Author's Note: It's not what you expected. If you read the spoiler, it was just a prank anyway. I wouldn't want to destroy my reader's appetite, would I?

Chapter 4: Realization and Matchmaking

Gilbert stirs his morning soup for breakfast with a very blank emotion. He has been thinking over and over again: What did Alice feel about yesterday? Did she like it or not? He thinks of it, he knows Alice is the one he hates the most, but it changed recently. He kissed Alice a few days ago because he is simply attracted to her, but why is that? There are lots of women all around him, but, why Alice?

Gil pretends throughout the day to act normal, he knows deep inside him that he is just attracted to Alice because she is cute, adorable and… she looks really small. He's always wanted a lady like Ada, but Master Oscar would throw him in a pit of a thousand cats. Alice is different from Ada, but he is strangely attracted to Alice. He can't even stop thinking about her.

Desire. He has a desire to have Alice forever, it's like he wants to put one hand in a cuff and Alice to put hers on the other. If that happens, nothing can make him happier.

He also knows most men, and even him just chase around sexually attractive ladies, with almost having a perfect body, appealing to the eyes. That's what most want, but he doesn't, for Alice. He feels love without being attracted sexually, and he doesn't know why.

"Oof!"

He feels a soft bump on his stomach. Alice was thrown half a meter away from him.

"Alice!"

Wait, why is Gilbert so overprotective and caring? That was just a bump and she just fell on the carpet.

"What's wrong?" Alice asks "It didn't hurt at all."

Gilbert hugs Alice tightly and carries her off to his bedroom

"What the 'F' am I doing?" Gilbert thought, his heart pounding his chest

"Put me down, Gilbert!" Alice demanded "Put me down! Your heartbeat is annoying!"

No seriously, what the "F"?

He placed Alice on his bed, without thinking. Then, he unties her oversized bow.

Alice kicks him on his suddenly chibified face "That's not funny Gilbert!"

"What happened?" Gilbert mutters, while rubbing his hair

"You tried to undress me! That's not even funny!" Alice responds seriously

"Whatever happened, I had no idea"

Alice's kick shook off the thoughts in Gilbert's head, but it soon returned within a few days.

…..

The seasons had started to change, and it's snowy outside the Rainsworth mansion.

…..

Alice laughs and runs around the snow, probably experiencing the blizzard winds and snow covered legs for the first time. She invites Oz to play hide-and-seek with him

"Alice, are you okay?" Oz asks "You've acted really strange for the past few weeks."

"Oh I'm fine" She responds happily

"You seem playful and happy, something's wrong. Oh no, wait!" Oz says, shocked by what he just said, he expected a harmful kick or something

"Nothing's wrong! Are you going to play or not?" Alice said

This surprised Oz the most, "Was she controlled by Zwei?" he asks himself. But he decided to play, to keep himself unworried

Gilbert feels the feeling again, this time, it was more intense. He spots Alice hiding behind a tree. Then, he runs towards her.

Alice cries out, "Gilbert! Do you want to play hide-and…" but her words gets cut off

She finds herself being lifted up again by Gilbert's hug. But this time, it was harder to get off.

"Gilbert!" She shouts

But Gilbert's mind wasn't present. He just squeezed Alice harder

"Gilbert! Stop! Dammit! Hey! That hurts! Ouch! Crap! Sh**" She shouts at Gilbert, her face turning red, but the more words she said, the tighter the hug.

Gilbert made it so tight that she could almost feel Gilbert's arms touching her ribs. She could barely breathe. She let out a loud moan.

Gilbert's eyes widened. He drops Alice on the snow. His mind had returned

"Can you do that again?" He requests

"The what?" Alice said, irritated at him

"Your moan, it's, it's seductive." He says

Alice blushes and looks away "I won't. I would never do that, your no-reason-torture just made me do it."

"Just do it again, once. Whisper, whisper it into my ear." Gilbert says, his mind completely blinded by something strange

"It's embarrassing, just go." Alice responds

…..

After their game, Alice returns to the mansion, but she goes straight ahead to Sharon's room.

"Have you seen Gilbert's strange manner?" Alice reports to Sharon

"That's just the effects of love." Sharon replies

"Wait, how come you know it directly?" Alice says, slightly nervous

"Equus is my chain" She says, while smirking

"It's okay, don't be afraid" Sharon says, reassuring Alice, "First of all, we'll try to get rid of Gilbert's thoughts, then, I have a special invitation which will bond both of you smoothly. And even get rid of his strange behavior once, and for all" she plans

Author's note: Well, that's that. Chapter 5 might be the last one. Anyway, Merry Christmas to you all!

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