Chapter 3: That Princess and That Reaper, Confession

It was the middle of December. William had covered my eyes so that I could not see as we were walking somewhere on the outskirts of town through the snow. I heard a few animals running around the area, their feet crunching in the snow. He was wearing a black winter coat with his usual student reaper uniform. I had a purple cape with some fur on my sleeves, a long-sleeve pink dress with white details, and brown boots.

"Where are we going, Will?" I asked.

"The forest," he replied.

"Wait, what?"

"Just trust me, I know where we are going," William responded.

"Oh, alright. Just make it quick, please. I'm getting cold," I joked. I did not know why he was taking me to the forest, but I let him lead me anyway. Worst choice of my life.

After a little while longer of walking, he uncovered my eyes. He was smiling in excitement. We were in an oddly familiar part of the forest. Strange…why does it feel like I've been here before? I've never been to the forest in my life. But, perhaps, I have been here once upon a dream. This part of the forest looked dead yet beautiful. There was a throne made by the branches of young trees. Ponds with gray lily pads and small gleams of dying lights. Figures of small fairies carved (or part) of the trees and plants.

So, familiar.

William noticed I was getting distracted by the forest.

"You alright, Catrina?"

"Y-yes. I am. It's just, I feel like I know this place, even though I never knew this place existed. You know?"

William's eyes widened as his smile faded. He looked quite dumbfounded. "Wait, you've never been here? Are you serious?" he asked. "I thought your mother might have brought you here before."

"Why would she ever bring me here? She barely even talks to me," I said confusedly. Forgive me, God, for my language, but what in the actual hell is he talking about?

"It's just – I wanted to tell you something important in a place I thought was important to you in your homeland," he said, slightly disappointed.

"The place I consider most important is my room. Where you could've talked to me instead of bringing me here. It's nice, I will admit. But I'm not familiar here. And what do you mean that you thought my mother brought me here? Does she know this place?" I said.

"Yes," he answered.

I knew it. Another thing my mother never told me about.

I wanted to ask him how she knew about this place, but I wanted to hear the response from my mother. So, I took a deep breath, trying to calm myself down from this truth and said, "Never mind this situation. I'll ask my mother about it later. What's important now is what you were going to tell me. That's the main reason you brought me here, right?"

He smiled. "Yes."

"Well, Mr. Reaper, what is it?"

"Um." He chuckled nervously and began to blush. "Oh God, I did not think I'd get this far."

"William the Reaper, nervous? My, my, isn't this new? I'm surprised, Will, I must say I've never seen you in this manner," I responded. He was usually very outgoing and giddy; I didn't understand why he was so anxious at the time. William cleared his throat after hearing my response. Then he stood up straight, straightened up his glasses, got on one knee, held my hand, and opened his mouth. "Princess Catrina Blair Dean of France, I, William T. Spears, have a confession to make."

I blinked in shock. "Oh, alright, what is it?"

"I'm… I'm in love with you," he finally said.

I'm in love with you.

I stood there, stunned, feeling my cheeks turn red, not knowing what to say. By the gods… he loves me. No, this can't be, I must be dreaming… Am I? "Y-you… You are?" I asked softly.

"I'm serious. I fell in love with you the first day I met you. Apart from being the most gorgeous girl I've seen, you are smart, funny, interesting, and so many other things I can't explain! I've wanted to tell you for so long, but I didn't know when or how. But I understand if you can't love me the same way. I am a reaper; you are a princess. I don't even know if this can work-" I cut him off with a kiss on the cheek. He blushed more.

This is my chance. I can tell him how I feel.

"William, I'm in love with you as well. When I met you, I thought you were the handsomest man in the world. Then when I got to know you better, I realized, you were the perfect man. The man of any girl's dream. I wasn't sure if an immortal man like you could love a human like me. That's why I never said anything. I was scared that you would just not care much about it," I said.

William smiled. I smiled. He stood up and held my other hand. We were smiling at each other and blushing. He then started to get close to me, and closed his eyes. I did the same. One moment to another, we kissed. It was my first kiss. I did not think I would get to kiss him. It was the happiest day of my life. I then wrapped my arms around his neck and he wrapped his arms around my waist. I did not want the kiss to end. But it had to.

"So, does this mean we are an official couple?" William asked.

"I think so. Yes. We are a couple," I replied.

"Should we tell your family and people about this?" he asked.

"Now, now, William, don't get too carried away. We can tell my family but not the people yet. Let's take it step by step," I answered calmly. Oh, my goodness. I have a love now. I'm so happy. "Should we tell your family too, William?"

"I don't see why not. But we should tell them later, since I can only visit them once every two months," William said.

After our confession, we told my mother. She didn't seem very interested in it, but nonetheless, alright with it. I did ask her about the forest, but she said it wasn't important. Of course, I was displeased with her answer, but I expected it. My uncle, however, seemed quite disturbed. He didn't like the fact that I was with an immortal man. Vlad thought I could meet a person of my own race. Vlad's wife was quite happy for me, though. She even joked about our wedding day. Then in February of 1472, William's parents (who were both reapers) came by surprise. At first, they were a bit displeased, but they ended up liking me.

Everything seemed fine. William said I was going to live longer than expected. Of course, he lied to me. Because December came.

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Authors note(?):

I think from now on the chapters will the edited/ revised by an online friend I met 2 weeks ago. She's pretty good at it. Hopefully you all enjoy it.

Edited/revised by Naminem, founder of the SebastianxWilliam group on Deviantart. (just search it up. i ant paste links here apparently)