A/N- One of my reviewers is finally getting what they have been waiting for. You other reviewers will finally know what Slendy has been planning. I'm trolling you with the ending though! And, Hotel Lutetia is a real place in Paris, France. I chose a hotel at random after a Google search of fancy hotels in Paris. I mean no harm in picking this hotel—disclaimer.
Ellaina finally came out of the bathroom, dressed in a black and red dress. She figured that she may as well dress nicely, considering that Slendy was dressed nicely. Then again, he always dressed this way-so formal. Honestly, she did not know why he dressed this way. Wouldn't it be easier to just dress like everyone else? Maybe he just liked to set himself apart from others.
He had been sitting on the bed when she came out of the bathroom. He came to his feet, looking her up and down as he did so. Ellaina had dressed quite nicely considering that they were only planning on going around the city. He enjoyed seeing her looking this way, but it did nothing to assuage his nervousness. For that matter, it only made it worse. He was far too close to putting his plan into action. They were only a short walk away from where he planned to put it into action, actually. Still, he internally smiled at her, wishing not for the first time that he could show her his emotions. Still, there was nothing he could do about that, so he ignored the thought. He knew better than to focus on such things. You look nice, he commented.
Ellaina shrugged, looking down at the dress. "I guess so." Self-confidence had never been something she possessed. Years of being poked fun at during her younger years had left her feeling like she was nothing special to look at. She felt his fingers under her chin, making her look up at him.
Why do you define what you look like based on what others think? Even I do not do that. I'd like to think of myself as handsome, despite what the humans think of me. I know by human definitions that I am anything but handsome, but I do not care. I go by my own definitions. Certainly if I can do this, you can. You are beautiful, whether you believe it or not, Slenderman stated. He still did not understand why humans insisted upon insulting one another. What did it gain them? They only managed to make another person feel bad. What was the fun in that?
She merely nodded, smiling slightly. Friends always tried to convince her that she was pretty, but her past still held control over her. It was a weakness that she knew she had to overcome, but it was not exactly easy. One could not simply erase years of ridicule and move on with life. Still, she didn't want to be thinking of the past. They were supposed to be having a vacation. They were supposed to be having fun. Ellaina replied, "Well, by my human standards you are handsome. Anyway, you said that we were going to the Eifel Tower?" She took a hold of his hand, using the other hand to gesture towards the door. "Lead the way, my good sir!"
You are quite strange, my Little One, Slendy replied, doing as she asked. He locked the door behind them and head toward the elevator. He could have just teleported them to the Tower, but that odd pain was something he wanted to avoid for the time being. It would not do well for them to show up there and him to collapse from pain. Ellaina need not know that something might be wrong.
Ellaina sighed, seeing a sign saying that the elevator was out of order. "Well, that's annoying. Oh well, the stairs are right here around the corner. We may as well take them." She headed off toward them, pulling the Slenderman along with her. She started down them, knowing full well that it would take them quite a while to get to the bottom of them, but she was not a lazy bum. A little bit of exercise was not about to kill her.
Slendy, however, did feel like being a lazy bum. They were on the top floor of this huge hotel, so he certainly did not want to deal with how long it would take them to get to the ground floor. He simply pulled her up into his arms and teleported them down to the ground floor, of course in a location where no one would notice them. Again, that pain came back to his heart and his back as he set her down. He ignored the pain though, as Ellaina had taken his hand again to lead them outside. He pulled her back into the shadows, telling her to wait a moment. She may see him as being normal, but the other people who lived in and visited this city would only see him as a monster. Again, he had to use that disguise from earlier to make himself look somewhat human. The disguise did not bother him, for it allowed him to be a part of the human world without them running away in fear. So long as no one paid him any special attention, no one would ever know he wasn't human.
"No one would ever know that you are any different from them," Ellaina stated, looking over his disguise and smiling at him. She sighed, her smile dropping upon realizing that this was likely another sore point for him. She smoothed out a part of the black scarf, but paused. "Is this-"
Yes, it is the one you made me, Slenderman stated, taking a hold of her hand to lead them from the shadows and to leave the hotel. He wanted to go through with his plan before anything else could happen. This pain that kept reoccurring was starting to become irritating. He would have to figure out some way to deal with it, but that would have to come later. He had other plans that he had to fulfill.
Ellaina looked all around them as they slowly made their way through the city and towards their destination. Everything was so beautiful, a city of lights. She likely screamed tourist, but she did not care. She was on vacation and planned to make the most of it even if that meant making herself look like a complete and utter fool.
Her distraction at the sights did not go quite so well. Ellaina managed to walk into the cart of a man who was selling cabbage. As the cabbage toppled to the floor and rolled into the busy streets to be destroyed by passing cars, the owner of the cart began yelling at her in French. Ellaina tried to apologize, though she knew nothing of the French language. It appeared that he knew no English. So, he continued yelling at her while she continued to say sorry. It was the Slenderman, yelling back at the man in French, which shut the two up. He pulled Ellaina away from the man, who was now crying over his lost and destroyed cabbages.
Ellaina looked up at him, surprised while he continued to lead their way. "I didn't know you speak French."
Slendy simply shrugged. You never asked.
"Well, that's true. I guess it never came up for me to ask you, though," Ellaina replied, glancing up toward the stars. She smiled, laughing slightly. "Anne and Totheark tell me that you have never seen Star Wars. That is something I will have to fix."
He stopped to look at her. The stars fight wars? Well, that is something I certainly did not know.
Ellaina laughed, shaking her head. She began walking down the sidewalk again, him following after her. "You silly man. Star Wars is the title of a movie. You must have at least heard of it. You know, Darth Vader and his famous 'I am your father' quote? May the Force be with you?" She began to hum the main melody.
I have not seen many movies in my life, sadly. Slenderman replied, though his thoughts about the movie were distracted upon seeing the Eifel Tower illuminated in front of them. It was said that it was best to see the Tower at night. Whoever had said this had not been lying. It was breathtaking and the perfect place to go through with his plan. He looked at Ellaina, who was staring at the Tower transfixed by its beauty. Would you like to go to the top? I hear that the view is wonderful. Seeing her merely nod, he led them to the destination.
The couple came to the top of the Tower, ignoring the other stops they could have gone to on their way up. The view was something that both found to be spectacular. They could see the entire city, shining in an innumerous amount of lights. The city certainly did deserve the title of "city of lights". Everything about the view screamed beauty.
Ellaina leaned over the railing, trying to look down to the ground below them. She found herself being pulled back rather quickly. She looked up at Slendy, smiling at him as he continued to hold her close to him and away from the railing. She found it sweet that he was so very protective of her. She did not blame him, of course. Death tried to take her away far too often, and she could understand that he would not want to lose her after everything they had gone through.
Do you love me, Ellaina? Slendy asked, pulling away from her to go and stand to look out at the city once again. When she replied that she did, he sighed with happiness. He still could not understand how or why she felt this way for him, but he was not about to complain about it. He had never known love in his life, and he was grateful that she was willing to show him that emotion. He pulled the small container from his pocket, not allowing her to see it. He pulled the trinket from inside of the container out, turning it over in his hand. Why do women like jewelry? Diamonds are always trying to change to graphite. Gold tarnishes. Yet, women attach such great value to it.
"It has to do with that value we have put on it. In reality of things, gold and diamonds have no true value. It is our culture that has made these things valuable. But, what do you mean about diamonds becoming graphite?" Ellaina replied.
It has something to do with the chemical composition of it. The bonds in the diamond are always trying to break down and become that of graphite, but this is not supposed to be a chemistry lesson. I am supposed to have you here for a vacation, remember? Slendy replied. He turned back to face her, hiding the trinket in his hand. He could feel nervousness coming back to him once again. It would not be long until he finally went through with what he had planned, why he had brought her here in the first place. He looked away from her, nerves making him unable to meet her eyes. He could not understand why she was able to make him feel this way. He had faced down Death on adaily basis with no fear, without becoming nervous. Slowly, he began, You know that I care for you, don't you?
"Of course," Ellaina replied, surprised by the way he was acting. He was never shy around her. He had always acted confident around her ever since they had met. Why would he suddenly be acting like this? She had given him no reason to be this way.
I do not deserve to be a part of your life; I do not deserve to have you caring for me. You have been harmed on too many occasions because of your connection to me. I should just let you go, and move on with my life, but the thought of not being with you is unbearable for me. Human males likely do a better job at this then what I am doing. They likely speak of love, and life, and- Slendy began, not really knowing how to go about doing this. So much for this plan going well. It was quickly spiraling out of control and away from the original way he had planned on going about doing this.
"What are you talking about?" Ellaina asked, confused.
I do hope that I am doing this properly, for I would not want to look like a fool, Slenderman replied, finally looking into her eyes and coming to stand in front of her. It was time to finally go through with the last part of his plan.
Ellaina felt her heart skip a beat upon realizing what he was about to do. Now she understood why he had brought her here to Paris. Their vacation here hadn't been just for fun. It had a purpose, just like she thought it had. Her eyes went wide and her hands covered her mouth when he went down onto one knee, presenting her with a ring.
I am very nervous about this, terrified really. But, I love you, and though it is selfish of me, I do not wish to live without you. Ellaina, would you marry me?
A/N- Is this the worst cliffie I have ever left you with? I watched so many YouTube proposal videos before I finally was able to figure out how I wanted Slendy to go about doing his for Ellaina.