.

“… What?” Dora mumbled sleepily in response with her eyes still closed.

“You told me to eat them.”

“But, you said you didn’t even like mint candies!” I grabbed my head with my hands and screamed.

It was really unfortunate now that I think about it.
Who knows when or even if I’ll get any more candy from Noah? If I do… If I do get more, I’d keep it for a few days and then I’d eat it.

“Ugh, I hate you! I really hate you!”

“Whatever, just be quiet.
Ughhh, I can’t get back to sleep.”

When I threw myself next to her on her bed and started making a huge fuss, she rubbed her eyes and gave me a chilling glare.
She then scratched her back and let out a loud yawn.

“Yesterday you were so quiet, so what’s with all the noise?”

“The candy…”

“Ughh.”

Dora shook her head with a sour expression on her face when she heard my answer.
She then burst out into laughter after she saw the serious look on my face.

“Whoa, you’re really not joking around! Look at your face! Hahaha!”

Wondering what she meant, I looked in the mirror and became terrified by what I saw.

My hair was all in tangles and sticking out in every which direction and my eyes were both puffy and swollen.

“Oh my god,” I mumbled as I grabbed and pulled on my hair.

I grabbed my glasses from the drawer and put them on.
These should at least hide the puffiness a little bit.
I cannot skip out on class.

“Ha… I loved you, Noah…” I groaned as I buried my face into my hands.
Dora saw me and, instead of getting dressed, she just looked at me and clicked her tongue.

“Well, that’s love.
You should have expected this.”

“You’d better shut up,” I warned in a low voice as I glared at her with enraged eyes.

“Make me,” Dora answered in a harsh voice and stuck her tongue out at me.

Am I just going to sit here and take that?

I tightly clenched my hands into fists.
However, I wasn’t feeling all that well right now to bother using magic or physical force against her.

But at the same time, what I wanted to do the most was to beat her up.