At the end of day, Smurfwillow escorted Papa smurf to his mushroom house as they have an exhausted day; kidnapped and escaped from Gargamel, and listened to Smurfaggie's explanation of her secret identity. The male smurfs and smurflings knew about Smurfaggie's homeworld since Papa Smurf, Smurfette, Grouchy, Brainy, Clumsy, Gutsy, and (accidentally) Vanity already been there. The smurfettes accepted Smurfaggie too as they were interested of her story. The only ones who didn't accept her were Smurfstorm, who lost trust on her, like she didn't trust Smurfette before, and Smurfwillow, who was angry at her-Smurfaggie-for lying to her, and not telling her about her identity for several months before Smurfette, Hefty, Clumsy, and Brainy found them.

When the two leaders arrived at Papa Smurf's mushroom house, Papa came in calmly, while Willow was still angry about what happened as she thought one of her smurfs lied to her all this time.

"Ugh, I can't believe Smurfaggie wasn't actually a real smurf!" Smurfwillow grunted angrily. "No wonder she acted strange when we first met her. She was a so-called 'Human', and from another world!"

"Technically…, I've been there before." Papa Smurf interrupted.

Smurfwillow froze on her spot when she heard what Papa just said. "Really? You do? When?"

"During the Blue Moon Festival years ago." He confessed. "Clumsy accidentally lead Gargamel to our village, and took the wrong way when we fled. Brainy, Grouchy, Gutsy, Smurfette and I tried to retreat him, but when the blue moon rose, a portal on the waterfalls sucked us to another world before Gargamel captured us. Probably that world is where Smurfaggie lived."

"So, what's it like in that world?" Smurfwillow asked, stroking his arm and her eyes were like they are begging for him to tell her.

"It's a big place than here. I thought Gargamel was the only human we know, but there are more, but not so powerful than him."

"So, this means, Smurfaggie wasn't… a bad one? She's not an enemy?"

"Not all humans, like Gargamel, are bad. To my opinion, I think Smurfaggie had been through more than one world already before she came here. I guess it's a misunderstanding. She just only came to fit in. To be one of us."

Now, Smurfwillow felt a sudden guilt in her chest. She felt guilty for yelling angrily at Smurfaggie, and not realizing why she came here. Willow knew her as a great person and a friend. In fact, Aggie was her teacher for something that the other smurfettes and Willow, herself, didn't know, and most of all, FRIENDSHIP.

"Wow, I think you're right, Papa." She looked at him with guilty eyes, and shook her head. "As a leader, I should know first before I jump through conclusions."

Papa gently lead his hand To Willow's chin, and lifted her gaze to look at him. "Maybe it's not too late. You still have to apologize to her tomorrow."

"That's what Aggie said when she thought me about friendship." She chuckled.

"She did that because she thinks you're a great leader."

"No, you're a greater leader than me. You thought me to understand."

They remained silent for a few minutes, afraid to break the ice, before speaking simultaneously.

"Papa, I…"

"Smurfwillow, I…"

Their faces were red of embarrassment as they looked away shyly.

"Sorry you go first."

"No, it's okay…"

"I insist, my dear."

"Well…" sighing dreamily, Smurfwillow slowly charged towards Papa, and embraced him tightly with a small smile, making him shock and confuse. "Thank you for saving me from Gargamel earlier. You never want to let me go?"

Papa Smurf returned the smile and wrapped an around her shoulder. "Of course, I just realized that even though we were freed from that sticky goo, I think we're still stuck together, and… No smurf left behind. And your welcome."

When they broke the hug, Smurfwillow lifted her gaze to meet his. Her hand unknowingly found its way to his chest, and his hand running through her tied bun-hair tenderly as the two started to lean their faces closer to each other, dazzled by the relaxing, romantic air around them… Until Papa broke out of the blissful trance and pulled back, blushing in embarrassment , soon followed by Smurfwillow. After a few more minutes of awkward silence, Smurfwillow spoke. "Sorry for that, I…"

"No, no, it was mostly my fault…" Papa replied, rubbing the back of his head.

"Don't worry about it."

There was an awkward silence again as their cheeks turned red once again, until Papa broke the silence.

"Well…"

"What?" Willow asked.

"Are you suppose to go back to your home?"

When Smurfwillow realized there was no more sticky goo on their foot anymore, she chuckled awkwardly. "Oh yeah, the goo was gone. Well, this means, we're free at last."

"Yeah, we are."

Instead of loud cheering coming from their throat, the two sighed sadly when they realized they were no longer stuck with each other anymore. Even though they stick with each other before, they were quite happy together, especially they felt comfortable when they didn't share the same room.

"Well, I better head back to my home." Smurfwillow said as she stepped outside the house.

"Okay, go home safely." Papa waved before closing the door.


When Smurfwillow arrived at her tree house and laid down on her bed, she never felt more happier for being home and lived in her own space again, but she thought that something's missing. Even though she's happy to sleep in her own house again, she still felt sad that no one is with her to accompany her anymore. It never felt the same anymore since she's not stuck with Papa Smurf anymore.

Meanwhile, Papa felt the same what Smurfwillow feels. Despite of missing sleeping in his own home alone, he missed to be and stuck with Smurfwillow. It felt like he was never alone, until now… again. There's no one for him to talk to before sleeping, and it wasn't feel the same with Willow by his side. He remembered the night he slept with her while they were star gazing. It was magical yet romantic moment that he never had before. He truly missed that. He hoped that tomorrow will be another day.


The next morning, Papa Smurf woke, and strolled around the village. The Spring Festival is closing by and all the smurfs were so excited about it. In the middle of the village, he saw the smurfs and smurfettes worked together to build the stage, and it was almost finish. Puppy and Bucky, the glow bunny, helped them cover the back of the stage with a white cloth. The smufs and smufettes patted the two large animals for a great job. Papa smiled proudly for his smurfs did a good job of working together.

Then, he turned to his left where he saw Smurfwillow talking with Smurfaggie while Smurfette and Smurfblossom were there with her to comfort her after what happened yesterday. Inaudibly, Smurfwillow apologized to Smurfaggie for her reactions about her secret identity. Smurfaggie smiled, gave a small bow to her leader, and extended her hand to shake hands with Willow, which she accepted happily. After that, she told the girls to go, and help the others for the Spring festival. Smurfette, Smufblossom, and Smuraggie excitingly left Smurfwillow to help the others.

When she was alone, Willow noticed Papa Smurf approaching her. "Oh, good morning, Papa Smurf." She waved.

"Good morning, Smurfwillow." Papa replied. "I see you also wanted to check on the place to see if the preparations for the Spring Festival are okay."

"Yeah, and I came here to apologize to Smurfaggie, and she easily accepted it."

"I told you it's not too late."

"Well, as a leader, it's my job to make my smurfs happy. Anyway, when I let her to continue her work for the plans, Smurfaggie told me that she put up some few changes for the festival that there will be a dance for boys and girls."

"A dance? I know this. What she means is, a boy and a girl will dance together as a pair; it's like a slow dance."

"Wow, that's so… interesting, but…" Smurfwillow lowered her head. "I don't know how to dance like that kind of slow, even partnering to a boy."

Papa Smurf knew about that the smurfs in Smurfy Grove that they don't know anything about something with boys, just like him and the smurfs before they met Smurfette. He gently lifted her chin to look at him. "I can teach you."

"Really? Before tomorrow night?"

"Yeah, because… Wait, is it tomorrow night?!" Papa Smurf realized that the festival will start tomorrow night. "You mean, the festival will be tomorrow night?"

"Yes, I thought you know." Willow said as Papa sighed in horror. "So, Papa will you…"

"As soon as I can Smurfwillow, but right now, I need to check on the pastries, the decorations, and the music. I hope you'll understand." Papa Smurf quickly ran, leaving Willow to watch him go. "I'll see you later!"

"Sure, no problem." Smurfwillow rolled her eyes as she didn't really understand boys as much as Papa understands girls. When he was out of her sight, Willow continued to check on the smurfs and smurfettes to see what they had done for the festival.


I know you've waited for a long time, but don't worry, I'll type as fast as I can for you too read the most romantic chapter of all.