Chapter Ten
A Visit from the Trickster
Your POV
It was five a.m. when you heard a loud bump in the corridors. Jane and Dianne were sleeping in your room. You shrugged off the noise and tried to go back to sleep.
*thump*
It was no mistake. Someone is in the workshop. You slowly got out of your bed and picked up your bow. Sofly and quietly closing the door, you went out of the room. You checked North's room and heard his loud snores. Next, you checked the elves and yetis and they were asleep. Maybe one of them were awake...
The only thing that light the hallway was Manny. Everything was in the shades of blue and black. Maybe it was just one of the elves. No one seems to be here.
"Hi there." A baritone voice said from behind.
You spun around and saw a person with a pumpkin for a head. Pumpkinman was wearing a long sleeve shirt but was folded up to his elbows. A vest was covering the shirt and he was wearing pants and leather shoes. Classy.
"H-hey..." You stuttered, "Who are you? And mind telling me what you're doing here?"
He walked a few steps closer to you and spoke, "Oh! Sorry about that Miss... Angel?"
"Cupid."
"You have wings so it's the same."
You grunted.
"Okay. Sorry, Miss Cupid. I came to visit an old friend of mine. Is he awake?"
"If you're talking about North he's still asleep. It's still five in the morning." Pumpkinman has some time issues.
"Really? It's still five a.m.? But my watch says it's 5 p.m." He scratched the back of his pumpkin head assuming there's hair there. Is there though? He added, "No wonder the lights were still off."
Well duh.
"Um, would you like to wait for North to wake up? I'll make hot chocolate too, if you'd like." Courteous and sweet Cupid initiated.
"Yeah, that'd be great. It's a date then!" He cheerfully said.
"Wh-what? No, you've got it all wrong-"
"Come on, let's go." He grabbed your hand and dragged you to who knows where. Your heels were skidding on the floor making that pitchy sound.
"What is all that ruckus?" A familiar Russian accent spoke.
The two of you looked at the huge jolly man. North and Jane were up and two yetis were awake behind them.
"Hi guys." You smiled at them. Your life is saved!
"North! Look! I have a girlfriend!"
Whaaaat??? Since did you agree to be his girlfriend?
"Oh, really? Is this true, (y/n)?" Mr. Claus scratched his bearded chin.
"N-no, this is a mistake-"
"Oh, so your name's (y/n). That's a really pretty name." What kind of boyfriend does not know hid own girlfriend's name? Not that you agree about the relationship thing though. "Nice to meet you. My name's Terence. Terence the Trickster."
"Hi Terence." You shook his hand and you both smiled at each other. Or you think he smiled, the pumkin's face has a smile drawn on it so... maybe?
"Hi, I'm Jane." Jane approached the both of you with that big curved line on her face.
"Hi Jane." Terence just waved his hand 'hello'.
"So when did this relationship start?" Jane eyed you teasingly.
"I told you it's-" you got cut off.
"Just two minutes ago. She was so sweet to me." Terence happily said, still holding hand your hand.
You wanted to revoke but North stopped you from doing so again.
"Ugh. Terence, take off mask. You know how mucb I hate not seeing real face." He complained. Wait, so that's just a mask?
"Oh, right." He chuckled. It was honestly a cute chuckle and then he took of his mask revealing his blond hair. Terence turned arounf and looked at you. "This is how I really look like, (y/n)."
Terence was actually good looking. His eyes were like Jack's, a calming clear blue color. His hair was cut short and a bit messy, fair skintone, and has a slim and tall built like the Ice Princess--err, I mean Jack.
"You're pretty handsome, Terence." Jane complimented and the trickster just smiled as a sign of thanks.
"Sorry, Terence but I am not your girlfriend yet. I'm always nice and sweet to everyone. It's not that I don't like you, it's just that I just met you and you know, it takes time to develop those kinds of things." You carefully said those, trying to not offend him in anyway.
But you didn't expect him to grin and then laugh.
"I was only kidding, (y/n). I live up to my name of being the trickster. You should've seen the look on your face." He smiled then winked at you.
And you got annoyed but you just met the guy so you shrugged off the idea of wanting to put his face im a blender and turn it on, high speed.
So, instead, you sighed.
"Wellp, I'm going back to sleep." You said and left the group. At the back of your mind, you thought that Terence was actually a good and fun addition to your friends.
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My deepest apologies for leaving this book. *cries*
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