Eric's Valentines Day.

[Tori]

“Beverly! Get your ass out of the bathroom right now!!!” shouted a very angry Rochelle as she held her stomach with both hands. “I swear! If you don’t come out right now, I’m gonna puke all over your room!” she burst out again, about to slam her fist on the door again before the door came swinging open, startling Rochelle slightly.

“Chill already, I’m out.” Beverly scoffed, ignoring Rochelle’s glare as she pushed past her locking the door behind her before puking her guts out again. “And its not my fault you got knocked up, slut!” she yelled through the door laughing, just as Eric came wandering over next to his twin, laughing as well.

“You can say that again.” he agreed, chortling loudly with his twin before realizing that she was all dressed up for something. He followed her back to her bedroom before asking, “Another date with Chai, I’m guessing?” he leaned against the doorway, watching her scrummage for the rest of her things.

Beverly looked up, “Um, duh...” shaking her head at him before sending a quick text to her boyfriend.

Eric raised his brows, and crossed his arms at her. “Well, sorry...How should I know when you plan all your surprise dates?”

“Eric. Don’t you even know what day it is today?”

Eric looked up from the ground to face his sister again. “Date night for you apparently...” he shrugged.

“It’s Valentines Day, you dork!” she shouted at him, a bit annoyingly actually as she gave a loud sigh. And Eric still showed no emotions whatsoever towards her, which only got her more annoyed with him. “You know,” she said again, a smirk approaching her glossy lips then, “You should see what Batari’s up to today. I’m sure she wouldn’t mind hanging with you today.” she chuckled, lightly, as Eric gave her another scowl. “Oh, come on! I know you like her, even a little bit. And she most definitely likes you. That’s for sure.” she giggled again, getting closer to push him playfully.

Eric shrugged his sister away from him, not putting away his glare at her. “Won’t you ever just give up on that? It’s nothing! We’re just friends...” he ended that sentence awkwardly, as if unsure if what he just said was true or not.

“Mmhmm....” she too crossed her arms and raised her eyebrows at him.

“What?! It’s true! God...you’re so stubborn....”

“Oh, come on Eric...Face it. You like her. Not to mention you’re the only one aside from the younger kids that’s still single! Bayne has GenShi. Rochelle has JiSeok. Elisabeth’s with Jiro...and you fucking know who I’m with!” she sighed, calming herself before continuing. “Look, just give her a chance. She really does like you.”

Eric’s eyes widened at the last part. “How the hell--”

“She told me herself.”

Eric gave out a small pout, shaking his head slightly. “I need some air. Catch you later.”

And with that, Eric left his sister’s bedroom, grabbed his wallet, phone, and skateboard, and skated down the driveway and onto the sidewalk towards town.

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Nearly twenty minutes had past, and still all Eric could think about while shredding was what Beverly told him earlier. You don’t like her, you don’t like her. Just a friend, just a friend. He kept repeating to himself mentally. He skated past a playground while at the park, and happened to notice a young boy around his age pushing his girlfriend on the swings. Eric just shook his head from anymore thoughts entering his mind and skated forward.

Another five minutes and four couples later, Eric finally gave in and rolled out of the park and back towards the neighborhood houses. Not to his house though, no. To Batari’s. It was time he faced the truth. Whether he liked it or not...Beverly was right. He did like Batari; a lot. And he did get jealous of Beverly and Thongchai; a lot, lately. There was no use hiding his feelings any longer, he had to talk to Batari. Tell her how he felt; how he really felt about her.

He skated up to the house he was sure was hers. He grabbed his skateboard from under his feet, and slowly made his way to the front door. He took a quick breath to regain his confidence and hesitantly rang the door bell.

He half hoped that no one would be home, and was even fighting the urge to skate back home. But all that hope went away when he saw the door open, and Batari standing there just as shocked as he was. “Oh, um...hi.” he managed to say softly, his mouth barely opening up any.

“Hi.” Batari said in that sweet little tone of hers. She bit her lip slightly, unsure of what to make of this bizarre appearance Eric just made. “Are you okay?” she asked then, just so the silence would be broken.

Eric cleared his throat when she asked him if he was alright. “Er, I’m alright. Actually....” he started giving himself a small neck massage, “Are you doing anything? Er, today I mean.” That had come out a lot faster than he originally had planned. But hopefully, if Batari really liked him the way Beverly said she did, she would accept his next offer.

“Oh. Um,” she looked behind her as if to make sure no one was spying on them. She turned back to Eric then, biting her lip. “N-no. I mean, I’m not doing anything too important right now. Why do you ask?”

“Well, I was just wondering if maybe...” he pressed harder on his self-massage then. C’mon, Eric! Just spit it out already! “I mean, you think you wanna go have some lunch with me or something? We could head to the Diner if you want.”

Batari smiled. As if this were something that she’s been waiting for. “Sure. Lunch sounds good. I’ll just have to get dressed real quick and I’ll be right back.”

Eric’s face suddenly lit up, his hand dropped back to the side and he too let out a wide smile to her. “Great! I mean, sure, I can wait. Take..take your time. No rush.” With that, Batari rushed back up the stairs to change, and Eric finally let out that deep sigh he’s been holding in all that time. Finally, things were starting to look up for Eric. And he was glad for that.

[Redeim]

I can delete this if you want me to, but I'm smiling like a little school girl right now. XD

[Tori]

I'm glad you liked the story, then. :3 Guess this means we gotta do a Batari/Eric thread soon. XD