"You can stay here. No one comes here at this time," he says. "I'll be back."

Joss walks away, leaving me within the bushes, under the moonlight. I take a seat on the bench and try to ignore the creepiness of the night. It's literally the perfect atmosphere for a vampire to appear and suck the blood out of me.

I hum and engage myself with it until I hear the rustling sound of leaves. I jump at the sound but notice that it's only Bright, appearing from the bushes like a damn ghost.

"Why can't you walk on a route like a normal person?" I ask him.

"Duke Wayar asked me to." he gives a toothy smile. "What are we doing here, your highness?" he asks.

I sit again on the bench and cross my arms on my chest.

"We are on a date."

"...oh. T-then why am I here?" he asks, pointing at himself.

"Funny creature. Come and sit next to me." I smile. Bright nods and sits next to me. We fall into a comfortable silence as we both stare at the moon. "Say something," I say.

"Umm... If your highness wants my help to be the king, I am glad for that. I'll do my best," he says.

"Uh-huh. Aren't you too glad? You know that I am actually taking advantage of you and this situation. You are aware that you can do the same, right?" I ask.

"Pardon?"

"You said I am beautiful. Now that I am unofficially taking you as my partner, lover or something. Isn't it good for you?"

"I-it is. But what- what will happen to me after your highness becomes the king?" he asks.

"You remain the same. I won't throw you away." I assure.

"..."

"That's why we are here. This is me, trying to see if I can like you." I turn to face him and lean close. "Well, you are handsome and an amusing person. I don't think it's going to be hard." I boldly say with a smile.

Bright turns red instantly, and he almost looks as if he will burn. His ears might emit smoke, and his eyes might explode. So I lean back.

"This can be a dream come true for someone like me," he mutters.

"Uh-huh. And I am keeping my trust in you. There are a few rules, though. Don't be a gold digger. Don't be a cheater. Don't be a liar. Just be you, who I believe is a naïve tomato," I say.

"I will. I-if that... makes y-your highness fall for me."

"Hmm~" I smile and lean over again, this time close to his face. Bright leans back, looking so shocked that he's making an utterly funny face. It's so fun to tease him! "Tell me something about you," I say as I lean back.

It takes Bright a while to compose himself from the shock. My little experiment makes it clear that he not only sees me as beautiful but he might as well like me.

"I... I like reading books."

"Oh. I like too. What's your favourite?"

"It's..."

Like that, we talk for another hour about our likes and dislikes, a bit about what is happening, and I blabber how much I dislike getting wet in the rain, which he opposes. And with time, I understand that he's a bearable person. I like his company... more than I thought I would which is a good sign.

Then I remember Joss is somewhere waiting for us to end our date, so I called it a day. I walk with Bright to find Joss.

"So when can we meet again?" I ask.

"Any time you want, your highness," he says.

"No. I am not going to tire you after you work hard during day time. Let's meet on the day after tomorrow, okay? Rest tomorrow night."

"Thank you, your-" I interrupt Bright by keeping my finger against his lips. He startles at my action and freezes.

"You use 'your highness' too much. Don't be nervous around me." I say.

"You two are already out?" Joss breaks our developing eye contact, walking to us.

"Yeah. Sorry, we forgot about the time." I say, withdrawing my hand.

"Never mind that. So when do you want to meet this buckaroo again?" Joss asks, pointing at Bright.

"Day after tomorrow would be fine." I smile.

"Aright. Then I'll take Bright back to his place. You can leave now itself. No one's around." Joss says, and I nod.

Joss signs to Bright, and they walk in the other direction to go to the underground dungeon. And suddenly, I do something I wasn't planning to do. My body just reacts before my mind as I hold Bright's hand and pull him to me. Then I plant a small kiss on his cheek and run away🏃🏻‍♂️


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-Sunshine👑

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