~ Valentines Day ~

Chapter 1: Happy birthday!

Hello! Welcome to ~ Valentines Day ~! I hope you enjoy the story! :D

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐧𝐭: Emphasising something/ making something more clear
𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑛𝑡: Thinking

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February 14th

[Rody's pov]

I was finishing wiping down the last table in the dining room. The restaurant had closed about 30 minutes ago. It was completely empty. I had last seen Vincent in the kitchen. I think he went down to his office?? He keeps disappearing and suddenly reappearing again, it's kinda creepy to be honest... I haven't heard from Manon since...we 'took a break', but I'm sure she'll call back again! 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭?..Anyways, Today is a special day, because... it's Valentine's day! I know it's also my birthday, but I prefer a holiday where I 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 have to be reminded of how old I am. (sad lmao) The whole town is decorated! Apart from La Gueule De Saturne, because he hates holidays. 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 𝑠𝑜 𝑓𝑢𝑐𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑒𝑖𝑟𝑑．

I'm wiping the table when I suddenly hear the kitchen's double doors open. I turn around and see Vincent standing there. He's..slightly blushing? He's also looking away from me, staring at the floor. I quickly glance to his arm, which I can see that he's holding something behind his back trying to hide it form me. 'Oh, hey Vince!' I say to him smiling while dropping the cloth I was using to clean the table. 'oh.. uhm yeah.. hi Rody.' He seemed... nervous? But why?

[Vincent's pov]

I was 𝐄𝐗𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐋𝐘 nervous. I knew it was Rody's birthday, but OBVIOUSLY I didn't want him to know that. Otherwise it seemed like i "cared" for him. Ugh. 𝐼 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑑𝑖𝑑 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 ℎ𝑖𝑚. So since it was his birthday i got him uhm...something. And if he didn't like it i could just say that i gave all of my employees something for Valentine's Day! Yeah! Perfect cover up!

I quickly glanced back at him 1 second to see if he was looking at me. 𝑆ℎ𝑖𝑡 𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑡 ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑠! 𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑜 𝑖 𝑑𝑜?! "Okay so uhm... i" He started to look puzzled and getting a bit impatient. I took a deep breath and finally spoke. "I uhm, remember you mentioning that it was your birthday today, so i uh.. 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡.. got you something...." I was still looking away from him but in the corner of my eye i saw his face light up. "You got me something for my birthday?" he said while looking shocked but really happy at the same time. This time i finally have enough courage to look up and look at him in his eyes. "Oh! Uh yea.. i did." I pull my hand from behind my back and show him a box of the most fancy (and expensive) chocolates in France. He gasps at seeing them.

[Rody's pov]

𝑉𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑚𝑒 𝑎 𝑔𝑖𝑓𝑡? Wow! I stare at the chocolates he just showed me and start getting exited. 𝑉𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑒 𝑎 𝑔𝑖𝑓𝑡 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑜𝑟 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑠𝑎𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑦 𝑏𝑖𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑒...
"W-wow! I dont know what to say! Thank you Vince!" I started blushing a little but tried not to make it noticeable. I reach out to grab the box and while i grab it we touch hands. 𝑊𝑎𝑖𝑡 𝑑𝑜 𝑖... 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 ℎ𝑖𝑚? 𝑁𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑛𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑖𝑟𝑑....𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡? I grab the box and examine it. 𝐼𝑡 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑. I glance to the side of the box and see a small little price tag. He must've forgotten to take that off. It says €59,99. €55,99?! 𝐻𝑒 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑛 𝑚𝑒?!𝑊𝑜𝑤, 𝐼 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑖𝑚.. "Well, thank you so much Vincent!" I say to him while smiling very bright. I can tell he's trying to put a pokerface on but i can see a littleee smile form on his face. 𝐶𝑢𝑡𝑒.. "Oh uhm yeah, you're welcome. You can leave now. I'll finish the rest." As he starts to walk back to the kitchen i think to myself: 𝑆ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑖? 𝑁𝑜𝑛𝑜 ℎ𝑒'𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑢𝑚𝑏. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑓?.. I look up at him.

𝐀𝐡𝐞𝐦. "Uhm..Vincent?" He stops walking and turns his head over to me. "Yes?" I start to get nervous and blush a bit. "So uhm i was thinking.. would you maybe want to do something tomorrow evening? I mean like..as a birthday celebration, or just a hangout?..." His eyes get a bit wider and i notice a slight blush on his 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑢𝑙 cheeks. I look to the floor out of embarrassment. "Uhm, sure." he replies. I look up out of confusion and say: "Wait, really?" I realise how stupid i must've sounded. "Sure, uh sounds like fun. I'll see you tomorrow." He turns his head around and reaches the double doors when he suddenly stops. "Oh, and Rody?" I stare at him and say: "Yes?" ................

"Happy birthday."

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OKAY SO SHORT CHAPTER (SORRYY) BUT IT'S GONNA BE A LONG STORY THIS TIME
(YIPPEEE)

Thank you for reading Chapter 1!

803 words! (The story)