Author's note:

I recently had an email to say that a KH story that I had uploaded several years ago was removed for being inappropriate for the teen tag because of "violence". Well, I'm sorry that throwing a DS console is too explicit for teenagers.

Hopefully this Cleo and Deuce fiction isn't "too fluffy" for the K tag.

This one-shot was originally written to go on my Monster High Tumblr ask blog. I would like to dedicate this to ~petitemerlieu for being an awesome follower of said blog, and for inspiring me to write this piece.

Enjoy the Cleuce :)

Tenth Month 25th Day

Today after fearleading practice I went out to the football field to watch Clawd. Since it was only a practice match the bleachers were mostly empty, but I instantly recognized the one person I could see watching the game. It was Clawd's casketball co-captain, Deuce Gorgon. I couldn't help but feel somewhat excited about seeing him again, and somehow found myself sitting next to him on the bleachers.

As much as I had intended to watch Clawd's football training, I couldn't help but turn to take a glance in Deuce's direction every now and then, there's just something about him. I wish I knew whether or not he was looking at me, too, but with those dark shades of his who can really say?

When practice was over, Clawd and the other members of the team headed for the locker rooms, and Deuce and I were left alone in the stadium. That was when he finally turned, and I knew that he must be looking at me now. Deuce scratched the scales at the back of his head and said, "You know, Cleo, I think you're the most beautiful ghoul I've ever met, and if you weren't dating Clawd, then I totally would have asked you out by now."

I didn't quite know what to say to that. Clawd was my boyfriend, yes, but I had always felt more of a connection with Deuce. I would never dream of cheating on Clawd, but to hear him say that he liked me in that way was better than I could have imagined. Finally, I told him: "If I wasn't dating Clawd, then I would have said yes."

He smiled. It was a smile I'm sure would have reached his eyes, if I could see them… What I wouldn't give to know what those eyes looked like without the sunglasses…

That moment got me to think about everything that Clawd and I have been through together, how we seemed to be more like friends comforting each other than a real couple, and how we probably wouldn't work out in the end…

"I don't think Clawd and I will be together for much longer," I admitted "will you wait for me?" He told me that he would, and I don't think I'd ever been happier in my whole unlife.

Clawd came back from the locker room and the two of us waved goodbye to Deuce and left the school together. I'll talk to Clawd about this, soon, after his final game; I wouldn't want something like this to affect his chances at winning the title.

Maybe Deuce won't have to wait for as long as he thinks.

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