[PRIVATE: DGFone & Thewhistlerify]

[DGFone]

Delano snorted. Something was definitely up. "You don't seem like it." He replied though a mouthful of meat. "I mean, look at it: You started talking in your sleep, and now you talk to yourself even when you're awake. Now you are trying to hide the fact that you are nervous. But from what?"

He gave Muroki a curious stare, wanting to figure out for himself should Muroki not answer, but he came up blank. He didn't know. "So what are you nervous about?"

[TheWhistlerify]

Muroki's brother didn't seem to be catching onto the fact that Muroki was saying he wasn't nervous about anything because he didn't want to tell. "Okay, technically, it was a day dream." he said, looking even more nervous than before. He sighed, knowing that his brother will keep asking until he told him. "Alright, but you have to promise me you wont tell anyone." he said, looking straight at his brother and waiting for him to promise that he wouldn't tell.

[DGFone]

So there was something. Delano grinned, but he still forced himself to sound serious when he answered with "Alright. What is it?" If Muroki can explain why he was so different now, Delano will be able to know if it's anything important or not. And whether he should get worried over it or not.

"So what is it, Muroki?" He asked, hoping desperately that it wasn't anything he should be concerned about.

[TheWhistlerify]

Muroki of course hesitated a little. He actually looked around as if there was anyone nearby that might be listening to them, but they were all on their own. He looked back at his brother feeling his face turning red even though he hasn't said anything yet. "I..." again he hesitated, but then decided to just get it off his chest already. "I have a crush on Umeme." he said, hoping his brother wouldn't laugh at him.

[DGFone]

Delano opened his mouth to say something, but was too shocked to actually say anything. So he just stood there, with his mouth wide open, as he struggled to regain his senses. "Is that it?" He finally blurted out. "So all that talking crazy nonsense was becasue you have... have a crush on her?" Even though Muroki had explicitly asked him not to, Delano started to laugh anyways. He laughed so hard that Muroki got mad and pinned him on the ground, and Delano's laughter turned into a yelp of pain. "Alright, alright. I won't laugh!" He let Muroki get off him before getting back to his feet.

Despite himself, Delano was still grinning. "It's just that I was thinking that here you are, actually going crazy.." He explained, "And now you tell me that it's because you have a crush on Umeme." He shook his head in disbelief. "You were staring to worry me, and it turns out to be nothing. Really Muroki? All that crazy stuff because of that?" But this time, Delano forced himself not to burst out laughing again.

[TheWhistlerify]

Muroki frowned, holding back from pinning his brother again because he felt like he could actually end up hurting him this time. "Wow, it's so amazing to know that I have such a supportive brother like you." he said, the sarcasm more than noticeable in his tone. "It's just that I don't want her to find out, and therefor I didn't want anyone to find out." he noticed that Delano was still holding back from laughing, "It's not funny, I really like her." he thought that Delano would be a little more understanding.

[DGFone]

Delano heard the sarcasm in Muroki's voice, and felt bad for making fun of his brother. "Well, if it will make you feel better, do remember that we'll be going back in a few days." He said, forcing himself to be serious. "And then you'll be able to talk to her."

Delano nudged Muroki slightly. "It'll be a good idea if you talk to her, you know." He added. "Because then you really will go crazy. Besides, I am sure she won't mind knowing about it as well."

[TheWhistlerify]

Muroki sighed, "Talk to her? I can hardly talk to her without looking like a complete idiot." he was slightly surprised that Delano hadn't noticed that himself. "But what if she wont feel the same? Or worse, if she laughs at me or something?" the case wasn't that he didn't want to tell Umeme about his feelings, but he was too nervous to do it. If he could barely talk to her about something random, then telling her that he liked her was going to be twice as hard. "I can't just walk up to her and tell her that I like her can I?" he said with a sigh. Why did it have to be so complicated?

[DGFone]

Delano thought about it. "Well, look. The sooner you talk to her the better," he still said. "Yes, if you can avoid looking like an idiot as you do so will help a lot, but the longer you wait, the worse it will get. Look at yourself right now!" Delano motioned t Muroki. "What will she think when she will find you talking to yourself?" He asked. "Then you will have to explain it to her right then and there. And I can tell you for certain, you will be definitely be nervous then."

Having enough to eat, Delano proceeded to walk out of the den with the gazelle remains. "I really think you should talk to her as soon as you can, no matter what she will think." He explained. "She shouldn't mind too much."

[TheWhistlerify]

Muroki said, "Just so you know, many people talk in their sleep." he said, following his brother outside and listening the everything else his brother was saying. "You really think so?" maybe Delano was right and the worst thing that could happen was Umeme saying no. Even though Muroki really did like her a lot, he'll probably be able to live if they ended up being nothing more than just friends. "You know what, you're right. I'll tell her that I like her and ask her to hang out or something, and if it doesn't work out, then it wont. It's not the end of the world."