"Why in the world were you wearing a doughnut costume?" I laughed.

Cupcake's blush deepened, and she covered her face with her hands.

"I knew this would bite me in the ass," She shook her head and chuckled.

"And look at you eating mud! You were gross, Cupcake," I laughed even harder.

BEEP BEEP BEEP

"Ooh! Popcorn's ready. Let's leave these photos and go watch iron man," She said hurriedly and tried to take the pictures from my hands.

I raised my hand and watched her with amusement as she attempted to climb me like a tree.

"Come on, Lory," She huffed, "Just give them to me,"

"Nope," I chuckled.

"Lor-" Her ankle twisted, and she tripped. Instinctively, I wrapped my free arm around her waist and pulled her to me to keep her steady.

Her hands wrapped around my neck, and there was a gap of barely a few centimetres between us.

I looked into her eyes, looking back into mine and felt myself get lost in them yet again.

My eyes then flickered to her lips, thinking about how it would feel like to have them on mine. Before I knew it, I found myself leaning in and closing the distance between us.

The world slowed down as our faces neared. Slowly, Cupcake closed her eyes as she leaned into my touch.

I lowered my hand that was in the air and wrapped it around her waist, too, pulling her even closer.

"What's taking so- HOLY SHIT!" Willy's voice made us jump apart.

Cupcake shuffled in her place, looking at the ground as her cheeks turned a deep red, and I huffed in annoyance and rubbed my temples.

"What the fuck do you want?" I snapped at Willy.

Fucking cockblocker

"Popcorn?" He answered.

"I, um, I'll take them outside," Cupcake mumbled hurriedly, grabbed the bowls of popcorn and all but ran out of the kitchen.

I watched her retreating figure while screaming in frustration on the inside.

"Willy?! The fu-"

"Imma just go outside before you kill me," Willy said before sprinting to the living room.

Great. Fucking great.

Ughhh

I attempted to calm myself down and took a good look at my surroundings to distract me from thinking about what could've happened if Willy hadn't come skipping.

Look at the stillness, Lory.

The same island, that lone popcorn that got separated from others of its kind, the dark shadow whooshing past the window.

Hold the fuck up.

Shadow.

What the fuck was that?!

I walked closer to the window and heard the familiar dreaded growl of a memorisutira.

Fuck.

Running into the living room, I grabbed Cupcake's hand, pulling her up.

"Lory, what are you doing?" She said nervously, eyeing Ellie, who was busy watching Tony Stark fix Jarvis and Willy, who was looking at us suspiciously, with a hint of amusement.

"Just come with me," I said and pulled her with me towards my room.

"Uhm, I think we should stay right here," She chuckled nervously and pulled me back.

"Cupcake, come with me," I said sternly.

"No," She shook her head rapidly, "let's just stay here,"

"Why are you being like this?" I sighed out of frustration and the overwhelming feeling of time running out.

She just gave me a 'really?' look.

"What?"

"Why can't we just talk here?" She asked.

What is up with her?

"Because Ellie and Willy are here," I answered.

They can't know about the memorisutira.

"Yeah, I'm just gonna stay here," She turned around briskly, but I grabbed her wrist and turned her around.

"Argenta, do not argue with me right now,"

"Too late,"

"Do not force me to do this,"

"Do what?"

Without another word, I picked her up and threw her over my shoulder.

"Lory!" She shrieked, "Put me down, please!"

"Shut up,"

"Where's Lory taking Argenta?" Ellie's sweet voice reached me.

"They need to talk about something," Willy said, amusement clear in his voice.

"Will you stop punching my back?" I asked Cupcake who was throwing punch after punch to my poor back as I climbed the stairs.

"Put me down, and I will," She increased the frequency of the punches.

"Keep on punching then," I sighed but couldn't help the small smile that made its way to my face.

Once I reached my room, I put her on my bed and locked the door.

"Why don't we just leave the door wide open?"

"Because we don't want any of them hearing this,"

On hearing this, she grew even more nervous and started to look around, and I think there was a blush covering her cheeks.

Why is she blushing??

She started to crawl backwards on the bed as I walked towards her.

"What's wrong with you?" I asked, "You're acting really weird. Actually, you know what, we don't have time for that,"

She wanted to say something, but I cut her off, "There's a memorisutira here,"

Almost instantly, she went still; all the nervousness evaporated, and her behaviour returned normal.

"I saw a shadow from the kitchen window and heard that growl," I continued.

"We need to check the perimeter," She said and sprang up, pacing towards my window.

"Make sure all the doors and windows are closed," She said before jumping out while I ran out of my room to do what I was told.

Once I checked every window and door in the house, I went out through the main entrance, closing it behind me.

"Cupcake?" I yelled into the night.

"Here!" Her voice came from somewhere on my right.

I found her crouching on the ground.

"Did you find it?"

"No, but I found proof that it was here," She said as she extended her right hand, the fingers of which were covered with black tar.

"Fuck!" I cursed.

"Fuck indeed," She nodded, "We have to talk to the others and Ms Lily and Mr Daniel,"

"Yeah," I agreed.

"But let's go inside, for now," I suggested when I noticed the goosebumps on her arms.

"Mhmm," She nodded and ran for the gate.

A/N:

Heyyyy. This chapter was just a filler. Nothing much. But an almost kiss?! 

*fangirls uncontrollably*

K, byee. See you next Friday!