I was getting dressed alone in my room.
I had a black dress, that made me feel beautiful.
My father was downstairs waiting for my mother and I, so I didn't want to waste time.
I came down, my heels hitting on the floor sounded like power except my power was suppressed by my father.
"You look gorgeous" father said glancing at me, I smiled fakely.
My mother followed down a few minutes after then we left.
When I was younger I always loved the void hall.
It honestly stuck to its name, it was a large empty space filled with nothing but space tables and a huge chandelier.
But now I felt watched as I take champagne and place it to my mouth. My parents left me to socialize as they usually do and hours later the host of the event arrives.
The Casio family.
I see Ren looking slightly annoyed by his tie but dashing in it.
Music starts to play then he takes my hand to the dance floor.
"You look... beautiful " he says after a few turns in silence.
"And you look dashing"i give another fake smile.
He studies it.
"So you organized this and I was not personally invited?"I joke to distract him.
"It's not my fault princess, I was not allowed to invite friends" he dips me.
I say nothing and allow my head fall.
"This may be cliche but let's go outside " he smiles, the smile that he knows cheers me up except this time it doesn't work.
"Okay"
Once we outside he turns to face me, tilting my head up to look him in the eyes before kissing me.
I return the kiss lazily, a lump forming in my throat.
He stops then pulls me into a hug, the dam breaks letting water stream from my eyes.
"It's okay to cry princess " he says and I nod.
"You know what, I don't even know why I am crying?" I say. Thinking back on everything that has happened I was not sad anymore.
He chuckled then looked at me, grasing my cheek gently with his thumb.
"I..."
"Ren!" Someone called to him from the hall, his father.
"I am so sorry "he pecked my forehead and jogged into the hall leaving there.
We weren't a thing.
We weren't together.
That's what bothered me.
The fact that we would kiss but never have the conversation.
Ugh.
I walk into the hall then take a sit at the corner .
"I couldn't help but notice a pretty girl sitting hair all alone" less than 2 minutes of sitting alone, a guy dressed in a suit approached me.
He smiled and offered me wine.
"Mind if I join you?".
"No,help yourself" I scoot to give him space.
"I am Gabriel"
"Jasmine". He had green eyes I couldn't look away from.
"Lovely name, are you here alone?"
"No my parents are on the dance floor".
We continued talking it was comfortable and distracting.
I looked over his shoulder and saw Ren looking at me, playing with a glance of wine.
He excused himself from the conversation he was having, walking up to me
It felt nice admittedly to have a guy get jealous when u talk to another guy.
"Do you mind if I interrupt?"he shook Gabriel's hand "I am Jasmine's boyfriend, Ren Casio" when did that happen.
I cough then he looks at me flashing a smile.
"I will be borrowing her for abit" he didn't bother to say that part nicely as he stood me up locking our arms.
"Gabriel fanlum, bad choice"he says after we are a few feet away.
I stop walking, we halt.
" Boyfriend?" A hint of anger in my voice.
"2 kisses, thought it was obvious" he had attitude written all over his face.
"No it wasn't, you don't just kiss and never talk about it. No. We are not together... Not yet anyway, normal people make things like that official. The guy asks things like 'would you be my girlfriend?' preferably with roses or something!" That was a lot of emotions. He looked at me confused.
"Why though?" He asks.
Tell me he didn't just "why though?"me
I unlock our arms then walk away, he doesn't follow.
My day has officially been ruined.
