When you can control light, things become so much easier. At the moment, Cupcake and I were lying in my bed, cuddled up, watching the stars. I created this illusion that the night sky was in my room, that it was my room.

That's the thing with being able to control elements; you can create magic. I could make whoever I wanted to see anything I wanted them to see.

"See those three stars in a line?" Cupcake asked.

"Yeah,"

"That's the Orion's Belt. Now, if you extend a line from this belt towards the horizon, you'll see that it points to Sirius. The brightest star in the night sky," She smiled, pointing at the star.

Truth be told, I wasn't even looking at the stars because the only star that I was interested in looking at was her. All the while, Cupcake had looked at them and told me what they were; I was busy looking at her face light up. I physically could not turn my gaze away from her. She looked beautiful when she talked about the stars. It was impossible not to see that sparkle in her eyes when she told me about her favourite constellations and planets. I was high on her, and I had no intention of stopping.

"Can you see it?" She said and turned to face me, catching me off-guard.

"Um, see what?" I stuttered and snapped my neck to look at the sky.

"The star I was just talking about," She said.

"Oh, yeah, that. Of course, I see it," I chuckled.

"Really?" She raised an eyebrow, and I nodded.

"Then pray tell, where is it?" She smirked.

Fuck!

"It's uhm- It's,"

"It's?"

"It's right... here," I tapped her nose.

"Nice try," She squinted her eyes playfully and slapped my hand away, "So what were you thinking?"

"I was not. I was just feeling happy, and, I guess, I tuned out for a bit. I don't think I have ever loved my life this much," I smiled and intertwined our hands.

She snuggled deeper into my arms and put her head on my chest.

"Loving you is the happiest I've ever been, Lorcan Armstrong."

I stopped breathing.

"What?" I said, my voice feeble, barely above a whisper.

This was the first time she said that she loved me. Loved. She loved me!

"What? No. Uhm nothing. Nothing at all," She panicked.

"No, no, no," I grinned, "You said you love me, indirectly, but you said it,"

"No, no, I did not,"

"Yes, you did,"

"Did not!"

"Did too!"

"Did no-"

"I love you too." I grinned.

She stopped moving, speaking, breathing even. But I could feel her heart, and if how fast it was beating was any hint, I'd say Cupcake was happy, very happy.

She tilted her head, looked up, and leaned in to kiss me.

But guess what?

My best friend happened.

Nicholas burst into the dorm through the door, startling us out of our wits and being obnoxiously loud.

"WHO DO THEY THINK THEY ARE? WE'RE SO POWERFUL! WE WANNA RULE THE WORLD! IDIOTS- Oh, am I interrupting something?" He asked when he saw Cupcake climbing out of my bed, getting ready to leave.

"Yupp," I said, internally screaming.

Cupcake chuckled a little, looking at me.

"It's alright. I'll see you tomorrow," She placed a hand on my cheek.

"You mean tomorrow when I kick your ass at practice?" I remarked smugly.

"Dream on, pretty face,"

"You can count on it," I winked, and she got up, chuckling.

"Hey! Hey!" I grabbed her wrist and pulled her back.

"What?"

"Where's my goodbye kiss?" I made a puppy face and pulled her close.

"You're such a child," She smiled and shook her head. Then proceeded to peck my cheek.

"What the fuck was that?" I said.

"It was a kiss, like you asked," She made an innocent face.

"Oh no, missy, that was not what I was asking for, and you know that. I want a proper kiss,"

"No,"

"Excuse me? No?"

"You heard me,"

"Why not?!"

"I only kiss winners. Beat me at practice tomorrow, then we'll see about that kiss,"

"Oh, so it's like that now, huh?"

"Mhmm,"

"Fine then, when I kill more memorisutira than you tomorrow, be prepared for the best kiss you've ever had,"

"The chances of that are slim, pretty face," She said and left.

"You guys are so cute!" Nick fanboyed from the door.

"Niick!" I growled.

"What?"

"Nothing," I said, mentally preparing myself for the practice.

The next day, our entire squad gathered in the simulation room, ready to kill the monsters.

It had been two weeks since Cupcake and I started dating. Everything was perfect. Absolutely perfect. Or so we thought.

I remember the exact moment it all started going downhill. The moment when Lana (the driver who took us to the Ravadyn Market) came running inside the simulation room, frightened and collapsed before us.

We rushed her to the medical unit and waited for her to get better. It took a few hours, but she gained consciousness and could speak. That was when she called us all inside and said, "They are going to attack. They're going to destroy everything!"

"Calm down, Lana. We're prepared," Ms Lily said.

"Are you?" She asked, fear evident on her face, her voice trembling.

She looked so frightened that I feared something big was coming to Invierna. Something terrifying. Ultimately, it made me doubt how prepared we actually were.

Are we really ready to handle them?

A/N:

HEEYYYYYY INVERNIANS! I'M BACK!

That was one hell of a break, huh?

Well, now I'm fully back. I've got 2 chapters locked and loaded and I am just super inspired right now. So updates will hopefully be regular again. ;)

Anywayy, vote. Comment. Fan. Share.

Here's your update-ly reminder, you are awesome and I am proud of you <3

See you next Friday. Stay tuned!