Am I Human?

Happy Valentines Day

Hey, sorry for the late Valentines Day post. This is not an actual chapter, there will be a short story about the characters in this book celebrating Valentine's Day. Sorry if it's not that good because I'm not that good at writing romance.
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Valentines Day

I breathed in. The smell of roses and sweets flooded into my room. I followed the smell, leading to the halls. A young boy was carrying a box of sweets and a bunch of roses in his arms as he looked in the reflection of the mirror. He then walked towards the room not far from mine, knocked on the door and took a deep breath. He was greeted by a girl about same age as me. Her smile brightens as he hands her the flowers and sweets. They both didn't noticed me as they were too busy hugging and being all lovey-dovey.

Ah, it's Valentines Day. The day where you receive chocolates and flowers. The day where I'm excited on receiving nothing.

Before closing my door, I noticed vases decorated with roses appeared out of no where. The window in front of my room was half closed and the sweet smell of candies and chocolates floated into the hallway. I didn't know Valentine's Day was such a big day I'm the World of Xtras.

It has been about two weeks or three after I arrived to the World of Xtras and I learnt many new things. Even though my sister is on the lose and making her way here, I have to admit it was kind of fun here.

I jumped back on the bed after showering and wanted for Ryder to bring breakfast as usual. Outside, the birds chirp to one another and heard a whoosh of the pig's wings as a few flew past my window. A man yelling from afar, flying after them. He had feathery wings just like them were chasing after the pigs early in the morning. I guess  Valentines Day isn't everyone's favourite.

I then heard a familiar shout, I pulled my curtains over and saw Jay sitting on the pig, flying. He noticed me staring at him and waved. I shook my head and tried to tell him to stop fooling around. All he did was pointed at something behind me. I turned around to check if he was pointing at any figure behind me. But no, he was pointing at an object, he tried to draw a rectangle with his two fingers.

"You! Castle boy! Give me my pigs back." the man shouted, interrupting our barely understanding conversation.He flew after Jay and flapped his wings as fast as he can. Jay threw another apple out and the pig started to chase after it. I sighed and closed the curtains. No wonder the king didn't send him on missions or quests. If I was a king, I mean queen I'll never assigned him for anything, a bit too risky.

I turned around, the only rectangle object behind me was my door. I walked towards and twist the knob. Is this one of his tricks again? I hesitated for awhile whether to open the door or not. I slowly opened the door, no one was there. And I did what any normal person would do, they would look down, expecting something someone left it for them. And there was. A bunch of roses and a box of chocolate. How did I not noticed that from the just now? 

I picked up the chocolate and the roses and a card fell out. "Will you be my Valentine?" it said. At the back, it wrote "Ryder" Woah. The first time ever I received a gift on Valentines Day. That's nice of him. Then, I realized it, my face started burning up and I quickly shut my door.

"Hey Ash! I got breakfast!" I heard Ryder's voice as he kicked the door. Speaking of right timing. The door knob started turning but I leaned against the door, didn't want to let him come in. He pushed and fell front. As fast as I could, I got up and threw the flowers under the bed and the chocolate in the drawer. "Hey..What took you so long?" I asked as I shut the drawer.

"Oh, today's a big day for the World of Xtras and I decided to eat something more than bread. Ohya, met Seline just now." he rolled his eyes while mentioning her name as he handed me my tray.

Eggs and bacon on one side and three pancakes stacked over each other, maple syrup dripping down from the first to the last. A cup of hot chocolate layer at the corner of the tray.

He sat on the couch, poked his fork into the bacon and stuffed it into his mouth. I just sat there, watching him. "You not hungry?" he waved his fork in the air.

I shook my head and ate the sweet pancakes. He looked at me as if something was wrong. He placed the tray next to him and stood up. Shit. Did he found out about it.

"Toilet." he pointed at the bathroom and walked towards it. Once he closed the door I let out breath. I placed my tray on my dressing table. I thought he was going to find out. "Find out what?" he placed his hands on my shoulder. I flinched and moved away.

"Why are you acting so awkward towards me?" he asked. I just looked away. "Come on, tell me." he walked closer to me, feeling up the space between us. Soon, his face was inches from mine. He leaned closer. My face started burning up. I could feel his breathing in my neck as he whispered a few words in my ears.

This is a prank

Wait. A prank? He pointed his thumb backwards towards my window, smirking. A figure stood out there, standing on a flying creature. Jay! He was holding his phone in his hands, snapping pictures of me. After he noticed I found out he was taking pictures, I pulled the curtains over and walked over to Ryder. I kicked him in the shin and jumped on my bed burying my face in my pillow.

He threw himself backwards, laughing. "You should have seen your face. It's priceless."
He was hugging his stomach and sank into the couch.

He got up and walked towards me. "Comon, Ash, it's not that bad." he shook my shoulders. I didn't answered. I was still mad and ignored him. He grabbed me by the waist and pulled me up, we were now floating a few inches above the ground.

My face grew even redder than before and looked away. "Comon, it's Valentine's Day." he used two fingers and placed it on my chin, pulling my face front, facing his. I quickly shook my head and buried in my face in his chest.
His feet touched the ground and so did mine. I quickly pulled apart and walked towards my half eaten breakfast. "Wooh! Is it hot or is it just me?" I asked as I drank another my hot chocolate. I still didn't want to look at him because I was angry.

"Nah, it's just you." he chuckled.  "The gift wasn't my idea. It's Jay's. Actually, I didn't know about it until you started worrying about it." he explained while poking his egg yoke with his fork. "I figured out his plan while he was standing outside your window, holding a phone."

I sat at the edge of my bed, eating my unfinished pancakes. I watch him stood up bent down, his hand reached under my bed, grabbing the roses I had hid. There was no point of hiding anyways since he knew.

He held out the bunch of roses in front of me. "I said gift not gifts, the chocolates are from Jay. Roses are from me." he sent me a warm smile.
"Happy Valentines Day."