Candy is dandy but love is sweeter (King Candy X Reader)

Chapter Eight: Everything changes

I was at Tappers for a while just deep in thought. Does Candy like me? Do I like him? Love is confusing to me. Because I don't know what it feels like. I don't know how to feel. I like Candy but I don't know if it's from a friend perspective or a crush perspective. I wish I knew. It would really help with how confused I am about all this. But why would he like a chimney sweep anyway? We're below him while he's above us status wise. I'd love to be the same status as him but I'll never get there. It's not possible.

"You Okay there, (Y/N)?" Tapper asked.

"Hm? Oh, I'm okay. Just thinking about things," I said.

"Penny for your thoughts?"

I tossed him a shilling, "It's about King Candy."

"What about him?"

"I think I like him. In a love way. But I don't know. I've never felt love before. I mean, I want to listen to my heart but my head is telling me to ignore this whole love thing."

"Why? You're listening to your head. Your head might lead you to success but, if you ignore what your heart is telling you, you'll have this feeling of regret and you might hurt King Candy. You have to choose one or the other."

Follow my head and possibly hurt Candy or listen to my heart and either have heartache or finally love someone. I don't know. It's hard. My Creators gave me a past, personality, and who I am as a person. My past is that I've been alone all my life so I don't know what love feels like. I was taken in by chimney sweeps. I know that should've given me a taste of what love is but it's not the love I feel for Candy. But I do tend to overthink things. Like whatever's happening with my emotions and Candy.

'A million thoughts in my head, should I let my heart keep listening? 'Cause up 'til now I've walked the line. Nothing lost but something missing. I can't decide what's wrong, what's right. Which way should I go?' I stood up, 'If only I knew what my heart was telling me. Don't know what I'm feeling. Is this just a dream? Ah oh, yeah. If only I could read the signs in front of me I could find the way to who I'm meant to be. Ah oh, if only. If only. If only.'

I walked out of Tappers to Game Central Station where everyone was preparing to go back to their games. I saw Sugar rush in front of me.

'Every step, every word, with every hour I am falling into something new, something brave, to someone I, I have never been. I can't decide what's wrong, what's right. Which way should I go? If only I knew what my heart was telling me. Don't know what I'm feeling. Is this just a dream? Ah oh, yeah. If only I could read the signs in front of me. I could find the way to who I'm meant to be,' I looked at Sugar Rush and my game, 'Ah oh, if only. Yeah!'

'Am I crazy? Maybe we could happen. Yeah Will you still be with me when the magic's all run out?' I looked at my game knowing it'll be unplugged in a few weeks.

Will the magic inside me disappear when the game is unplugged? Will he lose interest in me if all my abilities are gone? I dread to know.

'If only I knew what my heart was telling me. Don't know what I'm feeling. Is this just a dream? Ah oh! If only I could read the signs in front of me I could find the way to who I'm meant to be! Ah oh! If only, yeah! If only, yeah! If only, yeah! If only, yeah!' I looked at Sugar Rush ready to go back for opening, 'If only. If only.'

I went back to Sugar Rush for today's race. I'm just happy no one has caught me going Turbo besides Sugar Rush's characters. Which I'm surprised that Taffyta hasn't done anything to get me caught or told Mary. She still doesn't like me. So, this new routine continued for a while. I would race in Sugar Rush, I would spend time with Candy and just have a great time. As for the whole situation with Turbo and my letter, I finally explained that he took my letter and just happened to have it. I don't actually write letters to myself anymore.

Candy has really helped. Because I finally admitted to writing the letter to myself, he sat me down to talk more about my troubles. I let him read all my past letters that made it very obvious I was trying to keep my happy attitude and stay positive. Almost 50 years worth of letters. He talked to me about everything I mentioned in my letters and because he's letting me race in his game, that has really helped me finally have a good time. Even better, he's let me move into the castle!

That shocked me. I moved all my belongings, and my pet snail, into a room in the castle. A big room! It's bigger than my old room. I almost felt out of place in this big castle. But I'm thankful. Candy takes care of me like I belong here so I return the favour. But I treat him like any other person. He treats me like a princess but I'm far from a princess. I still visit Edith in my game and to make it less suspicious to Mary that I've moved games.

Or anyone else in this game. Besides, I don't want to be in a game that is due to be unplugged forever. We don't even know an exact date so I'm pretty sure it's risky to be in there anyway. I will forever love this game since it is my home but I will also hate it for the toxic environment Mary has made. For now, I'll be in Sugar Rush.