Author's Note : I hope you enjoy this fanfic –I'm doing my VERY best on it...
Viktor is a character from the Amor Sucre manga( look him up on the My Candy Love wiki, he's gorgeous... unless you already know him) ; Leo is basically my MALE Candy, and Esme is my GIRL Candy.
And it begins! Please review after the chapter so I know what you think!
"Esme..."
Said girl stirred in her sleep, stretching in her lover's arms. Not wanting to wake up at all, Esme kept her eyes closed while Leo gently brushed her white/blonde locks out of her peaceful face. One of the infinite sun rays escaped out of the clouds and shone down on her, illuminating her flawless, smooth olive skin.
Leo leaned down to kiss her cheek and she finally let a giggle slip out of her before slowly opening her honey golden eyes. Esme sat up and wrapped her arms around her boyfriend's neck.
"Good morning, Esme."
Esme sighed when Leo wrapped his arms around her and drew her into a warm, loving embrace. The both of them held each other for a while, silently gathering words after enjoying the thrill of a new morning.
"Oh, Leo, I'm so happy. I can't believe we're getting married today." Esme sighed in her sing-song voice. Leo's hazel eyes suddenly widened as he realized something. He quickly glanced around their surroundings.
Esme looked down at her dress, then looked up at the mushrooms, grass, and flowers. She laughed at Leo's horrified expression.
"I can't believe we fell asleep." Esme's eyes fell on the sticky acorn pot full of stardust honey sitting in between them. She stretched again, this time both her arms, legs, and her tall transparent wings.
"E-Esme, this is bad!" Leo stood up from underneath the blanket and started gathering their things. "If anyone were to see us together, they would think something happened last night."
Esme blinked, trying to figure out what he meant, "Huh? But, all we did was have dinner and stay up all night eating the honey..."
"Exactly!" Leo blushed a little, "That's what happened, but you can't expect out parents to believe that... we fell asleep! If they find us here together—Ugh... they'll punish us since they think we've done such a thing before we got married..."
His voice trailed off. Esme let out a long sigh, standing up and brushing off her ball gown and stepping into her shoes.
"Leo!" she yelled, "Would you calm down? If it really scares you that much, then let's split up."
Leo's hazel eyes got wide, "W-what? Esme, how can you say that?"
"Dummy!" Esme rolled her eyes, "I mean, let's depart with different stories so they won't get suspicious." she said, brushing off a bit of dirt from Leo's tux.
Leo let out a sigh of relief, "Woah, you really scared me."
"You're such a worry-wart..." Esme sighed again.
As strange as it seemed, Esme fell in love with his habit of over thinking situations and dreading the outcomes. In some sort of way, Leo was actually really cute when he got flustered and frightened.
Since Leo had been locked away in his house for most of his life, he was a bit shy and had tended to get lost when wandering. Leo's parents thought Esme was the perfect match for him since she loved taking him out to go exploring with him and slowly led him out of his comfort zone.
Not only had they discovered more about the human world from exploring all kind of forbidden areas in the garden, they also discovered that their fairy dust was edible – and amazingly enough – compatible with honey. The stardust honey was almost sacred between them, and it had become their favorite treat.
Whenever they would secretly meet up together, Esme brought the acorn bowls of honey and Leo brought the fairy star dust. Their favorite spot was where they were standing now – a hidden clearing surrounded by beautiful, tall sunflowers, a nice view of the sky, and soft soil that didn't ruin their clothes or dirty their wings.
Last night, Esme and Leo had slipped out of their Engagement party that never seemed to end and came to have dinner together... however, they never told their parents where they were, so it was probably a good idea to head back home for breakfast.
Esme suddenly stood on the balls of her feet to kiss Leo on the cheek.
I still think it sounds silly that we haven't even had our first kiss yet... but since the wedding's today... we'll definitely have one.
"Uh... um... I'll leave first, if that's alright... mother and father haven't woken up yet since the birds haven't started singing." Leo blushed a little at the sudden kiss.
Esme nodded, "Alright. I... I guess I'll see you at the alter, then..." she couldn't help but blush, too.
Oh, dear... they said that in the human world, it's bad luck to see the bride before the wedding on the set date, didn't they...?
Esme bent down to pick up the bowl of stardust honey and slid a finger across the few sticky blobs left before licking the honey off of her finger.
A wave of magic coursed through her taste buds, and left an almost explosive feeling as the sweet honey went down her throat. Her skin glowed for a short moment as she took a deep breath to consume enough dust to fly.
"Okay. Bye, Esme.. I... I love you." Leo blurted before flapping his wings and disappearing over the flowers that were like trees to the stardust fairies. Once he had gone, Esme smiled softly to herself. The way he said "I love you" was just so sweet. He seemed embarrassed and a little shy to say it, but she was glad she could at least hear it and knew he meant it.
Of course, the both of them had been nervous the first time they'd ever said I, but once Esme knew he felt the same way she did, she would blurt out the words almost every single time they were alone.
After a short moment of trying to calm down her pounding heart, Esme bent her knees, gave her wings a gentle flap, and flew over the flowers as well.
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"Esmeralda Estelle Moon! How dare you walk out on your family and you future family like that after we spent all of that time setting up your engagement party?! Do you know how worried we were?!"
Esme sighed, sipping her peppermint tea as the stylist and make up artist hurriedly prepared her for her wedding , which was only in a few hours . Esme rolled her eyes as her mother continued to scold her while they both attempted to eat their breakfast with a kitchen full of swarming fairies hired to make her look "devastatingly stunning" as her mother called it.
Esme's mother, Camellia, was fully dressed in a long white ball gown that hid her legs and had been worked magic on to make it look like never ending ocean waves cascading to the floor. Her blonde hair, just a shade darker than Esme's, had been neatly styled into a bun and decorated with woven flowers through the strands to look like a crown. Her make up was somewhat traditional – ruby red berry juice for her lips and golden berry designs on her cheeks, fore head, and eye lids in common decoration for a fairy woman to wear on a special occasion.
Her wings, which seemed untouched from far away, sparkled with miniscule diamonds.
Esme was actually feeling a little jealous. Not only had her mother dressed up wonderfully, her 3 older sisters apparently hadn't got the message that she was supposed to be the prettiest at her own wedding. They'd ordered more dresses than her and actually were actually wearing the ones Esme rejected last week.
However, Esme wouldn't let this ruin her day. She didn't care if she wasn't the prettiest. She was getting married today and was going to lead a happy life with her boyfriend Leo, who she loved SO much, she randomly shouted it in her pillow and drained the ink from her pens writing it around in her bedroom.
A year ago, Esme would have thrown a fit from having been told she was suddenly engaged to a prince since she thought the idea of getting married at 16 was absolutely dumb and unfair, but having fallen in love with Leo, she was sure she would have gotten married at... 13 at the youngest if they had met earlier!
"I'm sorry, mother. I really didn't mean to worry you... it's just... I kinda felt a little sick, and tried to head home... but I got kind of lost.. so I just went to lay down last night and ended up falling asleep."
"Esme. When you marry Leonardo, the two of you will be King and Queen of the Stardust Garden. You'll have many responsibilities and a very bright future filled with success. YOU CAN'T JUST ABANDON A PARTY LIKE THAT BECAUSE YOU GOT SICK. Leonardo's parents are ROYALTY, you know! Do you know how much money they could have put into that party?! And they even bought our family some gifts! Very EXPENSIVE gifts that they could take away if SOMEBODY important displeased them."
"Okay, mother, I'm very sorry I abandoned the engagement party. I'd say it won't happen again, but I'm pretty sure it won't. Ahhhh... I'm so excited... I'm going to be marrying Leo..."
"Ah! Again with the nick name! I thought I told you last night to say his full name in front of his parents! When you become the Queen, you should have the privilege of..."
As Camellia's voice trailed off, Esme once again thought about how happy she would be. Once she and Leo were married, they'd have a whole life time supply of stardust and all the honey they could ever want...and they'd have many children, and watch over the kingdom.. living happily ever after, just like the princess and prince would in the stories Camellia used to read to her when she was kid...
Little did Esme – or any fairy living in the Stardust Garden know that this supposedly magical day was going to end horribly wrong.
Author's Note : So, how was it? Sorry, I really wanted a LOT to happen in this chapter, but I guess it's going to have to happen in the next chapter, which I will be posting very soon. I usually write a LOT in my chapters, actually. (I got really excited about just ending the first chapter so the whole story could be born on Ff) I would really appreciate some reviews! I just want to know what you think!
Bye, now! Be sure to return for the update!
