Home is not a place, Home is a feeling (Flower Husbands)

Our Dance

Real quick just wanna say that this chapter is probably my favorite chapter so far, even though I've written only 5 at this point, I still think this chapter is my best piece. Also, I have not gone back to read this one so if there are any grammar or spelling errors just know it's because I have not gone back to read the chapter

Now that that's all done, it's time for Chapter 5 Our Dance...

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Scott's POV:

When we got to the dance floor I looked into Jimmy's eyes and saw that he was embarrassed, but embarrassed by what? "You good cod boy?" I ask, our eyes meeting each other, "Well, I don't really know how to dance..." He replies, looking down in embarrassment. "Lucky for you, I've known how to dance since I could walk!" I say, moving his hands to go on my shoulders as I put mine on his waist. He flinched when I put them on his waist though, which got me confused, but soon he was relaxed and allowed my hands on his waist.

"Just take it slow and relax! Follow my rhythm and you'll be a dancing master!" Once I say that cod boy looks down and follows my steps. After a while of dancing, he seemed to have been comfortable so I took the speed to the next level. "Scott! This is too fast!" Cod boy exclaims stepping on my feet periodically, "Just relax and think of the steps as beat. First step, second step, third step, fourth step, and repeat!" I explain to him, watching as he gets in rhythm with the beat, so, of course, I brought the speed to the next level. Once again he was having trouble, so I helped him get in the rhythm and then brought the speed up again. This continued until we were the fastest people on the dance floor. 

"So, cod boy, tell me your name?" I ask, trying to control my breathing since we were going pretty fast. "My name's Jimmy, Emporer of the cod empire and trader of slime." Cod- Jimmy says while panting from our dancing. "Tell me about yourself then Jimmy! What's your favorite color, What do you like about your empire, what do you like to do in your free time?"  I ask, starting to pant even more. "Well, my favorite color is green because of the swamp's fresh supply of slime. What do I like about my empire? I guess I like the fact that since I'm the codfather, some of the citizens who like to flirt with me call me cod daddy. What do I do in my free time? Well, I mostly just enjoy nature. I enjoy going to the hills and sitting down, smelling the fresh poppies, sunflowers, and cornflowers that surround me. I also enjoy gazing at the sunset as the moon slowly but surely peaks out from the mountains that're in front of me. Nature itself allows me to relax, allows me to have some me-time, and it allows me to not deal with my citizens, who I love dearly, but just having some me-time is amazing." 

Once Jimmy was done explaining the answers to my questions the music slowed down, and so did our dancing. Soon enough we were going back to our original speed, and then slower, and slower, until we were so very slow. Because of that speed, we got closer to each other, bodies touching, earning me a blush. Lucky for me though, I am taller than Jimmy so he doesn't see the blush that paints my pale skin.

Jimmy's POV:

After a long cycle of me getting in rhythm with a new speed and Scott increasing the speed, the music slows down, and so do we. The more we slowed down, the closer our bodies got, which led to my blush crawling back and getting on my cheeks once again. Lucky for me though, Scott is taller than me so all I have to do is put my face in his chest and- WAIT! WHY DID I DO THIS! Welp, it's too late for me now. My face is officially into Scott's chest and my blush is getting even deeper.

 Let's see what could happen. Number 1: If I take my face out of Scott's chest then me, myself, and I will be embarrassed because of him seeing the blush that was continuously spreading across my face. Or number 2: I just continue to stuff my face in his chest and let the blush spread from my face to my whole body. Hmmm, tough choice... I think I'll choose choice number two. 

My only question is, why is this happening to me? The last time this happened to me was... it was back then, back when I was so innocent, but not anymore because of him. 

I hear giggles over the music and look to my left seeing the giggling coming from the two girls Scott sat with during the feast. Their giggling turned into laughing, but the thing is, I don't know why they were laughing and what they were laughing about. They were looking at us though, so maybe it was something due to us. Maybe they were laughing at why Scott, a perfect prince, with wings that glowed ever so slightly, would be seen dancing around with me, Jimmy, the Emporer of the empire that's full of cod and slime, the empire that is seen as the weakest link. Honestly, now that I think about it, why is Scott hanging out with me? Why isn't he hanging out with the prince of Mythland or the prince of the Lost Empire? Instead, he's hanging out with me, cod boy. 

Back to Scott's POV:

During my blushing mess, Jimmy's face smashes straight into my chest, startling me, but I recovered. After a while of Jimmy's face in my chest, I got used to it, but then I heard giggles to my right and saw Shubble and Katherine laughing at the two of us. I didn't know why though until I looked down at Jimmy and saw his whole face covered in a deep red blush. Well, now I know why they're laughing at us, but that didn't help my blush from spreading even more.

 When I looked down to Jimmy again, his face was less red, and his eyes were glossy. I hated seeing him cry, it made my stomach churn, in a bad way. His tears made me feel like I have failed someone, which was weird because it's never happened to me with anyone else. 

I wrapped my arms around him and hugged him to stop him from releasing those tears. Even though my wings were still not at full length, I tried wrapping them around us, barely making it past our waists. He slowly looks up to my eyes, his eyes no longer releasing tears. Our faces get closer until I could feel his breath on my face. "Jimmy..." "Scott..." As our faces get closer, both our blushes deepened, and then, when we were only a few inches apart, our lips so close to each other-

 "ALRIGHT, EVERYONE THAT IS ALL FOR TODAY! THE BUTLERS WILL LEAD YOU TO YOUR ROOMS FOR TONIGHT! AND FOR THE PEOPLE WHO DECIDE TO STAY IN RIVENDELL FOR A LITTLE LONGER, THE GUEST BEDROOMS WILL STILL BE OPEN! HAVE A GOOD NIGHT EVERYONE, AND I HOPED YOU ALL HAD FUN!" Mother said in the microphone, ruining the moment we were having. When she finished her words, Jimmy detangled himself from our hug and ran out the ballroom. Though I could only see his back, the blush on him was still visible. 

I walked back to Shubble and Katherine, both of them teasing me. "You should've seen both of your faces!" Shelby starts, "Yeah! The two of you were blushing so hard that you both could've been the new crimson!" Katherine finished, the two of them still laughing so hard. "Yeah, Yeah, Whatever..."

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They were so close to kissing, so close, but I decided it was too early...

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