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Chapter 12

"I love you Lefou."

I widen my eyes, I have longed to hear those words escape his lips. The words ring in my head, "You have no idea how long I've been waiting to hear that." 

Gaston smiles, and gently returns his lips onto mine, tasting the euphoric sweetness of his lips. 

Gaston's pov

His lips are so soft, and they taste so sweet. We hear a light tap coming from the door, we release each other from the kiss and look towards the door to see Belle holding my clothes. 

"I think you might need some clothes there." She gives me a small smirk. 

I look down to see only my torn-up trousers. I give a small chuckle and retrieve my clothes. 

"Thank you, Belle. Again I am so sorry, for everything." 

She places a hand on my shoulder, "Gaston it's okay now, you're different. You're kinder. Especially to him from what I've seen." She points at Lefou and chuckles lightly. I feel my face become red, I rub the back of my head while looking to the floor. 

She waves at Lefou and leaves our room. 

God, our room. 

Such a euphoric feeling, I feel a warmth spread through me. I feel a light touch on the small of my back, I turn to see Lefou smiling at me. 

"Belle said we can stay here, would you like me to grab our things?"

"I'll go with you, I just need to get dressed." I smile at him.

Lefou looks me up and down, "I don't know what you're talking about, I wouldn't complain if you stayed like this." He rubs my back, tracing my muscles with his fingers. We both start to chuckle, "I'll be downstairs love." He stands on the tips of his toes to give me a gentle kiss under my eye. A foreign warmth spreads from the spot he kissed, I stare at him as he walks out of the bedroom. I keep my eyes focused on where he left. I touch under my eye as if his lips would still be there. 

"Oh Lefou, you have no idea what you do to me," I whisper. 

I set down my clothes on the bed, and pick out my white undershirt and red vest. Along with my brown pants and boots. I get changed until I look in the mirror, my hair is draped down my shoulders. I look around to find a ribbon of some kind. I spot a dresser next to the bed, I open one of the drawers, I expect to see a ribbon but, all I see is a small piece of wood. I knit my eyebrows in confusion and pick up the small piece of wood. I hold it in my hands, it looks strangely familiar. I turned it over and see carvings on it, 

'Gaston + Lefou'

I smile and remember that day. 

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'"Lefou?!" I cry out. 

"Lefou where are you?" 

I see a small boy run up to me, "I'm sorry Gaston, I got held up." He says avoiding my gaze. Lefou and I are 17, I asked him to meet me by a tree on a hill far away from the village.

 "Lefou? Why won't you look at me?" Lefou shakes his head. 

I walk towards him and tilt my head to see what he's hiding. "Lefou? Are you alright?" I gently grab his chin and pull his face up. I let out a small gasp, Lefou's right eye is purple and red. 

"Oh Lefou who did this to you?" He shakes his head again. "Lefou please."

He looks up reluctantly and says," Tom, and Dick. They told me not to tell you or else they'll do something worse to me." 

"Why did they hit you?"

"They found out. About my. Secret." 

I sigh and hold out my arms, offering him a hug. He looks confused, however, he eventually accepts it. He crashes into me holding tightly to my waist. I wrap my arms around his neck and place my hand on the back of his head. I rest my chin on the top of his head. He seems to fit perfectly against my frame. 

"Lefou, you do not have to hold back your tears. Gaston is here." He holds on tighter and begins to weep into my chest. 

How could they do this to him? He's so kind, so sweet. As Lefou continuously sobs into my chest I become even angrier by the second. I let go of Lefou and gently grab his shoulders, "Lefou if they ever start to trouble you again, you come and get me. No matter what." He nods his head. 

I see his gaze shift from my eyes to what's behind me. I turn around to see a beautiful sunset, blues, purples, pinks, and oranges crash together. I turn to look at Lefou who is sitting against the tree, he looks up at me and pats his hand next to him. I sit down on the cool grass next to Lefou. We lean up against the tree together, watching the sunset. I feel something hit my shoulder next to Lefou, to my surprise it was a piece of bark from the tree. I pick it up and examine it, I then bring out my knife and start carving Lefou's name in it, along with my own. 

Lefou looks over my shoulder and to see what I'm doing. 

"What's that for?" I look at him and smile, "It's for you." 

I hand him the piece of bark, he looks up at me confused then he takes it from my hand and examines it, "Thank you, Gaston." He smiles, I smile back looking at his brown eyes. He is adorably perfect. I lean forward and slowly kiss his forehead. I stare back at the sunset smiling to myself. '

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