Chapter 25
The moment you've all been waiting for! The ball has arrived! Will it be what everything Fine will expect? Or will it not? ;)
Normal P.O.V.
Students from the academy start to get ready. Boys took their time while girls made sure everything was in place. Meanwhile Fine was in here room, just sitting on her chair. 'Today's the day...no going back!' She thought. She sits straight.
"Okay. Right now it's 11:06 a.m. I need to be ready by 8:00 p.m. So I have...9 hours and 24 minutes left. I still have time, but it takes forever doing the hair and putting on the dress...and also my worst enemy, make-up. That takes forever to put on! Maybe I should ask Rein to help me...but then I'll ruin it for her! DAMN IT! Why am I like this?!" She said. "And why am I talking out loud?!" She looks at her dress. "Come to think of it...how do I put on a dress? Maybe I should ask Sonia for help." Fine gets her phone and dials Sonia's number. It rings.
"Hello?" She answered.
"Hey Sonia! It's me! I was wondering if you can help me with my dress and stuff!" Fine said.
"Sorry I can't! I have to deal with something else!"
"That sucks..."
"I know! Sorry to disappoint you! I gotta go! See ya at the ball!" Sonia hangs up.
"So much for that..." Fine sighs. She grabs the box and wonders around the hall. "Maybe if I wonder something will come up...it always helps..." She leans against the wall. "Oh what's the point! Wondering won't help!" She whines. "What should I do?! At this rate I'll only have 8 hours left!" Then she thinks. "Maybe I should take a bath first..." She walks back to her room. Fine enters her room again. She puts the box down and gets some clothes. "A quick bath won't hurt!" She gets her towel and runs out of her room. When she closes the door behind her, she immediately started running to the bathing room.
But a certain person was standing there. Her ruby eyes were wide. "Was that...Fine?" She said softly.
When Fine enters the bathing room she locks the door quickly and takes off her clothes. She puts them in the dirty bin and opens the other door. She turns on the water and when it was full she entered.
"I have to rush it! No taking time!" She said. 45 minutes passed and she was still there. Then she realized she was taking too long. "OH NO!" She got out and wiped herself dried. She puts on her clothes and runs out. She turns and bumps into someone. They both fell. Fine scooches back. "I'm so sorry! I'm in a rush!"
"It's okay." The lady said. Fine looks up. The lady had pinkish-red hair, a little dark, and ruby eyes. 'She's so beautiful!' Fine thought. She gets up and helps the lady up too.
"Sorry. My name is Fine Yamiara. What's yours?"
"I'm Elsa Kuri."
"Kuri? Are you Rein's mother by any chance?"
"Yes I am."
"It's a pleasure to meet you! I've always wanted to meet you!"
"Me too. Rein always talked about you."
"Really? I never knew!"
Elsa smiles. "Didn't you say that you were in a rush?"
Fine thinks about it. "You're right! I forgot! Hey Elsa...are you good at putting on dresses and stuff."
"Yeah. Why?"
"Well...today's the Winter Ball and I need help putting on my outfit. It takes forever just to put on the make-up, putting on the dress, doing the hair. It takes too much time and I really need help!"
"I see your point...then I'll help!"
"Thank you so much! You're a life saver!" Fine looks at Elsa's face.
"Is something on my face?"
"No. It's just..." She leans closer. "You look familiar." Elsa's eyes widened. "Maybe it's just my imagination." Fine takes Elsa's hand. "Come! My room is this way!" She starts dragging her.
When they get to her room Elsa was amazed how much space she had.
"You don't share with another person?" She asks.
"No. Headmaster said that I'll make too much noise for my neighbor, after I come back from patrolling. And I never really wanted a roommate." Fine said.
"And Rein? Would you like her to be your roommate?"
"Yeah, but vampire and humans can't share the same room."
"That makes sense." Fine takes out the dress. "That's a beautiful dress! It suits you well!"
"Rein gave it to me. She said wear it for the ball! So I am!"
"I see! Then shall we start with the hair?"
"Okay!"
Meanwhile Shade walks in the headmasters office.
"What do you need now?" He said in annoyance.
Octavio looks at Shade and says, "I heard you weren't wearing a tuxedo for the ball."
"Yeah? So what?"
"You need to look nice! Come on it's a once in a lifetime!"
"No way!"
"Then you leave me no choice. Solar now!"
Solar comes down for the roof and takes Shade down. "What the?! Let me go old man!"
"Sorry Shade. But even I have to agree with Octavio. You have to wear a tux. This is once in a lifetime."
"NO IT'S NOT! THIS HAPPENS EVERY YEAR!"
"Still." Solar looks at Octavio. "Do it now! He's stronger then he looks!"
"Got it!" Octavio said and takes out a tuxedo.
"DON'T YOU DARE!" Shade said.
"Sorry. But this is for Fine's sake!"
"Fine's sake?" Shade looks up.
"Prepare yourself."
He gulps.
8:52 p.m.
Fine looks at herself! "Amazing! Thank you Elsa!" She said.
"No problem!" Elsa said.
(Fine's outfit:,
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Fine spins. "Ah! Before I forget!" Fine gets her heart locket and puts it on. "Now it's perfect!"
"Indeed." They both look at each other and smile.
"I wonder what his reaction is going to be when he sees me!" Fine blushes. 'Who is him?' Elsa thought.
With Rein...
"It's beautiful, isn't it?" Rein said.
"Yes ma'am!" The maid said.
(Rein's outfit:
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Repeat the same thing as Fine's outfit. That's if you want to see it. Again hope you like it and I don't own it.)
Rein admires herself.
"I should get going now! I want to see Bright, but Fine as well! I wonder how adorable she looks!" Rein dashes out of the room. She runs in front of Bright's door and knocks. "B-Bright? Are you ready?"
"Almost." He said from the other side. Bright opens the door. "Okay. I'm ready."
"That tuxedo looks good on you!" (Just a normal tux.)
"Thank you. You too."
"T-Thanks. Shall we go?"
"I should be the one saying that. Then let's go." Rein puts her arm around Bright and they start walking.
'Today's the day. I hope you're prepared, Fine.' She thought as they were walking.
With poor Shade...
"That wasn't so bad." Octavio said.
"Yeah...but it took us 8 hours just to put on the tuxedo for him." Solar said.
Shade stood there and looked around him. "Disgusting..." He said.
Solar pats him on the back. "After this is parties or marriage!"
"Marriage?" Shade scoffs. "Yeah right."
"Well we wasted enough time. We still need to get ready!" Octavio said.
"Wait! We're going to?!" Solar said.
"It's a Winter Ball! Don't wanna miss it!"
"Yeah but..."
"If he's refusing then I'm taking off the tux." Shade said.
"Okay! I'll get ready! Just leave on the tux!"
Octavio and Solar went to change. Shade takes out his locket. 'I wonder what Fine looks like right now?' He thought. He walks up to the window. 'Come to think of it, Fine's birthday is tomorrow. Today's Christmas after all. I didn't get her anything. One year won't hurt, would it? She probably forgot her birthday anyway.'
Someone knocks on the door. A woman with short tan hair and hazeled eyes entered. Shade smells the air. 'Why does this scent smell so familiar?'
She smiles. "Is the headmaster here?" She asks.
"He's still getting ready. And who are you?" He said.
"I'm Megan. And you?"
"Shade."
"Are you Solar's boy? You look so much like him!"
"Are you a vampire?"
"Of course I am." She was now immediately in front of Shade. "You have a nice yet bad smell." She places her hand on his neck. "It gives me the urge to bite you. I never drank another vampire's blood before."
Shade pushes her away and he jumps back. "Keep your distance!"
"But I wanna play with you more!" She was in front of Shade again and pushes him on the ground she gets on top of him. "You have such nice hair. And beautiful eyes. Maybe I should make you my slave." Shade glares at her. "Why are you resisting? I could tell you want to kill me, so why resist?"
"Because you're a guest, Megan." Octavio said while entering the room with Solar. "Now get off of him. Your making him uncomforable."
"As you wish." She stands up and moves. Shade gets up and dusts himself. "Sorry. When I see hot guys like him I have the urge to play with them."
Solar walks up to Shade and drags him outside. "Well he has somewhere to be. So leave him be." He said.
"No so fast. Shade wouldn't leave without this." She takes out Shade's locket. They stop. She opens it. "Ah. Isn't this your daughter Octavio?" She shows it to him.
"It is!" He said. Then out of nowhere the locket is taken away by Shade.
"Now you're a threat to me." He said and walks out of the room.
"W-Well see you at the ball?"
Ballroom...
Students were already there. They were chatting and stuff. Fine looks around. 'Where's Shade?' She thought. Rein sees Fine and runs to her. Fine sees Rein and runs to her.
"Fine/Rein!" They said at the same timing. They hug.
"You look amazing Rein!"
"You too, Fine!"
"Well you were the one who choose this for me!"
"And I knew it was going to suit you!"
"Thank you again for the dress!"
"It was no problem!"
Bright chuckles at the two. "You two are like sisters!" He said. Rein's mind froze. 'Sisters...' Repeated in her mind.
Fine said, "Well we have known each other for a long time!"
"Oh yeah!"
"Well I'll catch you guys later! I'm looking for someone! Bye!" Fine walks away. 'Sisters, huh? Well we do fight and get along like regular sisters.' Fine thought. She looks around and around for Shade. She checks the time. 9:32. 'He's late.' Then she looks ahead and sees Shade. She smiles. "Shade!" She runs at him. Shade looks back and sees Fine running to him. His eyes widened. 'She looks cute...' He blushes. "Wow Shade! I thought you weren't wearing anything nice!"
"I was forced to wear this tux." He said.
"That's makes perfect sense, but you actually look handsome!"
Shade blushes. "You look c...cute."
Fine blushes. "T-Thank you."
People around them were dancing and talking. "Hey..."
"Yeah?"
"Didn't we promise that we'll dance at the ball together?"
"Oh yeah... Then do you-"
"I'll ask you that." Shade faces Fine. "Do you wanna dance?"
Fine smiles. "Yes!" They start dancing with each other.
Alex watches from the distance.
"A-Alex?" Sonia said.
"What?"
"Do you wanna...dance?"
"Sorry. But I don't dance. I'm here for something else."
"Oh...okay."
Alex walks away. Sonia leans against the wall. 'I dressed up for no reason then?' She thought.
In the headmaster's office...
Octavio stands in front of his desk.
"You know. You do look sexy in that tux. It's a waste your not out more." Megan said.
"It was my desicion after all." He said and smiles. Solar looks at Octavio. 'You'll never change.'
The door opens. Truth and Elsa enter.
"Are the preperations all set?" Truth said.
Octavio nods. "She was a good girl while it lasted. But I knew the day was coming when she was going to leave." He said.
"Sorry."
"It's okay. As long as I keep my promise, but how are you going to do it?"
"Rein knows the plan, so you have to leave it to her."
"Got it." Octavio looks down. "Just...take care of her okay? Fine...needs more attention then she looks."
"We understand."
Solar looks at Megan. "So what are you going to do?" He said.
She looks at him. "You'll find out."
"Can't wait..."
Elsa smiles. Truth looks back at her. "Elsa?" He said.
"Earlier Fine bumped into me. We started to talk and she asked me if I was good on putting on dresses. Then she said that I looked familiar. For some reason it made me happy that she said that. But then it made me sad when I realized she'll be leaving you, Octavio." She said. "Thank you for giving her a healthy life!"
"It was no biggy. I was just keeping my promise." He said.
Megan pats him on the back. "Can we get this over with? The red moon comes every 17 years, correct? This is the only chance we have." She said.
"You're right. Lets go everybody."
They all nod.
Fine P.O.V.
"Your dancing improved. Has it?" Shade asks.
"Yup!" I said.
"So...what was that thing you wanted to tell me?"
"Thing?" That's right! I'm going to confess to him. "Oh right! But can we dance a little longer before I do?"
"Okay?" We continue to dance. Minutes later we walk to the balcony.
My heart is racing so quickly! I'm so nervous! Even blushing...
"Fine?" I look up at Shade. How is he calm when we're alone?! Oh yeah, he's use to it. Come on Fine! You can do it!
"Shade..."
"Yeah?"
"Um...I...I..." This is harder then it seems! Great now I'm shaking! "Well...I..."
He sighs. "If you aren't saying anything then I'm going back in." He turns. No! He can't go! I want to tell him! I want to tell him my feelings for him!
My face burned all over! I'm blushing really hard! It's just three words, that'll change everything. Shade's always been there for me. He's always helping, saving, protecting me. He has a kind smile that I want to see! He brings up my mood! So I want to return the favor!
"I love you." I whispered. He stops. "It's embarrassing just saying it out of nowhere. You're always there for me when I feel alone or sad. You're always helping, saving, protecting me! You're smile makes my day even better! That's what I love about you! I love you, Shade! But if you don't love me back...then I understand. I just thought...I let you know." I smile. Shade doesn't turn to me. He doesn't even say a thing. "I'll wait for you answer if you need time to think..." I walk pass him and enter the ballroom. I just pass people and exit the ballroom and headed to the garden. Then I see the fountain. This is the fountain me and Shade watched together. I feel water go down on my face. Am I crying?!
"I can't...cry." I sobbed. I put my hands over my eyes. I'm an idiot.
Normal P.O.V.
Fine was sitting on the bench crying. The tears never stopped. She stayed that way for a while.
Rein, happen to pass by, sees Fine. She was happy till she realized Fine was crying. She teleported next to Fine and sits next to her.
"Fi-" Before she could ask Fine what was wrong, Fine looks at her.
She sobs. "R-Rein!" She hugs her.
"What's wrong?" She wipes Fine tears away. She told her everything that happened. "So you confessed, but he never answered?" Fine nods.
"I think I'm going to be rejected. He doesn't even like me. He only treats me like a little girl!"
"Well you act like one."
"I know, but...I want him to see me for me."
"See you...for you?" Rein looks at the time. 'Its almost time.' She thought. She stands. "Forgive me for this, Fine."
Fine looks up at Rein. "What?" Rein knocks out Fine.
"I'm truly sorry."