Yeah, chapter twenty five! This one should hopefully be a good one, because I think this pairing is so freaking cute I just wanna squish it like a lil' plushie! :'3
It's not my OTP, but it's still quite adorable.
Enjoy, folks!

This pairing was requested by a guest. I hope you enjoy all of the feels and such!

Title: "Pretty"
Pairing: Equius x Aradia
Warning(s): No warnings because Equius and Aradia are probably the trolls who cuss the least… or at least I think so. Lol.

Aradia looked at herself in the mirror. To herself, she looked to be a train wreck. Her hair seemed to be just enough out of place to bother her. Her zodiac shirt made her look fat. Her hips were too wide. Her horns were too fat; they just got in the way. To her, everything seemed horrible when she wasn't trying to be pretty.

That's why she didn't understand why Equius Zahhak had always stayed with her.

They'd been dating for around a year. They'd never gone on big dates, they just did little things. Equius would go play Paleontologist with her. They'd go to the park and have a nice picnic. They'd stay up late and watch some of Karkat's stupid romcoms just so they could have a quick laugh, and Equius was not one for laughing.

On this coming night, however, Equius had requested that they go out on a nice dinner date at a fancy restaurant where he promised to pay. He could be fancy, even if he did sweat a lot. Aradia was never fancy though. She was always covered in dirt and never really cared.

Today was one of those days that she just had to care. What if Equius dumped her because she didn't look nice? Or what if she didn't look nice enough to get into a fancy restaurant and they made them leave? Then what would Equius think of her? He'd probably think she wasn't worth all the trouble.

She was mentally freaking out, but she knew just who to go to.

x

Aradia knocked on the door of her best friend, Kanaya Maryam's, hive. She was hoping her friend was home because she knew that if anyone could fix up a fancy outfit, it would be her.

Kanaya opened the door and smiled lightly, "Well hello, Aradia. How may I be of assistance to you on this fine day?"

"I need a fancy outfit for my date with Equius tonight," Aradia sighed, "Can you please make me up one? I'm afraid if I don't look pretty enough, he won't like me."

"Why of course, dear friend. I'll make you sparkle."

Kanaya led her friend in. She led her around the hive and into her design room. She stood Aradia up on a round platform so she could take her measurements.

"What kind of dress would you like?" Kanaya asked Aradia, "Would you like long sleeves, short sleeves, or how about no sleeves? Would you like ruffles or no ruffles? How long would you like the dress to be?"

Aradia shrugged, "Kanaya, you have to understand that I don't know about… well, any of this. Just pick this stuff for me, okay? I really don't mind, as long as it looks nice for Equius."

Kanaya nodded, "Of course." She got to work on sketching the design.

x

"Does it look okay?" Aradia asked Kanaya as she was about to pull up a mirror.

"I think it looks wonderful, but that's just me," Kanaya answered and held up a mirror so that Aradia could see.

Aradia stared at herself with wide eyes. Her dress was sleeveless and red. It was around knee length, and in Aradia's opinion, the most beautiful dress placed in her blood color.

"Kanaya, this is perfect!" She cried out, "If Equius doesn't love this; I don't know what he could love."

Kanaya laughed politely at her friend. "That's great that you like it Aradia, but you should probably get back. It's almost seven."

"Oh yeah, I'd better go," Aradia smiled and waved, then quickly dashed out of the hive and towards her own.

x

Aradia sat on the couch and waited anxiously for Equius to come pick her up. To her surprise, he arrived pretty early. She was excited to show him how fancy she could be.

She opened the door, "Hello, Equius. I'm ready to go."

Equius didn't speak for a moment. Of course, while not speaking, he broke out with sweat. Lots and lots of sweat.

"W-where did you obtain this beautiful dress?" Equius asked, wiping his forehead with his sleeve.

Aradia smiled, "Well, I knew we were going out, so I asked Kanaya to make it for me. Do you like it?"

"Why yes…"

She looked up at him and took his glasses off for a moment, "Do you think I look pretty enough?"

Equius smiled, "You look beautiful all the time, but you look the most beautiful when you take pride in what you look like."

They both shared the most amazing kiss in the moonlight.

Haha, it's just so adorable! :'3
The feels, look at all of the feels!
Please review and stuff, and request more pairings! I have around ninety right now, so you've only got ten more chances to get your pairing put in!
And one more thing… I wrote a Halloween one-shot for you guys, so if you could check it out and review that and stuff, it'd be great!

~xTanukix