*One day later*
//Your POV//

"He's definitely up to something," Tyler agreed after I recounted my suspicions.

505 nodded in agreement.

I was helping 505 cook for the ball while Tyler walked in while on his brake.

We ended up telling 505 and begged them not to tell anybody that Black Hat and I kissed, which they nodded constantly nodded and saluted, signaling they won't tell a soul.

"I hope it'll be fine, and the ball goes smoothly for his sake."

"I think it'll all be okay, I mean, the boss is an expert party planner."

"Really?" I tilted my head to Tyler, while stirring the cocktail mix.

"Mhm," He nodded.

Silence filled the room beside the clinking of me and 505 cooking and Tyler eating his salad.

"Does he enjoy this season?" I asked.

"The boss? Yeah, he really does. He always preferred Halloween over dia de los Muertos, anyway," Tyler paused in thought, "I don't really think he has any dead loved ones to celebrate anyways."

"I don't think he has loved ones at all," I rolled my eyes.

"Well, there's one exception."

Tyler pointed his fork at me.

I had blush on my face, "I d-don't think so.."

"We'll see about that," Tyler chuckled as he began to walk back to the lab.

I looked to 505 who was smiling and fanboy (or girl) -ing.

"You think so too?" I asked them, and they nodded in reply.

"*Sigh* Of course," I sighed, "Well, all these drinks and stuff aren't gonna get finished by themselves."

-Timeskip-

505 and I were exhausted to say the least after making everything.

It was already 6PM and I was pooped.

I was heading upstairs to my room to lay down (probably ending up sleeping for the rest of the night and then waking up at 5AM) when I felt a hand on my shoulder.

I had a shiver go up my spine.

'It's him, isn't he? '

Icy hands (despite the fact that he wears gloves) began to softly massage my neck from behind.

'Oh it's definitely him,' I thought.

"Hello, dear~," Black Hat whispered in my ear.

"Heyyy," I felt myself start to sweat.

This was getting weird. Fast.

"Where are you going?" He asked as if he didn't already know.

"To my room, I'm kinda tired."

His thumb pushed on a particular area on my neck he knew I enjoyed.

I gasped a little and had to bite my lip in order to keep calm, it even started to bleed under the pressure.

"Is that so?"

"Y-Yeah.."

"Will you not be attending dinner?" He sounded a little disappointed.

"Yeah, Sorry. I'm just not that hungry that's all, hehe," I scratched behind my head.

I was getting a little uncomfortable.

He was acting strange.

"Are you okay? You're sweating a lot," I asked him.

"I'm fine, I think the heater is just too far up," He pulled on his collar, "May I escort you to your room?"

"Sure, I mean, this is your place anyways," I shrugged.

"Indeed. Do you like it?" Black Hat asked as he held out his arm for me to grab.

I hesitantly locked my arm to his, "It's lovely. I like the color palette."

"Thank you. I do enjoy it myself, but I bet you already knew that."

"What do you mean?" I asked him.

"Y/n, can you keep a secret?" He stopped abruptly in the middle of the hall.

"Of course but, uh, you might want to take this into another room since we might be in earshot of Demencia or 505."

"True. Let's take this to your room."

"Okay," I nodded.

I wondered what it was.

If it had anything to do with me, or the kiss.

'Did I do something wrong? '

"No, you did not," He answered my thought for me, "It doesn't really have anything to do with you in particular but it's just something I've been thinking about."

"Oh."

Everything was silent for a little bit until-

"Did that kiss really mean anything to you?" Black Hat asked.

None of us had mentioned it.

I felt this awkward presence loom over whenever we were near each other so I just avoided him.

He wasn't afraid to show he was in love, I was.

That was the truth.

"Well, Yes, but I'm just not used to, erm, the idea of dating...I mean I've done it before but IIIIIIIIIIIII never really got comfortable with it."

"Mind telling me why?"

"Can I tell you when we're in private?"

"Yes, of course," Black Hat looked down for a minute and then back at me again, a sincere look on his face, "If you feel like I'm pushing this all too fast, you can tell me and I'll stop."

"What? No, no, no, you haven't down anything wrong, it's from past experiences," I shook my hands in the air.

"Hm. If you say so.."

Another silence loomed.

"You know I was hoping to be your first."

"You made that sound more wrong than it needed to be."

"Now, I didn't mean it like that. Who knew you had such a dirty mind, dear~?" He gave me a devilish smirk.

"Okay, now you can shut up," I elbowed him in the side.

"Who said you can tell me what to do?"

"I said you can, so technically I'm not."

"Y/n L/n; smart and sarcastically perfect in every way," Black Hat laughed a little bit.

"Do you really think that?" I felt myself blushing.

"I meant every single word," He leaned in and kissed my forehead.

"Thanks.."

"Anytime."

And soon after that, we reached the door..

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I'm so sorry it's two days late!!!

I'm such a moron, I know.

I hope you liked the chapter tho.

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