AR: Hi Everyone! I hope you like this chapter! I've gotten some inspiration to make sure the scenes between Snake and Clara are good!

I hope you enjoy!

Chapter 10: Wishing for the best!

previously on My present is now and my love is forever...

"I love you…" Drunk Baldroy confess to Helen in a passionate tone.

"I love you too!" Drunk Helen confess to Baldroy in a passionate tone as well. They hungrily smashed their lips once more as Helen opens her door.

The door opens and Baldroy walks in the room as he hold Helen by her waist with their lips still together.

He closes the door behind him softly, locks the door and takes Helen to her bed.

Behind closed doors, you can hear the bed creaking and the sound of soft passionate moans in the night.

Now, on with the story!

It is now morning.

Today is a perfect day to do anything. The sun is shining and the birds are singing a happy tune.

The sun shined down on Clara Emerson in her bed sleeping soundly. She slowly began to open her eyes and spotted a freshly clean Evelyn by her side.

"It's time to wake up Clara. We have a long day ahead of us!" Evelyn said to her in a gentle friendly tone.

"I'm up~" Clara said to her friend as she stretches her arm to start the morning. Clara looks at her right to say good morning to Baby, but he wasn't their in his bed or by her side in her bed.

"He slithered in his sleep again…" Clara thought to herself in a dumfounded blunt expression

"What's today's agenda Evelyn-chan?" Clara asks her as Evelyn searches for a dress and some shoes for her mistress to wear.

"Breakfast with the Phantomhive's, a picnic in the Afternoon to keep them entertain, then tonights surprise dinner as your brother discuss some private matters with master Phantomhive himself." Evelyn tells Clara her schedule for today and finally found a nice dress with shoes to match.

"Thank you Evelyn-chan! I'll get dress and feed Baby! You should probably help Helen-san with breakfast. I had a strange feeling that she's going to be waking up late…" Clara said to her friend as she got out of bed in her nightgown preparing for the day. Evelyn nods and heads out the bedroom to prepare breakfast with Helen.

"Now…I should clean up, get dress and feed Baby! Knowing him, he wakes up with a growling stomach…" Clara thought to herself as she began her morning happily.

Clara was fresh, clean and ready to get dress and feed her lovely companion. Clara looks at the outfit that Evelyn picked out for her and she admit, the outfit that was chosen for her is definitely fit for her.

It is a spear mint green long sleeve dress with a white lacy decorative pattern around the middle and green flats to match. Clara puts on her dress and shoes and began to brush her bed head of a mess that she claims to call her hair.

After she brushes her hair, Clara left her room and began to head to a room where she knew her snake companion probably slithered off to in the night.

Until all of a sudden,

THUMP

She bumped into someone again and fell on the floor.

Clara didn't felt the carpet at all. She opens her eyes and met with a pair of golden eyes. Clara realized who she fell on and froze for twenty seconds.

"Hello….says Emily" Snake greets Clara for Emily with a blank face. Clara quickly got off of Snake and gain ninety shades of red across her cheeks as she bows to Snake.

"I'm so sorry! I wasn't paying attention!" Clara apologizes to Snake in embarrassment. Snake got up and went towards Clara with his hand out in front of her. Clara looks at the hand and shyly took the hand to help her get up.

As she got up, she felt sparks coming from their hands but she let it slide.

"Thank you.." Clara thanks Snake and Emily since she didn't want to be rude to the two of them. She heard Emily hissing desperately at Snake. Clara watched them have a really soft conversation and she knew what it meant.

"If you're talking about food, I was just heading over to my secret room that haves snake food!" Clara said to the two of them happily.

Snake was surprised that she understood his snakes.

"Would you like to join me as a way of apologizing for falling on you two?" Clara asks them with a smile on her face which made Snake's cheek go a little pink.

He nodded which made Clara even more happy.

"Excellent! Let's go!" Clara said happily as she grabs his hand and began to head to her secret room. This made Snake's cowlick tremble and Emily smiling on his shoulder.

In the meantime,

Evelyn was preparing Breakfast and already have some of the main dishes cooking on the stove already. Evelyn is now cleaning some of the plates and utensils from last night until she heard someone walking close to the kitchen.

Evelyn knew those footsteps and began to giggle a bit.

"Had a rough night Helen?" Evelyn asks Helen as she sat at the table holding her head in pain.

"Don't remind me.." Helen told her friend in pain. She looks to her left and saw a cup of Chamomile tea in front of her.

"I had a feeling that you and a certain Cook were having a good time last night." Evelyn said to her since she notice two empty glasses on the table that were besides a lot of Helens special drinks when she entered the kitchen.

Helen sips her tea in nervousness and embarrassment. Evelyn turns her head around once more and notice Helen's actions.

"Helen?" Evelyn said her name in a caring expression as she worries about her friend.

"We had sex Evelyn.." Helen said to her friend in an embarrassed tone.

SPLASH

Helen knew that Evelyn dropped the Plate back into the sink that is filled with water as Shock enters her face.

"How….do you feel?" Evelyn asks her in concern.

"To be honest..I don't know.." Helen replies to her friend and sighs as she felt as if their relationship gotten even more awkward and complicated.

"Well, you two have to figure this out. You two were both drunk and you two have to be clear about this situation." Evelyn said to Helen in a friendly and concerned expression.

Helen knew she meant well and smiled as a thank you.

"Forgive me Helen, but I have to ask you…"Evelyn said to Helen in a curious expression.

"Go ahead." Helen replies to her friend as she takes another sip of her tea.

"How was it?" Evelyn asks her friend with a smirk on her face. Helen smirks back before she answered Evelyn's question.

"Let's just say Both of us couldn't get enough of it~" Helen replies to Evelyn as she continues to drink her tea. Evelyn giggles a bit knowing that her friend had an AMAZING time with her drunk companion.

"I see~ It must have been spectacular." Evelyn said to Helen in a friendly way.

"Sure did~" Helen agree with Evelyn and began to help her with the rest of the meals for breakfast.

Back to Snake, Clara and Emily,

They made it to the door of Clara's secret room.

When the three of them enter the room,

Snake and Emily were fascinated by the room. It was like a green almost jungle like greenhouse with comfortable chairs and a lot of plants for the snakes to hold onto.

"Wow.." Snake thought to himself as Clara went underneath the desk and picked up two bags us dead mice. She went over to Snake and gave him a bag.

"One for you and one for me!" Clara said to Snake as she gave him his bag. Snake touches her hand as he grabs the bag. He felt something tingly between them but he ignored it. He brought the bag towards him and looked confused when he saw Clara looking for something in the room.

"What are you looking for my dear….says Emily" Snake asks Clara for Emily's sake.

"I'm looking for Baby. He would sometimes Night slither in his sleep and would come here as his hiding place." Clara replies to them as she looks for him.

"Baby! I've have your breakfast for you~"Clara said in the room but none of them heard a hiss.

"I have your favorite mice just for you~" Clara said in the room in a convincing tone. They heard a hiss and saw something slithering towards them. It was no other than Baby slithering to his friend's shoulder happily.

Snake and Emily couldn't help but watch the whole scenario continue.

"Their you are! You have to stop Night slithering after dark Baby! You know what happens when you slither to an unknown room where it can be dangerous for you~" Clara said to her friend as she pout cutely which made Snake chuckle a bit.

Snake covers his mouth as a soon as he realize what he was doing which made Clara and Baby look at him.

"Sorry about that dear.. Says Emily."Snake said for Emily as he blushes a bit with his cowlick trembling a bit. Clara couldn't help but smile at him.

"It's ok! I have to admit my conversations with baby can be pretty funny to me as well~" Clara said to Snake and Emily with a smile on her face.

Clara and Snake fed Baby and Emily some mice and slithered to the other side of the room to converse with each other as Snake and Clara watch their conversation.

Snake knew that Emily wanted him to talk to Clara.

"Where…did you learn t-to…speak snake?" Snake asks her which surprises her. She thought Snake would never speak to her unless he was speaking for his snakes.

"Ever since I began to raise Baby as my own, I wanted to learn more about Snakes. So I would go to the library and read about Snakes, their language and Snake-human Hybrids." Clara explains to Snake kindly which amazes him in a good way.

"Why?" Snake asks her.

Clara looks at him and gave him a sincere smile before she replied to him.

"I wanted learn more about Baby and his family. I thought snakes are beautiful. Plus…I wanted to impress my friend." Clara explains to him as she made eye contact with his pure gold eyes.

"Your…friend?" Snake asks her.

"I met him when we were only children. He gave me baby and ever since, I wanted to learn more about snakes so when we meet again, I would impress him." Clara said to him as she smiles shyly at Snake.

Clara looks at him and just couldn't believe it was him right in front of him.

"When I look at him, he looks so happy!" Clara thought to herself as she looks at her long lost friend. She unconsciously stroke his hair which made Snake's cowlick tremble rapidly as he blushes.

Clara realize what she did and took her hand away and blushed in embarrassment.

"I'm so sorry! I didn't know what I was doing!" Clara apologizes once more as she looks down.

The room was silent for a bit until Snake finally spoke.

"I was startled….but I thought….it was nice.." Snake said to her as a tint of pink landed on his face once more. Clara was relieved that she didn't made him feel uncomfortable but she wanted to ask him something.

"M-may I..touch your cheek?" Clara asks him shyly as she looks at him again. Snake would always be insecure about his Scales, but when he is with Clara, he felt somehow comfortable with her.

Snake nodded as a sign of an approval for her. Clara's left hand slowly reached towards Snake and gently touches his scaly cheek. She couldn't help but smile lovingly.

"My oh my! Never have I ever seen such soft marvelous skin in my life~" Clara said to him in a loving tone.

Snake never heard someone say his skin is marvelous before.

Clara's POV

Looking at you now, you look peaceful and happy.

I always watched over you ever since I saw you in the circus…

~Flashback~

I remember hearing about Noah's Ark Circus and begged my brother to let me go see it.

When he gave me permission, I would wear a cloak so nobody would recognize me since Nii-chan was taking care of the family business.

I would sit in the middle row and watch all the circus acts, until I spotted you dancing with your snakes.

I couldn't help but feel happy that you were out of that cage, but was mesmerized by your beautiful dance.

I would come to the circus to see your show every night until I would see the bored unhappy look in your eyes.

Were you not happy?

Do you feel trapped?

Would you remember me if I told you?

I would usually say to myself, but then I notice something weird about the circus that didn't feel right.

So that one night, I went backstage with a bag of dead mice in my hand and met with Joker.

He gave me a warm and happy smile.

He somehow knew I was a person in your life, but he didn't question it.

I would gave him the bag of snakes, thanked him for taking care of you and was off before he asked me this question.

"Do you love him?" He asked me in a serious tone.

I looked back at him with a smile on my face and tears in my eyes.

"I do love him, but I don't want to trouble him, even if he doesn't remember me!" I told him happily, even though their was a crack in my voice. I turned back and headed to the carriage that was waiting for me.

~End Flashback~

Remembering that day, takes me bad to the time I realized that I didn't care for you because you were my friend. I cared for you because I love you.

I felt someone wiping my cheeks. I realized it was you wiping my face. You saw me caught you and your cowlick began to tremble.

"I-I'm sorry! You w-were crying a-and I didn't kn-know what t-to do!" You said to in nervousness.

I was crying?

I must have been spacing out for a bit without realizing.

I couldn't help but smile at you for making sure if i was ok.

"Thank you for doing that Snake!" I said to you happily.

I watched you smile softly which made my heart skip a beat.

I looked at clock and realized it was time for breakfast.

"It looks like it's for us to eat!" I told you happily.

I saw you nod in agreement.

"Before we leave, do you promise not to tell anyone about this room? It's only between you and me!" I ask you straight in the eyes.

I only want this room to be our little secret.

"I promise.." You said to me in a sincere tone.

I felt a smile forming on my face. I am so happy!

To finish it off…

I went a little close to you went on my tiptoes and kiss you on the lips for ten seconds. I separate from your lips and smile.

"It's a promise with a promise with a kiss to seal the deal!" I said to you happily as our snakes began to slither back to our shoulders.

I grab your hand and began to run to the dining hall with you right behind me.

Even if you don't remember me or not,

I'll gladly make new memories with you and wish for best!

AR:What will happen during Breakfast and the picnic? Will Snake remember? What will happen between Ryan and Ciel? I really hope you like it!

Until Next time!

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