The Dawn of Our Love

Happily Together: Camus

Since Arcadia and Camus began to officially date, things slightly changed with them. They both still argued and bickered with each other, but it was different now. With the usual bickering, came a better reconciliation along with that, their arguments didn't last nearly as long as they had before. Their arguing wasn't the only thing to change, Camus had begun to be more of a gentleman around her and to her. At first, Arcadia thought that he was just pretending, but she soon realized that with his affection came a whole different version of Camus.

Today was just another example of his change in personality. Camus offered to have Arcadia over at his apartment to have brunch with himself and Alexander. It was a surprise considering he didn't invite her over very often, but nonetheless, she accepted his invitation and arrived at his doorstep right when he told her to. He was alone in the apartment with his dog when she arrived, and the food was sitting out, freshly cooked and ready to eat. She wasn't sure if he cooked the food or if someone else did, but she didn't bother asking.

"This was a nice idea, Camus. I appreciate being invited over here." Arcadia informed the male as they sat on his couch after their meal. Alexander was in between them with his head laying on the female's lap. She was gently stroking his fur as the couple spoke to one another.

"I had motives of my own by inviting you, so don't thank me yet."

"What do you mean?" She began to become slightly nervous at his statement.

"Soon after we started dating I was offered a job as a model for a product. That isn't anything new of course, however, the nature of the commercial could be viewed... inappropriately by you, as you are now my lover."

"Uhh..." Arcadia still didn't follow what he was saying, however, he directed her attention to the television in front of them.

On the screen were Camus and a very attractive female. The product they were showing off was a specific perfume and cologne pair, for lovers. Both Camus and the female had seductive type clothing on and were close together, to act as lovers in the 20-second commercial.

"I chose to not inform you of the commercial until Kotobuki told me that there was a possibility that you may be less than happy with this. I then was concerned that you would get needlessly annoyed or angry with me. So to avoid any arguments, I decided to show you the commercial myself as it debuted." It took Arcadia a few moments to respond. She was too caught up in watching the commercial. Once it ended, she decided to speak. She stopped petting Alexander, as it seemed that the dog knew something was coming and got off the couch and exited the room.

"I am angry..." Camus looked over at her, mentally preparing for some form of an apology he'd now have to speak. "I'm angry that you're so damn attractive in that!"

"Pardon me?"

"I mean seriously, it isn't fair that you look like that, especially with such a beautiful woman next to you. I can't believe you didn't tell me. You robbed me of the wonderful time I could have spent watching you when you looked like that in person." Camus was stunned into silence. It nearly slipped his mind that his girlfriend was infatuated with his appearance. However, he couldn't help but be happy. He had been concerned that she'd be put off by the commercial in some way.

"You know, you are attractive as well, so you shouldn't be acting so starstruck towards me."

"What? I may look pretty-ish, but you're insanely beautiful!"

"Silence woman, you are beautiful as well."

It wasn't something either of them expected, but a full-blown argument/debate was brought about from their comments. Camus was convinced that while he was attractive, Arcadia was equally as attractive as him.

"I don't really get why you think I'm so beautiful. I'm just average at best. I'm shy, and soft-spoken most of the time. I've been told that I'm even a little overweight. I'm not even near beautiful." Camus didn't like her saying that and it showed on his face. He frowned and turned to her, taking her hands in his.

"Arcadia, I don't tell this to people often, and you know how I feel about other people. If I tell you that you're beautiful, then you are. You are a very beautiful person, inside and out. Your weight doesn't determine if you are beautiful or not." The female couldn't help but sniffle as she began to cry. All her life she'd been told how ugly she was. She had never been told by anyone before that she was beautiful.

"Thank you, Camus."

"I only told the truth." His words caused Arcadia to smile at him. Camus reached up from her hands to a few strands of hair that'd fallen in front of her face. He pushed her hair behind her ears before he leaned towards her. He hesitated before their lips met and looked into her eyes. Her face had gone red, and her eyes showed that she was a little nervous about how close he was now to her. "May I kiss you?"

"Please..." Arcadia whispered to the male. He smirked and closed the distance between them. Arcadia didn't know if it was because she was so nervous and excited, but she could swear that there were sparks once their lips touched. There were sparks, and then there was nothing.

"...dia? Arcadia?" Camus' concerned voice woke the female, as she shot up from her laying down position.

"Um, what?"

"You fell unconscious." The female could see that the male was unnerved by that fact, and possibly a little embarrassed over the situation.

"Oh my god..." If Camus was a little embarrassed, then Arcadia was mortified. Her face instantaneously turned bright red as she gasped. Her hands flew to her face as she tried to hide in them. "I am so sorry Camus. I didn't think I'd faint after kissing you."

"I must admit, it startled me. No woman has fainted after kissing me before. You sure are a special one, Arcadia." He smiled at her, clearly making an attempt to make her feel better. She couldn't help but chuckle as she began to calm down.

Once both were passed the fainting, they remained on his couch. They decided to just watch some older shows that their friends had appeared in. To Arcadia's surprise, Camus was all right with a little bit of cuddling. He allowed her to lean against him and even wrapped an arm around her to pull her closer. It made her feel extremely special that this cold male was so warm with her, well most of the time at least.