Night of the Masquerade ~ An Aru Shah AU

Chapter 3: How Do I Make Men Fall to Their Knees Because of Me?

"Operation... Karaden?" Kara asked.

"It's the ship name for you and Aiden, I joined your names together." Aru explained. Kara looked at her blankly. "Yeah, I'll work on a better title later." She muttered. The older one nodded.

"So how do I get Aiden to like me back?"

"He already does." Aru said under her breath, quite enough so Kara couldn't hear, before sitting up and pulling out her phone. "We'll use Google, duh." Then typed in 'How do you get someone interested in you romantically?' and read out the results.

"29 Ways to Make A Man Fall to Their Knees Because of You:

1.Make sure you're what they need.

2.Try to look your best.

3.Be a good listener.

4.Don't stop smiling.

5.Find out what they're passionate about.

6.Leave a little mystery.

7.Play hard to get.

8.Mutual friends can be helpful.

9.Look into their eyes.

10.Be a good friend to them.

11.Don't try too hard.

12.Mirror their body language.

13.Ask them to do you a small favor.

14.Laugh at their jokes.

15.Share your flaws and imperfections.

16.Be present on Instagram.

17.Watch a scary movie with them.

18.Carry a warm drink in your hand.

19.Mimic what your crush is doing.

20.Wear the same colors they do.

21.Spend more time around the people you're hoping to befriend.

22.Compliment other people.

23.Try to display positive emotions.

24.Be warm and competent.

25.Allow Yourself To Be Vulnerable.

26.Take Care Of Your Looks.

27.Flirt by casually touching them.

28.Dress Up.

29.Wear Some Perfume."

Kara clapped her hands together.

"Should be easy enough! I'll get started right away!" Then she hurried off to pamper herself. Aru stared at her phone, dimly registering what Kara said. Should I try this out too? She somberly thought to herself before promptly deciding: Nah.

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"How do I look?" Kara spun around, flaunting her outfit. She was wearing a white sweater with a black mini-skirt and black tights paired with black ballet flats. Her polished locks spilled slightly past her shoulders and she had obviously done her makeup as her lips were a light pink and there was a touch of eyeliner on her eyelids. She had also spritzed their mother's perfume on herself. In short, she looked stunning. Aru gave her a thumbs up as she inhaled the jasmine scent wafting off of Kara.

Aru herself had dressed up. She wore a white T-shirt tucked into sky-blue jean shorts and an oversized cream cardigan along with white sneakers. Her hair was tied into a messy braid that was draped over her shoulder with a couple of strands of hair framing her face and a pair of sunglasses that were perched on her head. Aru paled in comparison to Kara. Still, she thought as she looked at herself in the mirror, not bad. Not bad at all.

The plan was that they were going to go meet Aiden, along with their other friends Yamini (Mini) and Brynne, at a coffee shop. Then Aru, Mini, and Brynne would give Kara and Aiden some 'space' and the three would go off somewhere to hang out and catch up.

"Ready?" Asked Kara. Aru took a deep breath and put her sunglasses over her eyes.

"Ready as I'll ever be."

A/N: Sooooooooooooo what did you guys think? Also, I'm probably gonna work on my other book a bit before updating this again. Thanks for reading!

P.S.: All the songs that come with the chapter have nothing to do with the plot, they are just a bit of music that I like.