𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐇 𝐒𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆 // 𝘹𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘦

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"Okay, does this look good?" I turn around to Yokos bed soon realizing that she was still in the infirmary recovering. "Right, well then gotta trust my horrible instinct" Mumble, smoothing my hands over my black skin tight cat costume. I had found out that the theme for Opehlia Hall was 'The Black Cat' so here I stood, whiskers and all.

I turn to my desk, grab my phone, and began heading to the door. As I open it my head hits a tall figure. "What the fuck?"

"Sorry" I look up at the familiar voice. There stood Xavier in the joker costume that was sketched in his book only now the colours were as bright as ever. "I was about to knock"

"Are you even allowed to be here?"

"No, that's why I need to be quick. Can you come and do the face makeup for my team?"

"What? You're like an art freak right? Why can't you?"

"It's easier on paper than a nonflat surface" He chuckles.

"Yeah fair enough, let's go" I shut my door and begin walking downstairs, Xavier walking right beside me almost touching.

"I thought you weren't doing the Poe Cup?"

"Yeah well there was a change of plans, so you better be prepared" I smirk, opening the large double doors leading to the lake. There were four tents, all colour coded with the different teams. "Well then, let's get to the rest of your team.

"Okay, just you and snake boy are left," I tell Xavier, cleaning off my brushes as the current boy moved from the chair.

"Snake boy?" Ajax questioned, a small frown on his face.

"Hey, that's what you get after calling Wednesday a cannibal" I laugh as he takes his seat in front of me.

"I apologized"

"Alright, where is the drawing for him?" I ask. Xavier flips to the page which had an intricate drawing with the makeup. "Wow, really had to make his the hardest" I sigh, grabbing my face paint and brush.

"Well, you agreed to this"

"That is very true" I mumble, starting to paint the white base for Ajax. We stay quiet until Xavier spoke up, shocking me with his words.

"So, we still on for tonight?"

"Yeah, we are"

"You guys have a date?" Ajax questioned, a small smile on his face.

"It's not a date"

"It's not a date" Both Xavier and I state at the same time.

"Jeez okay," Ajax raised his hands in defense. I giggle at his actions, continuing the makeup. I was growing closer to a lot of people at Nevermore, including these two idiots.

"What do you guys have planned for the Poe Cup?" Xavier asked, though I could already tell he was holding back a sly smile.

"You think I'm an iniodt? Like I would tell you, you're literally the competition" I scoff, adding the final touches to Ajaxs face.

"Eh, worth a shot" I throw a brush at Xavjer playfully who cataches it with a sly laugh. His smile was something that I could never seem to get out of my head.

"Well then Snake Boy, you are finished. Whatcha think?" I hold up a mirror for him to look at. His smile was bright as he inscpected evry crevas and side.

"Woah, these looks super cool!" Ajax gets up from the chair thanking me. He decides to go outside with the rest of the team to prepare, leaving just Xavier and I alone.

"Well then, shall we begin?" Xavier nods heading over to the seat in front of me. He grabbed his sketchbook and places another drawing of the makeup. "This would look great on you"

"Thanks"

"Well, don't worry, I don't expect any payment for such an amazing job"

"Oh amazing job?"

"Hey, it's done by me, making it an amazing job" We both laugh as I continue with the makeup.

"Oh, and I'm the one whos full of themselves?" I giggle softly, thinking back to the night at the Harvest Festival. Even though it ended in absolute craziness, it started off with a great guy.

"Hey, I was thinking, maybe we could go somewhere else tomorrow"

"Oh, really where?"

"Um theres this good place behind the greenhouse, it's kind of a big date spot BUT it has a really good view" My eyes widen at his request. That was the designated hookup spot at Nevermore.

"Uh, sure why not?" I laugh though my face was as flushed as it could be with embarrassment. Was Xavier starting to turn this into a date? "Your makeups done" My voice is low and shaky, causing xavier to question me.

"You okay? You're voice sounded a little weird." Xavier got up froom the chair towering over me slightly with such a height difference.

"Yeah, but I gotta get back to my team so I will see you at the Ophelia Hall trophy celebration" I tease, grabbing my makeup bag before heading over to the tents exit.

"Wow, you're quite the dreamer" Xavier jokes in rebuttal, watching as I walk off to my team. Though my mind was filled with the thought of tomorrows 'apology/maybe date', I knew I needed to focus because today was about two things:

Beating Bianca and getting revenge.

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I hope you enjoyed this chapter! So this was definitely a filler chapter BUt I hope it was still good and I feel like it progressed the 'relationship' between Dahlia and Xavier. It was again a short chapter but I think they might get somewhat longer as the story progresses. Okay, please vote and comment any suggestions or requests that you may have for me or my writing. Thank you!