You're Mine

"Why are we doing this?"

"Because we agreed to this, Shining."

"Forget this, Colt! We can't make peace with 'em! You need to end up with her."

Colt shook his head, taking his seat at the ice-cream parlor and waited for the rest to follow suit. He and Shining had gotten here a little early from Sunny's request from the group chat. Yet with everyone coming in and out was making a little nervous. The waiter had only gotten drink orders from Colt and Shining, and left to get them what they ordered.

While Shining kept complaining about how they didn't need to be doing this, Colt just shook his head. Ready to give up a long fight he was putting up with Indigo, but deep inside he knew he would always have a thing for Sugarcoat, even if she wasn't willing to be with him like he was willing to be with her.

As the girls trailed in and took their sets across from Shining and Colt, things were quiet before the girls got their own orders down and ready to be served. It took a good while before Colt cleared his throat, then took a sip from his drink, before speaking.

"...So, uh, what did you wanna talk about?" Colt asked, trying to ignore the fact Indigo was downright almost glaring at him. "...Without glaring at me, Indigo."

Indigo rolled her eyes before crossing her arms. "Look, as much as I don't really want to be glaring at you, I just can't stop myself from doing so."

"Indigo," Sunny warned. "Don't get all snappy with him, we now know he wasn't the one who came up with the whole idea about kissing Sugarcoat."

"Are we really still going to be talking about this?" Sugarcoat asked, clearly not liking this choice of topic Sunny had brought up.

Colt gave a quick shrug. "I don't know, it's up to them, and I don't really want to be talking about the stupid stunt I pulled off."

The silence came back once again, and when the drinks for the girls came around, it still remained. This was going to be a long awkward talk before someone could actually find the right words to speak. If no one spoke then nothing would be happening which would mean this whole thing would be wasted.

Colt bite his lip slightly, watching them trying to think of something to speak while Shining was looking out the window of the parlor. Someone should say something right now.

"Look, if no one's going to take then, can we go?" Colt said while looking at them. They gazed at him before back down to their drinks. "If that's a yes, then let's go Shining." Standing up to make his way out made Sour call out to him.

"Hang on!" Sour grabbed his wrist, forcing him back down. "We're not letting you go, we just don't know how to start this talk up. That's all."

"I have an idea," Lemon said, taking a quick drink before speaking again. "Let's hear why Shining thought it was a good idea for Colt to kiss Sugar like that. Without us knowing about it."

All the gazes went on Shining and he blinked for a moment. Then realizing they wanted him to speak up and share the reason why for his little idea and why they went along with it.

For once in his life, Shining seemed... scared. Scared about the fact he had to share everything about his little plan, and everything that would come with it. Something he usually didn't have to do when someone found out about it being his's idea because he always blamed it on someone else.

It took a while for Shining to find his voice.

"....Uh... well, I planned it out because why the hell not?" Shining answered, narrowing his eyes slightly. "Let's face it, the first love never lasts, and knows how long Indigo and Sugar are gonna last. Gotta get a backup, don't ya?"

Indigo gave a frown but Sugarcoat beat her to speaking.

"That doesn't matter," Sugarcoat said. Arms crossed and a frown resting on her face. "I wouldn't pick Colt even if he was the last guy on earth. I would pick anyone but him in a long shot."

"What you just said makes me feel so happy." Colt huffed out, crossing his arms. "What have I ever done to you like that? I've been nice to you before you started dating Indigo Zap. Remember when we were little?"

Sugarcoat nodded. "Yes, I remember it well, but I never shared the same type of feelings like you did. It was really a one-sided crush."

That didn't make Colt feel any better, but it was nice to know. During the talk, which was really just between Shining and Indigo, along with Colt and Sugarcoat, they never did get off the topic of the kiss that had happened.

No matter how hard they tried to get off topic because they always had someone to remind them about what they were talking about before.

"Okay, okay, enough!" Sunny finally spat out, slamming her hands down on the table. It got the attention of most people before they looked away. "The story is straight. Shining came up with the idea of Colt kissing Sugarcoat, Colt went along with it. It worked out well. Sugar was shocked and couldn't speak for a while."

"She stayed away from us to try and keep the guilt down," Lemon added on. "We eventually got Emerald to help us out and found out what was wrong."

"Then I went over to her house after we texted so she could tell me what had happened," Indigo finished off. "And, yes, the talk we had was awkward. Just like this was one right now."

Shining gazed over to Colt for some help, but Colt away from him. This wasn't his fight, and Colt knew he would get his trouble right after Shining's trouble came around.

Hands went up as Shining gave them a smile, trying to charm his way out wouldn't work, so he had to use this. "Okay, I admit, I shouldn't have suggested doing that, but really, doesn't your mother think you and Colt should be together, Sugarcoat?"

"Not anymore," Sugarcoat commented. "Not after she heard about the kiss."

"Really?" Colt asked, surprised. "Minty believes different now?" In a way he sounded... happy. It made everyone surprised at his happy tone.

"....You're happy about this?" Sunny asked him. "After everything?"

Colt bite his lip, giving a slow nodded. "I'll be honest here, as much as I like your mother, Sugarcoat, I really don't even think I would be able to date you knowing she's going to expect a lot from me."

"Considering your parents are Midsummer and Winter Solstice?" Sour blinked, and Colt nodded once again. His parents were known for a lot of things like how Abacus was known for being Principal at Crystal Prep.

They all shared a look before talking about something else, knowing the topic they wanted to talk about was over and done with. For a while, they gave a short laugh and shared their drinks before getting some ice-cream. At least the whole thing was over and done with.

"Hey, look, no hard feelings, okay?" Colt suggested to them. "I didn't really mean to make this a whole entire mess."

The girls shared a look before giving him a smile.

"Yeah, sure, no hard feelings," Indigo waved her hand. "As long as you don't go going around flirting with my girl anymore."

Colt gave her a nod. "Of course, but... I might forget the promise."

"You better not!"

End