Toffee Romance (part 1) Trust

~Chapter 13~

The next day was a Saturday. Even though it was a promising and sunny weekend, I decided to lock myself up in my room until the time passed. Soon Saturday drifted into Sunday and there was a knocking at my widow. The pain I felt dissipated because I held out hope that I'd see Toffee there. However, it was just a pink fluffy cloud that delivered to me some sort of hand drawn invitation. I read it over and smiled lightly at it. I stood up and headed to the shower to get ready. Then I headed to the Diaz household to fulfill my invite to whatever event it was that Star was having. It turns out that the holiday was Mewnipendence day. Sadly enough, with my changed view of monsters, the holiday wasn't as pleasant for me as it was for the other Mewmans. Nevertheless, I still pretended not to know what she was talking about and blended in with the others while she explained the very biased and one sided view of the holiday. It saddened me that a girl like her was so misguided. But what else could be done about it at this point. If she was going to break from her views, then she'd have to do it on her own like I had to do when I was younger. "And what about you Ariel? What would you like to be?" Star brought me from my thoughts with her question. "I'm sorry...what???" I asked her in confusion. She giggled and shook her head. "What side would you like to take? Monster or Mewman?" Star asked the question again. I smiled widely and replied "monster please." She tilted her head in confusion, then shrugged her shoulders. "Ok, then let's get this Warnicorn party on the road then!" Then everyone trudged outside to get suited up. I smiled and customized my costume to resemble Toffee's war uniform. The skulls were different  by missing their butterfly cheek prints. I didn't want to freak out Star! The knee guards were different as well since they didn't have spikes. The fabric of the shirt was still see through, but I wore a black bra underneath it to make it less noticeable. Star's view on the massacre was absolutely as unfair as the actual massacre itself all those years ago. The monsters were under-powered just the same as the Mewmans were brutal. I actually wanted to take part in everything until I noticed the actual monster that found his way onto the field and made his way to Stars wand. I hid myself away in the woods and watched the event unfold. I noticed that he was one of the monsters from Ludo's crew. If I followed him, it would lead me to Toffee and this I knew. 

Therefore, I hid away until everything blew off. Then I shouted at the others that I needed to head home (a lie obviously) and I rushed off to follow the monster. Sure enough, he opened a portal that I followed him through with stealth. It wasn't long before I made it to a rather bleak looking castle. I didn't follow him inside. I simply stayed out for a while and thought hard about how I would get inside. Moments later, there was a loud thud and grunt, then the sound of the castle doors being closed loudly. I watched from behind the corner as the previous monster sadly opened a portal and disappeared. I didn't know the circumstances, but it was clear that I had a soft spot for monsters. So to see this one so sad, I also felt for him no matter what evil he may have done in the past. No one is born truly evil. 

In the middle of my thoughts, the door opened up to the castle. I tried to hide myself away in the darkness, but I was noticed. That's when I heard that soothing voice say it: "Ariel...I know it's you. I've been doing surveillance on the situation today and I watched you track me back here using Buff frog. Come out...please?"  Toffee's voice was too alluring to ignore. I hated him so much for leaving me behind this whole time, but I needed him so badly that I tracked him here with no way back to Earth. I sighed and slowly came out of the shadows. I glared at him with such anger and hurt, and I know he noticed it. His expression was soft and apologetic. He was begging for my forgiveness through his facial expression, but I wasn't going to give it to him just yet. "Please Ariel, I know you're upset but you can let me explain. If you don't...then I won't let you go back to earth until you do." Toffee tried to bribe me with his interdimensional scissors. He knew I didn't have a pair, so he'd be my only way back home to earth. I sighed and agreed to let him tell his side of the story. He welcomed me into the castle and sat me at the table across from him. I crossed my arms and put my feet up o the table. I thought if I pulled a Janna move with confidence, that I would't cry. It surprisingly worked! 

I stared at him and felt myself getting lost in his gaze. He seemed so different after these years. His hair was slicked back so neatly and he was a little slimmer, but I could tell he still had his muscle underneath that attractive suit he was wearing. Toffee was...attractive to me now? More so then ever, and I have no idea what to do about that. "Listen Ariel, I know you hate me to the deepest pits of your soul. I know you believe I had forgotten about you or left you behind but the reasons are much different. After you went away, my plan went into fruition. For 25 years I've been carrying this plan out. I crossed and betrayed a lot of people. I ended up killing the king of Septarsis in the process as well. In the end, I was put on the wanted list all throughout that dimension. Since then, I've managed to get this far into castle Avarius which is just a forest apart from Mewni as you can see." He pointed out the window to the castle in the distance. "I'm extremely close to my success, but I left you because it's become far too dangerous over those years for me to include you along." He explained to me. I bit my lip until it bled and slammed my hands onto the table. "ARE YOU STUPID!?!? The only reason you left me behind is because you worried about me?! You trained me!!! Do you really believe I was that weak?!?! TOFFEE I ALMOST DIED FROM THIS PAIN!!!" By now, my face was soaked from the tears that started to run down from my eyes. "I...I HATE YOU TOFFEE!!! I...i hate you because i needed to see you so bad. to know you were okay at least." The last part escaped as barely a whisper from my lips. Toffee gasped and quickly rushed to my side of the table. He pulled me into his arms and held me tightly. "Please Ariel...I'm so sorry I did this to you. I didn't do it because I didn't believe you could handle yourself. I did it because I care for you." Toffee said the last part quietly. I looked up at him and his brows were furrowed. His eyes were wet and sparkly. I knew then what kind of attraction I felt for him these off 20 something years. And it certainly wasn't friendship anymore. It was love.