Chapter 3: First Time is Always Awkward – (Fabia's P.O.V.)
I couldn't believe what I was doing. Haru had run off because of a phone call, and she had left me in this "Refuge" at the mercy of Baron and Muta. I stood still for a moment as Baron waited patiently by the doors while Muta walked past me and headed straight inside.
"Are you coming in, Miss Fabia?" Baron asks, tapping his foot.
"Uh, yeah, I'm coming." I say as I start walking towards the door. I looked to see that Baron tensed up for a moment, like he forgot something, and rushed inside making his way to the back of the Bureau. I knelt down, seeing as the doors were small and started to make my way inside by crawling.
Before I could get halfway, Baron rushed back to me and gestured for me to hold out my hand and close my eyes. I felt something hard and solid with edges, like it was a diamond or something, and something placed on top of that which felt like tiny fingers. A few seconds passed between us and I felt something strange develop within me, like my world was getting smaller. Just as I open my eyes, I see Baron in front, but there was something odd, he was taller than me. My new height was just below his muzzle. I looked down to see the jewel, which was apparently a jade, still in my hands. He took the jade from me and started to attach a small chain with a clasp to it.
After he finished with the attachment, he put it around my neck and clasped it so that it wouldn't fall. It looked so beautiful. I saw that Baron was smiling at me and looked him straight in the eyes. They sparkled just like an emerald. But something was a bit weird. As I was getting lost in his eyes, Baron looked like he was getting lost in my eyes. I thought this couldn't get any stranger. With his emerald green eyes and my jade green eyes having a stare off. Thankfully, someone was watching and decided that enough was enough.
"HEY!" Muta said to which we jumped at.
"Are you two just gonna stand there and look all lovey-dovey towards each other?" he said with an evil smile across his face. Simultaneously, we looked at him and then back at each other until we realized what he meant. Baron looked away, while gritting his teeth, and started to head to his cupboard, which looked like he was going to make tea. I shuffled my feet and put my hands behind my neck realizing the little dilemma that just developed. What I didn't know was that my heart was beating crazy as if I got totally freaked out by something. I knew what this meant. I fell in love with Baron, at first sight, without even knowing it.
(Baron's P.O.V.)
I don't know what's going on with me. My heart hasn't stopped pounding ever since I walked away from Fabia. I couldn't even concentrate on making my simple, yet special, blend of tea without seeing Fabia in the liquid's reflection. Surprisingly, I managed to make it and turn around with cups in my hands, only to see that Fabia was still standing in the same position, near the door, looking at the floor.
I walked over to the small dining table and placed the two tea cups upon it, near the armchairs, before making my way back passed Muta and towards Fabia. I placed my hand firmly on her shoulder. She looked up at me, surprised.
"Would you like to sit down, Miss Fabia?" I say while averting my gaze, so I don't get lost within her jade green eyes, and gestured to an armchair.
"Thank you, Baron." She says in a small voice and walked to an armchair. I turned to close the door, which was still open, to not let in any of the cold night air inside the Bureau.
"Baron?" I hear a voice calling to me. I turn to see the blue-haired girl looking at me. I motioned for her to continue, seeing as she had my full attention already.
"I know you like to be formal, but you can just call me Fabia. Seeing as everyone calls you Baron, I thought that I would call it even if it were like this." She said with a smile on her face.
I was left flabbergasted and stuttering on words trying to form on my hanging mouth. She then took her seat in one of the armchairs I gestured as I regained my composure while walking to the other armchair and sitting in it comfortably. I sigh in relief as my excitement left my system, for the time being, and sipped a bit of the tea in my cup. I glance to see that Muta was relaxing in the sofa while his eyes were glued on what was in front of him, across the table. For who knows how many times I've done this tonight, I glance once again to see that Fabia was holding the tea in her hand, hesitant, apparently, on taking a sip.
I didn't want to make her anymore nervous, so instead of my usual saying of "that's my own personal blend of tea," I gesture to her to not be nervous in her state.
"I can understand your nervousness, Mi-…Fabia. Perhaps you should try the tea. Miss Haru seems to enjoy it rather much." I say with a smile that faded into a concerned look. She had stayed so stiff ever since she took a seat.
I was about to get up, but Muta beat me to the punch. He started walking towards her as I put my tea down. "Hey Chicky, are you alright?" he asked her but with no reply coming through her mouth. He then patted her back to see if she was alright, and that's when it happened. My eyes widened and my heart leapt in fear as I literally jumped out of my seat at the event that just happened. Haru would kill me if she found out about this.