Red Thread ♡《Laurence x Reader》DISCONTINUED

14

"Wake up, please, madam!" One of the maids smiled, staring down at me.

"What-- why so early?" I asked, glancing over at the time. It was 8am, and I usually get up at about 10am. It's Saturday for crying out loud!

"Because! We have some guests coming over for dinner, and we need to start preparing now~"

"But that's at dinner time...?"

"They'll be arriving at approx 2:15pm, and will be staying until 6pm! We need to find the perfect outfit for you, and make sure you're all ready to go!" She grinned.

I lazily rolled out of bed. "Fineeee.."

The maid grabbed my hand, pulling me towards my walk in wardrobe. A few other maids were already inside, selecting some outfits.

"We haven't quite decided whether we're going to make you an entirely new outfit or pick an old one!" One of the maids scratched the back of her head, sighing.

The maids cleaned my teeth, did my hair up into a ponytail, using a white bow to tie it up with. (If your hair is short, they neatly brushed it and left it the way it is).

"Alright! Now to pick a dress..." the maids began picking out all sorts of dresses, some were long, others were short.

My parents walked in, and ordered the maids to get me to try on all the dresses the maids picked out. Each time, they disliked it, or it just wasn't good enough.

"Tonight's very important, so we have to make sure the dress is perfect!" Mother smiled.

"I don't like anything here," father sighed.

"Yes I agree, we'll make you a new one, is that alright madam?" She asked. I shrugged, nodding. I really didn't care.

"Quickly now, we don't have all day. Our guests will be here in 2 hours," father said.

An hour passed, and they came back with a short white dress, with a pink bow tied around the back of it.

I slipped on the dress, and everyone seemed approving of it. Even I didn't mind it. The maids put white pearl earrings on me, some jewellery and pink high heeled shoes to match the bow. My father gave a nod of approval, and with that I was done.

My mother and father were also dressed quite nicely.

"Hey, father?" I asked.

"Yes sweetie?" Father replied.

"Who's coming over exactly...?" I questioned.

"Garte," he replied.

I completely froze.

"Is that all...?"

"Of course not. Zianna, Vylad, Zane and Garroth will be there too! You know them, right? I heard they go to your scho--"

I began to mentally panic. Oh god. No...not now!

I heard a knock on the door, and my stomach completely dropped.

"Oh, they must be here early, great!" My father smiled, as one of the maids ran towards the door, and we all followed her downstairs to greet them.

As the door opened, Garte and my father shook hands, and Garte's wife and my mother waved at each other. I noticed Vylad and Zane, who seemed like they didn't want to be here, and Garroth wouldn't even look at me.

We sat around the living room, Garroth sat next to me, since his father kinda force him to. The adults all spoke to one another for hours. The rest of us sat there silently. Occasionally Zane and Vylad would talk.

At 6pm, the maids informed us dinner was ready. The food looked amazing, it was genuinely making my mouth water a bit.

We all sat down, and my father turned to me.

"Y/N," he said.

"Yes, father?" I replied.

"Now, this may be quite sudden, but well, your Mother, Garte,  Zianna and I have all been planning something quite exciting for you. Garroth's known about this for some time now."

"Hmm, what is it, father?" I asked, my lip quivering.

"We're planning for you and Garroth to be boyfriend and girlfriend, and in a few years you both can get married, how great, eh?" My father smiled.

I was in shock, my eyes widened. I turned to look and Garroth, and his face was a deep red.

"S-sounds lovely, father," I lied.

No.

This isn't what I want.

I felt my heart break into a million pieces,

because at this moment, I realised something,

I like Laurence, well, more than like, and now...

we may never be together.

Gah. I feel like these two chapters I just released are quite rushed, but there wasn't much progress in the story. I'm glad to be writing the super juicy part for you guys ;D it's only gonna get better! Sorry there's a lot of Garroth stuff happening lately, but dw, it won't be much of that soon heh.

Also, a big apology for not updating in two months, thank you for being patient with me. I draw and also write, which is hard to manage both XD