A Night at the Prom

Chapter 6

A few hours passed as both Kankri and Meulin were together in the gym. Both of them were having the time of their life as they had been talking for mostly a hour and sometimes Kankri would just lecture her about the safety measures of partying. But as the music began to stop, a slow song began to appear on the stereo speakers. This caught the attention to Meulin as she wondered if Kankri was good at dancing.

"Say Kankritty.....do you purrhaps want to dance with me?" Meulin put her arms around her back as she narrowed her eyes to Kankri.

"M-me? Well i....I mean i learned a few from Porrim but i havent really been practicing as much. Plus my foot work is a bit sloppy and i--" As soon as Kankri was talking, his words were cut short as Meulin began to pull him onto the dancefloor with a lot of force. "Hehe its okay. I'm not really that great at dancing either...but i have seen Purrloz dance a few times" she said as she put her hand around his back and grabbing Kankri's other hand.

"Wait....Kurloz can dance?"

"Well....i mean.....if you give him some Maracas and a Sombero. But i dont think it really matters here." She said after giggling of the time she saw Kurloz at a taco joint dancing.

"I...see. Well lets see here..." Kankri muttered as he grabbed Meulin's hand and put his hand around her waist. He began to slowly sway her from left to right as he slowly spinned themselves around. But after a moment, he gripped Meulin's back as he slowly dipped her down to the floor a bit and then swinging her back up. "Wow!...i didnt know you were the type of person who would have moves like these~ You sure you didnt practice?" Meulin was actually amazed by how Kankri was dancing. Its almost like he really did practice. But Kankri did not pay any attention to Meulin's words as he was actually too pre-occupied with his dancing. But by a voice in his left ear, he could hear Latula giggling with Mituna as they were dancing just right behind them. This made Kankri break out in sweat as he accidently stepped on Meulin's foot. "Ow! Kankritty you just stepped on my foot." Meulin said as she lifted her feet. "Oh goodness. I do apologize Meulin...i guess i wasnt looking where i was stepping."

Meulin looked behind Kankri as she could now see Latula and Mituna kissing while they were dancing and can now understand what made Kankri so nervous. She sighed as she could figure that maybe he still had feelings for her. She put her hands on Kankri's cheeks as he made her look at her into her eyes. "Kankritty...Tell me the truth. Are you really over Latula? Or do you still secretly think she'll want you..." It was clear there was a hint of sadness in Meulin's voice. Kankri was sweating a bit as she didnt know how to answer her. He felt like he was over her, but just her pressence is what made him nervous and almost like he was about to break down. "Meulin ...I--" But just like that there was a tap on Kankri's shoulders as he jolted with a bit of surprise. It turned out the person who tapped him was Latula. "Yo! Kankri dude~ that was some sick moves ya did there. Maybe if you want, we can dance later?" Kankri was shocked to hear that from Latula. Could she finally now be showing some bits of interest in this chatterbox? "Why of coarse Latula! How about later?" he said while giving her a nervous smile. "Sure thing dude. Hey Mituna! Baby cakes! Dont drown in the punch bowl dude!" Latula then ran away from Kankri and Meulin to go help Mituna who oddly enough was drowning his head in the punch bowl. Meulin had her head down, showing sadness on her face as she can see Kankri just dodged the question and even said it himself he wanted to dance with Latula. She slowly broke away from Kankri as she backed up.

"Hm? Meulin? Is something the matter? You look like you seem to be in a pandemic of shock or...sadness?" Kankri said as he was examining her face. "Could it be that you are not feeling well or perhaps--"

"No i'm okay Kankritty...i just....I feel like i should go." Meulin broke off Kankri's sentence as she began to wave goodbye. "I mean...i dont want to interrupt anything between you and Latula....i....well......Bye Kankritty."

Just like that Meulin began to ran out of the exit door at a really fast pace. It was almost like she was running away from a serial killer or perhaps running for track and field. But beyond further inspection, it looked like there was a tear that broke off from her cheek as she ran. "Wait! Meulin!....Was...it something i said?" Kankri extended his arm out and tried to grab Meulin but it was obvious he was too far away from her. This gained some unwanted attention from the people around Kankri.

"Wow. Smooth moves there Vantas. Way to make a dame sad." Cronus was behind Kankri as he was taking a puff of his "wand" that was in his mouth. With that, Kankri just stood there and asked a question too himself. "What did i do wrong?".