*A Year Later, at a Halloween Party*
Cloe looked around under the black hood she was sporting. As an assassin, she was probably the only one there that put a lot of work into her costume other than Ashley, who was dressed as Tifa Lockhart from Final Fantasy 7, in an attempt to catch Joshua's eye, Cloe was sure. She just might too, because Erin had broken up with him for someone else.
They were at the Smosh Games and Clevver office building, the Halloween party that Ashley was invited to and was told to bring a plus one, and selected Cloe, who rushed to put this costume together, and added a few things to make her more of a ninja assassin rather than one from the Assassin's Creed franchise. With the black hood and silver lining on the edges of the hood that went down into the body of the long sleeve jacket she was wearing, she wore a belt with a Triforce buckle and shoulder straps over top of it to add straps to hold things with, the sleeves going down to cover her hands, those also lined in silver. The bottom of the cloak flowed to her ankles, and she wore silver shorts and a silver shirt barely visible through the corset type wrap thing she had on over the cloak. Fake, non-sharpened hidden blades where on her forearms as well, but there was no way for them to injure anyone. In addition to to that, her neck, mouth, and nose were covered by the top of the shirt she had on, as it was made as a "ninja" shirt. She knew the silver would make her eyes really blue or even grey, but that only made it even cooler for her.
As Cloe walked around the party, having lost Ashley a long time ago to The Jovenshire and Lasercorn, who was trying to keep his sister from falling for his friend and failing, she nearly ran into someone. She turned and smiled at them, but realized he wouldn't be able to see the smile.
"Sorry, my peripherals are kinda blocked in this."
As soon as she spoke, the green of his eyes registered, immediately followed by the height.
"It's alright, I wasn't watching where I was going either." When he spoke, she knew exactly who he was, and he saw his ears shift slightly, showing he was smiling under his own face covering, also having come as a ninja. "Your name wouldn't happen to be Cloe, would it?"
"Yeah. How'd you know?" She asked, looking at him and facing him entirely now.
"Your belt buckle. Triforce Champ, right?"
She couldn't help the blush and the excitement that bubbled up inside her, but she managed to keep her cool and answer calmly.
"Yeah, that's me. Hi, Matt," she answered him, waving slightly with her left hand letting the sleeve shift somewhat, and she saw his eyes flash to her hand.
"What's the ring for?" She could tell he was trying hard not to be blunt, but he needed to ask the question.
"Oh this?" She asked, pointing to the band on her left hand ring finger. "It's my graduation ring. I got it in place of a class ring because I didn't want a giant decal on my finger but I still wanted a ring. Plus my mom, well step mom, got one exactly like it so I still wear it considering I moved across the country."
"Shouldn't that be on your right hand though?"
"I can't stand wearing rings on my right hand. As a writer, it digs into my finger as I write and it annoys me as I write."
"Ah that makes more sense."
Cloe paused for a second while looking at him, then said, "You thought I was engaged or married didn't you."
"I may have possibly had that thought for a split second. I mean I hadn't heard from you or about you in a year, and honestly it wouldn't have surprised me if-"
"Just stop now before you dig yourself a hole, Matthew." She couldn't help but giggle as she said it though, and Matt let out his own chuckle.
"Sorry," he spoke, moving the cover off his mouth and nose as she did the same.

*Later That Night*
Matt couldn't believe the connection he felt instantly with this woman, surprising himself as he sat with her at the back of the party. Since she'd removed her own hood, he noticed her eyes wouldn't stay the same color. They would go from blue to green to sometimes gray if she was looking down at her hands or something. He also noticed a purple tattoo on the back of her left hand, and recognized it was a lone triangle.
"Want to explain the tattoo?" He asked her, making her look up at him and lock eyes.
"It's a piece of the Triforce."
"It's purple though?"
"It's the mysterious missing middle piece."
"Ah, you're big on fan theories then?"
"Yeah, it helps with my creativity and helps me think of something to write about when I have writers block about my other things."
"You write fanfiction?"
"Yep. That's what I started with. I believe I told you that in a letter I sent you a while ago."
"Oh yeah I remember that. You ranted more than anything though."
"Yeah, sorry about that," she blushed as she apologized.
"Don't worry about it, it was kind of adorable," he blushed slightly as well, and looked back at her as they locked eyes once again.
"Um... th-thanks."
"Cloe! There you are!" Ashley came out of no where, Joshua behind her looking drunk, as Matt had expected.
"Hey Sohinki. This is Ashley, remember? She dressed us for the AC4 video we were in once she was finished with Ian and Anthony.
"Yeah, hello Ashley," he answered.
"Cloe, it's been a year, you've been here a year, I think Ian and Anthony want to talk to you. Josh here would too."
"He's drunk he shouldn't make this decision," Matt spoke up before Joshua could.
"Then you do it. Ian and Anthony just wants one of you guys to be there."
"What's this about?" Cloe asked as she stood up with Matt.
"Go find out." Ashley pushed her toward the door in the back where Ian and Anthony where standing.
Matt walked over there with her and looked at Ian, who answered the unasked question.
"We have a job offer for the little assassin here."
"Serious?" Cloe said from next to him, her blue-green eyes widening as she looked between the two men who ran the company.
"Well, it's not really a job, it's an internship, but with some luck you might be able to stick around and actually be paid by us." Anthony chimed in to set things straight.
"This is actually happening?" She asked, still looking completely shocked.
"That's what you went to college for, isn't it? Entertainment and video games? Well here you go. Ashley recommended you actually, when we realized we were running low on hands here with the upcoming year and agenda we have. Hopefully you can live up to what she said about you." Ian answered, extending his hand to the shocked young woman. Not once hesitating, Cloe took his hand and shook it once, doing the same to Anthony.
"You'll be working in the Smosh Games office with the guys, hence why I wanted one of them over here to make the decision. I take it Josh is drunk?" Ian asked, looking at Matt.
"Yeah, so I came instead."
"Well, say hello to your new intern." Anthony said, and Matt looked at Cloe, smiling at her.
"Hello, Cloe, and welcome to Smosh Games."
He extended his own hand, and Cloe took it, shaking his hand, and they smiled at each other as they locked eyes. He couldn't help the warmth he felt when their hands connected, either.
What was happening to him?