3. Don't smile at him
Lately, Ace noticed that his cute introvert wasn't being as snappy as usual. Everytime she's done going out during lunchbreak, her face darkens with sadness. Unexpectedly, he found out about this sooner, as a beautiful blonde entered their class, and walked straight towards their seat.
"Alice, thank you so much!" she said cheerfully. "He...He confessed to me." She blushed in happiness. "It's all thanks to you! Thank you, thank you, thank you—I can't thank you enough. I know, I'll treat you to something!"
"Hehe..." Alice laughed naturally, her sulky attitude was gone. "I'm happy for you. It's alright, really."
"But, I want to thank you for this!"
"Um, sorry, Lorina...I'm going to work on my Math homework today. Later, okay? Tell me everything!" Alice giggled and waved to her. The girl, Lorina giggled and waved back, leaving their class.
Ace hummed at the exchange. He opened his mouth to ask.
"No, I don't like the guy." Alice answered before he asked.
"Oh..." Ace closed his mouth and nodded. And then, opened his mouth again.
"No, I'm not lesbian."
"Hmm...Then, Princess, why are you sulking?" Ace asked curiously. She blushed and scowled.
"I'm not sulking!"
"Aww, but that beautiful frown makes my heart beats nervously..."
"Hmph. You won't understand." She huffed, ending their conversation
Ace didn't know the word 'end'.
~.X.~
"Do you like some other guy, then?"
"Noooo! And what do you mean 'other'? I don't even—"
"Oh, I know...You're on your perio—"
"NO."
"Hmm...Then...would you talk to me?" Ace asked as he stopped her when they're walking home. Alice looked up at him, startled. "I don't know if I can do anything to help, but I'll listen to you, Princess." He winked.
She blinked at him, not expecting this to come from someone like Ace, and giggled.
"Hehe...it's just something silly. Super childish...Today is my seventeenth birthday." Alice said, and they walked again and stopped at the bus stop. "And guess what's my parents' gift is? A divorce."
The dark blonde looked down, laughing bitterly. "It's also a bit sad that no one knows my birthday...But I thought, every year, without fail, it's alright as long as my parents remember." She smiled emptily. "Hehe, childish, right?"
Ace smiled gently and took off his bag, and then, pulled out a cute box with ribbon.
"Happy birthday, Princess!" he said. "As your beloved Knight, do you really expect me to forget such a blessed day when you were born seventeen years ago?" he winked teasingly.
Alice blushed and accepted the gift. "You...know?"
"I remembered it when you introduced yourself at our first homeroom!" Ace chuckled. "Aww, I'm so romantic, aren't I? But you wouldn't know mine, right? I didn't get to introduce myself. Well, for future needs, my birthday is—"
"Tomorrow, right?" Alice said casually, patting Ace's gift. Ace seemed startled. She turned at him with a bright smile. "I saw it when you were filling in the biodata."
Ace raised his eyebrows, and she giggled.
"Let's open our gifts together, tomorrow, alright?" she beamed.
Ace let out a looong sigh. "Hhhh..." he looked up at the sky.
"Wh-What?"
"You never smiled at me until today...Ah, my heart...I'm on La La Land right now..." he chuckled. "No one ever smiled at me before. Ah, I'm so happy..."
"You're always exaggerating." Alice twitched.
"Oh, your smile was sooo beautiful." Ace draped his arms all over her. "Can I request the gift?"
"H-Huh?" Alice blushed since Ace snuggled his face to her cheek affectionately.
"Yeah, Alice~ For my birthday gift, will you give yourself to me? With a happy smile and a ribbon, please?"
"NO."
GOD I totally forgot about this! Sorry! Next update is October 27th 2013, a day faster since I was late one day. Kindly review if you have the time.
