Cinderella Prince (OffGun) - FF

#1 - Masquerade Ball

"Wow what are they doing here?" Namtan asked her friends in a whisper.

Kang, Cherry & Gun turned towards the entrance of the auditorium just in time to see the 5 Princes from the Engineering faculty enter. In the lead was Tay closely followed by New, his boyfriend, then Krist and Singto who were the most followed couple on campus and then last but not the least Off, the object of Gun's crush.

Kang, Cherry, Gun and Namtan were 3rd year student from the Communication Art's faculty. And they had been working to get the auditorium ready for the Masquerade ball that their faculty was hosting on the following night.

"Hey Gun!" Tay called out waving to his cousin. "Me and my workers at your service," he continued, executing a curtsy bow just as he came to a halt in front of his cousin.

"Your workers?" Krist retorted giving a light smack on Tay's head.

"Don't mind them," Singto said with a smile walking forward and ruffling Gun's hair fondly.

Being cute, adorable and tiny meant he was mostly treated like a kid rather than the 20 year old 3rd year student body president that he actually was.

"So tell us what you want done and we will get right on to it." New said with a smile. He was holding a big tool box which he placed on the floor.

Off was still standing a little distance away busy tapping on his mobile. He had neither looked at the group nor greeted them. Rude and standoffish as usual. Gun's friends had often wondered why their cute friend had to have a crush on someone so cold and detached as Off.

"Thank you for coming, all of you. You can start with the disco lights and the strobe. All that you require is kept in that corner," Gun said pointing towards the opposite corner which was covered with boxes and bags. "The sound equipment is also in there and needs to be setup as well."

"Leave that to us," said Earth who had just come in with his 2 friends Mike & White. They were also 3rd year student but from the Fine & Applied Arts faculty.

New looked at Earth and greeted him with a smile. The next instance Tay was besides New draping a proprietary arm around New's shoulders and giving Earth a cold smile.

It was a rumor around campus that Earth fancied New. But the two always claimed they were just friends and were close because they knew each other since school. But Tay was the possessive type and though he refrained from insulting Earth it didn't mean he couldn't be rude.

Before the cold war escalated to some new heights Singto as per always deferred the situation by dragging New & Tay towards the step ladder he had spotted near the far wall, while White stepped in and dragged Earth towards the sound system.

Soon everybody was busy completing their own tasks.

Tay's group was working on the lights while Earth's group worked on the sound system and Gun and his group went back to blowing balloons and making paper flowers and other decoration to adorn the walls.

"So what exactly is your plan Gun?" Cherry asked in a low voice so that except for the 4 of them nobody else would hear. She was referring to the topic that they had been discussing before the others had arrived to help.

Gun was standing staring at Off who had his back towards them. Gun had a dopey smile plaster on his face and had not heard a word Cherry said. His 3 friends looked at him then at each other and shook their heads in amused exasperation, knowing very well their friend was already in lala land, dreaming about kissing Off.

Gun had had a life size crush on Off since the first time he had met Off at Tay's 14th birthday party. Tay, Off & Krist were best friends since they were in 1st grade. Gun was Tay's cousin. And though the two had met often Gun lived in another area and went to a different school, and so had never met Tay's friends before that party.