Twilight (Short Story)

Chapter 1

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One early morning Kaia was woken up by her mother, Stara, and given a letter as well as a dress to wear.

"Get up."

"Mom. Why do I need to go to the gathering? I'm already engaged."

"Not officially. Your engagement will be made official with the choosing ceremony."

"Stara, Kaia's getting engaged, and you're going on as if it's your engagement." a man, standing in the doorway.

"Tion. Kaia's acting as if it's nothing." Stara says walking to her husband in the doorway. Trying to get him on her side

"Stara. Everyone reacts to different thing in different ways. Let Kaia be." Tion says sliding his arm around Stara's waist

"We'll let you get dressed. Brian and his family will be here soon." Tion says pulling his dumbsruck wife with him.

As Kaia's parents leave her room she gets up, getting everything ready and goes to the bathroom.

'I get that I'm getting engaged, but do you have to be so cheerful' Kaia asks as she slumps her shoulders down in defeat.

She opens the taps and gets under the water. She lets the warm water run down her body, washing her hair, making sure to completely rinse any hair products from her hair before getting out.

Wrapping the towel around her waist she exits the bathroom only to freeze in place, seeing Brian standing with his back to her.

"Brian!?" She yelps and closes the bathroom door, completely shocked and embarrassed

"Sorry!!" he yells and she hear a door slam shut. Opening the bathroom door she checks to see if it's safe and when she's sure that it is, she gets out of the bathroom.

Dressing in her underwear she throws on a long dress that buttons up at the front.

"Sorry." Brian says as soon as Kaia opened the door. Brian's heart pounds against his chest, having almost seen Kaia in her most physical, vulnerable form.

"No, it's my fault for leaving my clothes outside. Come in." Kaia says feeling extremely shy and steps aside to let him in. Her heart skipping a beat when his scent makes its way to her nose.

"Aren't you a bit early?" Kaia asks with a cheeky tone as Brian takes a seat near the table in her room.

"Yes. I woke up early so, I thought you'd be awake." Brian says staring at  Kaia, wondering how someone like her could be labeled as different.

Kaia looks around the room and starts feeling more shy, upon seeing the messy room.

"It's fine. You should see my room." Brian chuckles seeing her looking around the room with an embarrassed look, scaring Kaia from her thoughts,

"It's not normally, this messy." Kaia says with a chuckle and tries ro divert the topic.

"At what time does the other families arrive?" Kaia asks going to her bed to fix the covers.

"In a few hours." Brian says and stands up walking towards Kaia. He takes the other part of the bedding and helps her with her bed.

Brian doesn't do much, as he is to busy staring at the girl in front of him. Her hair wet from the shower and her ears slightly red from the heat.