Ugh... this is pretty short, but I'm getting tired of this story. This will be the end of How to Make Him Fall for You. I really hope the plot twist wasn't too obvious. Just a note on pairings: I hate Bard and Finny in a gay relationship. I don't know why, but I really do. I mean no offence if you like them, but I just don't see them together. Bard is just like this bad-ass stereotypical American, and I don't know, it's just the stereotypical American doesn't seem like he'd be gay.
"Maylene?" Finny asked, walking up to where Maylene was dusting. She turned to him, seeing he was blushing slightly, and not looking at her.
"Yes?" she asked quizzically. He turned his face completely away from her and stuck out his hand. In it he grasped at beautiful white rose. She could see his ears turning redder and redder.
"For you," he said, as she took the rose from his hand. He immediately dashed away. Maylene looked after him, realizing something. Something that made her both sad and extremely happy at the same time.
Maylene remembered the first time the three of the servants had all been together. It had been extremely awkward, they all came from completely different backgrounds, Maylene being a sharp-shooting assassin, Bard a soldier, and Finny a biologically engineered super-human. As they all became familiar with their duties in the house, they became closer, they became friends. Maylene was happy to be with Bard and Finny all the time, they were funny, somewhat stupid, and a whole lot of fun.
Maylene at first thought very lowly of Bard. He was an American, and she had learned as a child the typical stereotype of an American. Crude and animal-like. But that was not Bard. He was kind beneath the highly Americanized outside. He was gentle, like a father. And he was there when she needed him. Maylene loved Bard, she loved him more than her own father.
Finny had come off at first as an utter moron. He had no knowledge of common things. At first he didn't even know what a flower was. But his idiocy grew on Maylene, and within two weeks of their meeting, she was convinced that he was the cutest thing in the world. He was innocent and sweet. He cried once, when they found a small, dead bird. And like Bard, Finny had a hidden side. He could be strong, not just physically, but his will was strong. If she needed something, even just a pep-talk, Maylene would go to Finny.
Maylene remembered the first time Finny's garden produced a flower. It was a single daisy, but it was his flower. He grew it. It was he that gave it life. He was so proud of it, that he ran into the Young Master's study while Ciel was doing work, just to tell him that he'd managed to grow it. Ciel and Sebastian were unimpressed, but Bard and Maylene threw Finny a party just for that one daisy. Maylene had gushed at how beautiful the flower was for almost an hour, making Finny so happy.
But the next day, the flower was gone from the garden. When Maylene saw this, she'd ran to Finny, crying about it. Finny had calmed her down, and from behind his back, he drew the daisy, in a tiny plant pot. Maylene had stopped crying, and looked Finny in the eyes. He smiled at her, as his cheeks turned pink. Maylene was so happy, she threw her arms around him, and sobbed in happiness until Bard pulled her off him. She kept that daisy until it withered and died. She even held a funeral for it. She loved that flower.
She realized that that was before she'd become utterly infatuated with Sebastian. Before she became a sell-out. She felt horrible. She really just fell in love with Sebastian for the sole reason of his beauty. And Finny had helped her try to gain Sebastian's love. She wondered whether she'd felt as dirty as she did now, back then, and just pushed it out of her mind. She realized her eyes had betrayed her heart and mind. She'd never really loved Sebastian. She'd always had a hidden love for blond-haired blue-eyed super-human boy.
Maylene ran down the hallways, trying to find Finny. She had no idea what she was going to do, but she knew she was going to do something. She found him in the garden. She clutched the white rose to her breast as she neared him. He looked up at her from where he was weeding, and smiled at her. That huge, beautiful, innocent smile. Her heart ached with all the time she'd ignored him, and chosen to pursue a horrible, unclean, impossible romance with the Phantomhive butler. As she neared him, her cheeks grew warm, and she felt uncomfortable. But she knew that this was not the time for her to be uncomfortable, this was the time for the truth to come out.
"Finny," She started.
"I love you," Finny cried, bowing his head, so she could not see the huge blush covering his face. This shocked Maylene speechless. Had he picked up on what she was going to tell him?
"And I know that you may be in love with Sebastian and all, but I really, really, want to tell you. I love you, Maylene. There, I said it again. I love you. I love you!" Maylene couldn't see his face, but she knew, without a doubt, that he was crying. Just like that time Maylene cried into Finny's chest. Maylene ran the short distance between them, and made Finny stand up. He refused to pick his head up, and look her in the eyes, so she placed a hand to his cheek, and held his face close to her's. She saw his tears, his snot, his pain. And she didn't want him to cry. She did not want him to go through more pain, more suffering.
"Maylene-"
"I love you," and she kissed his lips tenderly.
Now do you all get why Sebastian and Ciel were paired? Maylene was going to end up with Finny from the start!