Maybe We Will: A PoddEarth Fan Fic

16. Sand Starts

Earth

"What did you say?!?"

I couldn't barely hear P'Podd and what he had to say.

"I said I want to chase you."

And I meant it.

"Okay. You're drunk."

P'Podd said after a while of trying to breath normally.

"No, I'm not. I could still recite the university mission and vision if you want."

P'Podd turned to me and looked at me strangely.

"Okay, I know there's Tol and it's really stupid of me to get between you two but, as pompous as it may sound, we both know you're in love with me so we'll both give Tol a favor if we get together."

P'Podd shook his head and threw the beer bottles on the sand as he slumped on to it.

"I know what you're thinking. Trust me, it's not it. I'm really serious."

P'Podd looked up at me before he went and sighed and stood up to face me.

"Look, Earth. I can see what you're trying to do here. I'm in love with you, that's a fact and unfortunately, I can't change that. And you love me. We both know that. But the thing is, we also know it's not the kind of love that sees eye to eye with each other. And I didn't want that. I know that you wanted to save this friendship and trust me, I do too. But this. You, trying to get together with me just to do that, it's not, I can't do it. Honestly, it's a low blow Earth, it hurts more than the fact that you don't love me for real."

I looked at P'Podd in the eye before I readied myself for my reply.

I knew he's gonna say this. I was also sure he won't believe that easily, considering how stupid I was back then but I was more than willing to work my way into him finally believing me.

"P, I can't blame you for thinking that way. Honestly, I also thought the same back then. It's the reason why it took me months before I could finally have the guts to talk to you. Heaven knows how much this friendship, how you mean to me. And I would do just about anything to save it. But what I said earlier, it doesn't have anything to do with saving our friendship."

P'Podd blinked at me as I thrilled and gathered more conviction to say what I wanted to say.

"The past months I had been thinking, I love Boo but I don't and can't see myself doing the things we did that night with him. I can't see myself kissing Boo the way I wanted to kiss you and hold you and I don't hate seeing Boo together with someone else as you are with Tol."

I swallowed dryly.

P'Podd was still quiet and so I took that opportunity to continue before I lose all my nerves.

"I had been meaning to talk to you long before tonight but I couldn't bring myself to do so, and then, just tonight, I saw you and I felt that, it's now or I would have to wait for another months before I could finally say what I wanted to say to you. You say that you love me. Well, maybe I do too. And it's not just the kind of love you thought I have for you."

P'Podd was still quite as he retreated back to sit on the sand.

"P?"

I heard him sigh before I sat beside him.

"You could just be confused. Maybe you're confusing your friendly affection towards me with being in love with me. It's two different things Earth."

P'Podd said without looking at me. I thought the same at first, but as the days went by without him, the more I got my answer.

"I don't know but, I badly wanted to kiss you right now."

He looked at me.

"You're horny."

I chuckled despite him looking pensive.

"I only ever wanted to do that to you since then."

P'Podd regarded me again.

"Maybe you're just curious."

I thought about it too but why was I only curious with P'Podd?

"Or, I could be really feeling the same for you."

He snickered and shook his head before he went on and stared at the sea.

"I'm risking so much for this reveal tonight P. As you said, I wanted to badly save the friendship and I am pretty sure it would go down the drain if this confession wouldn't work out as I hoped it would be."

I looked at him and he did the same before he narrowed his eyes at me.

"That one screams guilt trip so loud."

I chuckled yet again as I scooted closer to him.

"I'm just saying, if you could give Tol a chance, why can't you give me the same?"

P'Podd made a face at me.

"Tol must have really been tripping somewhere with how much you've mentioned him tonight."

P'Podd said as he gave me a portion of the blanket draped around him and I couldn't help but smile with the feel of his body this close to me.

This.

It's what I had been missing all this time.

"Why do you even chose to go out with him?"

I asked nonchalantly.

"I needed a diversion for when you go around changing girls the way you change your mind which is of terrible frequency."

We both chuckled and at the moment, I couldn't help but be happy with my decision of finally coming clean with how I felt for P'Podd.

"Well, I also needed a diversion."

P'Podd eyed me.

"Well, atleast I don't sleep around."

I pursed my lips.

"I. I can't do anything about that. But. You're my first guy hand job so it must have counted for something."

P'Podd hung his mouth opened at me and as much as I did, I wasn't able to help my self and went on to close it with my mouth.

He stilled for a while before I finally felt him responding to my kisses and I was elated.

It was slow.

Unhurried.

The kind of kiss we should have shared a long time ago.

The kind  that felt like how I imagined it these past months.

"So where do we go from here?"

P'Podd asked when we finally ended the kiss.

I shrugged.

"I don't know, but, as long as it's with you, I really wouldn't mind anywhere."

He slowly broke into a smile and I did too.

Our hands intertwined on the sands.

Is this what starting over feels like!?!

A/N

Is 3will be free even for real!?! That JossTay scenes were just fire ugh! 🤤🤭 and Mild, come on! Basically the ensemble is just perfect!