𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐊𝐍𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐒 | eah

12

* darling's pov *

THE REST of the afternoon flew by with a blur filled with laughter, food and fun times with Chase Redford.

Now, it's Sunday and I planned on going to the shops to buy new clothing because seriously, I think I've overused some of my clothes way too much as you can see some of them had their colors fading and some had torn spots on it's fabric.

Upon getting up on my bed, I saw a note on Bella's bed which was addressed to me. It was about how she stayed at the Charming Palace last night on her date with Daring and she was unable to hang out today. But it was quickly stated on her note that she promised to hang out with me more after.

I quickly took a shower and put on a white shirt with cute light blue suspenders that matched my highlight color. For the shoes I just wore the sane flats I had worn yesterday since they are pretty comfortable.

I took my light blue (I have an addiction to the color, okay?) purse and placed my MirrorPhone inside along with extra stuff. Trudging towards the mirror, I applied some lip balm and minimal makeup that were of the color natural except for light blue dusting on my eyes.

After that, I trudged out and walked casually towards the school gates and into the busy village of Ever After.

People were walking right past me with shopping bags on their hands, some were walking to the café nearby, and some were just sitting on the benches and enjoying to look at the busy village life.

I smiled as I walked into a clothing store and took a look at all the clothes. The store itself was divided into different areas, on the right side was the men's area and on the left was the girl's. The store also had children's clothing as well as baby clothing.

Trudging towards the girl's area, I spotted a cute white shirt with the print 'princess on fleek' on the left breast area of the clothing. It's sleeves had a navy blue color on its tips. I rummaged towards the different sizes of the shorts and found the right shirt size — small.

I quickly took it out of its hanger and went to found other clothes. Going towards the jeans area, I spotted navy blue joggers that looked perfect with the white shirt. Yet again, I rummaged through the different sizes and found the right size. Getting it, I walked towards other pieces of clothing and found some really nice stuff.

After deciding that I had enough, I started walking towards the counter but it was quickly halted when I spotted something cool in the men's area. I walked there and saw a royal blue hoodie with the words reprinted on it 'K N I G H T'. I smiled as I saw it, it was a pretty cool hoodie. As I rummaged on the sizes, I smiled. There was a size available for me and fairy godmother, it was the last one for the size extra small. I sure am lucky today.

"Darling?" A familiar voice resonated behind me.

I turned and saw Chase holding some men's clothes. Damn, he wore black long sleeves and denim jeans equipped with black vans. In fairness, he looked handsome.

WHAT AM I THINKING.

"Hey Chase!" I grinned.

"What are you doing here?" He asked, confused.

"What do you think? I'm shopping." I say in a 'duh' tone.

He chuckled. "I know but what are you doing in the men's area?"

I gestured towards the hoodie and smiled. "I found this and I fell in love with it. Thought it looked pretty wicked."

He glanced at the design and nodded approvingly. "That is wicked." he mused and added "Hey! Why not we have matching hoodies?"

"Isn't that step for couples already? With the matchy matchy and all." I replied.

"C'mon! We're just happy best friends wearing same hoodies!" he smiled.

A pang went through my heart when he said 'friends' but I shrugged it off nonetheless.

"Best friends, huh?" I teased as I poked his shoulder.

He grinned happily "Yep! Best friends like amazing ones that braid each other's hair and have sleepovers on each other's houses. Those kind of amazing best friends."

I giggled. Chase is really amusing.

"Go ahead." I gestured towards the hoodie.

With that, he rummaged through the sizes and found his size — large.

"In the name of fairy godmother, you sure are buff." I laughed.

Chase scoffed. "Of course I am." then he flexed his muscles.

I rolled my eyes and said "Okay buff boy, let's go pay."

He grins then nods. From there, we walked towards the cashier.

"Would you pay this individually or joined?" the cashier asked me and Chase.

Before I could say something, Chase replied "Joined. Darling, I'll pay for both of us." with that said, the cashier started scanning the items.

"Chase, you don't need to pay for my stuff." I replied, looking at him.

"But I want to pay for us." he replied, gazing back at me.

I blushed and said "thanks."

The cashier paused from her scanning and said "you guys make a cute couple."

We both blushed and averted one another's gazes as the cashier chuckled and started scanning again.

Once we paid, we went out the store silently. The tension was thick.

"So, where are we headed now?" Chase says, breaking the tension.

"Um we can go to the café." I suggested.

He nods and does something unexpected. He grabbed my hand.

My eyes were wide as I looked at him but he was looking at the distance far ahead.

Deciding it was alright with this hand holding, we trudged towards the café, never once breaking our joined hands.

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DARLASE IS LYF.

~ drea cx