365 Days With You

Chapter VII - Crush

.Cleo.

But Lance, um, can I see what's behind that teddy bear's face?'

Crap crap craaapp. My mouth should actually be stapled right now, Cleo thought. She wasn't supposed to say it out loud. She was just curious but she had no intention of actually asking him.

'You really don't know when to shut up, do you? Haha. Alright, alright. This suit's making me sweat too so I guess it's not a bad idea.' Lance said as he took off the teddy bear's face.

Everything seemed to be in slow motion for Cleo. She didn't expect that Lance would actually take it off as it might've been sacred or something. Excitement filled Cleo as she was closer and closer to seeing how Lance's face really looked like. She didn't know why she was so curious and excited but she just went with the flow.

The world must've stopped when Cleo saw how Lance really looked like. She couldn't believe her eyes. He looked like the God of being handsome.

Wife me up please, Cleo thought.

Lance had dark black hair and blue eyes. His smile was so charming that it could make thousands of girls fall for him in an instant. He had skin that looked as soft as a baby's, two cute dimples and straight, white teeth. Overall, he was perfect.

Cleo was out of words to say. Her mouth was hanging open. She was amazed that a guy could ever look this good. It's official. You're my new crush, Cleo thought.

'Hello? Hell to Cleo, you still there?'

Cleo was so lost in thought that she didn't notice that Lance was frantically waving his hands in front of her. She quickly straightened herself up as she couldn't bear to look like a fool in front of Lance.

'Ah, haha. Lance, hey uh yeah. I'm here, yeah. Cleo haha yeah. Wait, when did you start calling me by my real name?' she asked. She was surprised that she managed to realize that Lance started calling her by her name and not "m'lady".

'I guess since I took off my mask, I could drop the formalities too.' Lance said as he flashed her a cute smile.

'Damn, how can you be so handsome?' Cleo whispered to herself.

'Um, Cleo, did you say something?' Lance asked.

'Uh, no. Hey, why don't we continue going to this castle you're talking about?'

Lance nodded and the two continued to hop on rocks to reach the castle.

'Greetings, lovely visitor. Welcome to my castle.'