10: If You Just Smile

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~Time Skip~                              ~Night~


I've had so much fun!

Me and Arthur went all over town,and had an absolute blast.


We're currently walking down the empty street,
Im lightly grabbing his elbow as we talk about our favorite jokes.


"Oh I've got one!" I beam,how do you stay young?"

"Umm...." he thinks for a minute,"you got me, how?"

"Lie about your age~" I chuckle,"hey that's pretty good" he says,"here's one,why do bees have sticky hair".

"Uh..." I try thinking,"I don't know why?"

"Because they use honeycombs~" he chuckles,
"Ooooooh!" I yell in realization,"that's funny~".

We walk up the stairs towards his apartment,
Once we made it to his door,he took out his keys and proceeded to unlock it.

He turns to face me,"Would you like to come in?" He asks


"I-Uh sure"" I say,skipping past him and into the apartment. I look around,"woah~" I gasp,
"It looks amazing~"

"You think so~?" He asks,looking at the ground and putting his hands in his pockets,"I-i mean it's nothing much but...it's home".

"I might consider moving into this complex~" I laugh,"it's much better than my place".

I continue to look around,there's shelves of books, a tv, it seems overall normal. I look over at a desk filled with scattered papers,I look over and pick one up. Some are full of jokes, while some are....sketches.

"Did you draw these?" I ask,mesmerized by this talent,"y-yes" he stutters,"they aren't that good but I like to sketch".

"Are you kidding!?!" I practically scold him,
"these are amazing, I've never seen anything more realistic".

I continue to look through the pile of papers,then come across a drawing...

It's me


I pick it up,and look over at Arthur,



"You drew a picture of me...?"




"W-well yes I..." he says nervously,"I-i did....
Do you like it?"



"Arthur I love it~" I gasp,"it's beautiful,thank you".

I speed over to him,and embrace him in a hug.
"Why didn't you tell me you could draw...?" I ask him,he doesn't answer.

I let out a sigh,releasing him and plopping down on his couch.

"oh hey!" He beams,"why don't we lighten up this place huh~?"

He walks over to his record player that was at the far corner of the wall,he picks up a random disk,sets it down on the deck,and turns it on.



Classical music filled the room,


🎶"Smiiiile,though your heart is aching~"🎶


Arthur sways his body to the music,twirling and dancing to the slow melody.




🎶"Smile,even though it's breaking"🎶




"Arthur" I smile,"what are you doing?"


He doesn't say anything,instead he strides towards me,and gently holds out his hand.




🎶"when there are clouds,in the sky you'll get by"🎶




I place my hand in his,and he gently pulls me up to my feet."put your hand right here..." he instructs,putting my hand on his shoulder,
"Then I put mine right here".

He places his hand on my waist,"give me your other hand" he says,his other hand raised in front of him.

I meet my other hand with his,our fingers crossed together in a perfect fit. "Follow my lead~" he whispers,and I nod.


🎶"If you smile through your fear and sorrow,smile and maybe tomorrow,you'll see the sun, come shining through,for you~"🎶


We sway to the music,lightly turning from side to side simultaneously.


"Light up your face with gladness~" Arthur sings with the song,gazing down at me with his bright blue eyes,"hide every trace of sadness".


He raises his arm,and I do a quick twirl,lightly laughing with joy.



"Although a tear will be ever so near"


~His voice is so calming~



"That's the time you muuust,keep on trying, smiiiile what's the use of crying,you find that life, is still worth while...."



He brings me closer to him....



"If yoooou...just smiiiiile~"



The instrumental sequence starts to play, and all of a sudden Arthur lifts me up,twirling me around.


I let out an excited squeal,"aaah~!" I laugh,clinging onto him for dear life.


All he does is laugh,then gently set me down,
"I didn't know you were that strong~" I gasp in amazement,"Well it's not like your even that heavy~" he smiles.



🎶"that's the tiiime you must keep on trying, smile what's the use of crying"🎶


I find myself lost in his eyes....


And suddenly,I find our faces leaning closer and closer.



🎶"you'll find that that life is still worth while..."🎶



Is this right...?




🎶"if yooou... just smiiiile"🎶




just as our faces were centimeters apart....





~he leans in and kisses me~

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