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Scara found himself once again staring at his ceiling. He drags his hands across his face. He turned over on his side. Scara sighed heavily.
Why couldn’t I be the one to make the first move? Why does he always have to make the first move? I hate him… but oh his cute face is ugh!! I get too blushy when I’m near him, and every time I see his face…. Scara thought as he blushed.
He threw the pillow he was lying on. Scara sat up and grabbed the pillow.
“Ugh… I hate him.” Scara said.
The morning arrived, and Scara was preparing to leave for his classes.
“Scara,” Nahida called out.
Scara turned around.
“Did you need something?” Scara asked.
“I was wondering if you heard that Akademiya is holding a dance. I was wondering if you could ask the guy to accompany you!” Nahida stated.
Scara side-eyed her.
“I will ask you not to read my thoughts,” Scara said.
Nahida giggled, and Scara huffed.
“Sorry, it's just last night your thoughts were loud; it was not hard to listen,” Nahida admitted.
Scara just rolled his eyes until he considered what Nahida told him. Taking Sethos to the dance… sounded like the perfect idea. Scara could finally make the first move. However, there is one problem. Scara does not know how to dance.
“Wait… Nilou knows how to dance…” Scara said out loud.
Nahida just smiled at Scara and left to spy on her people. Scara went to his classes and learned about the dance and how it will be in 2 weeks from now. In his head, he had time to learn how to dance from Nilou. He made sure to keep the paper the professor handed out. Later that night, Scara was sitting in their tree waiting for him.
“Hey there,” Sethos called out.
Scara turned to him and smiled. He patted the spot next to him, and Sethos sat next to him.
“Sethos,” Scara said.
“Yes?” He replied.
“The Akademiya is holding a… dance. Would you like to go with me?” Scara asked.
Sethos smiled.
“Of course, I’ll go with you. I was just gonna ask you.” Sethos admitted.
Scara blushed.
“Well, I beat you this.” Scara joked.
Sethos chuckled. He then leaned his head on Scara’s shoulder.
“I like this,” Sethos said.
Scara leaned his head too, and smiled.
“Yeah… I do too.” Scara replied.
“Do you know how to dance?” Scara asked.
Sethos thought about it.
“I do!” Sethos said.
Scara hummed.
Sethos and Scara just talked for the rest of the night, then went home over the next 2 weeks before the dance. Scara got a lesson on how to dance from Nilou. She taught him everything she knew, and Scara got to meet Emilie. The night of the dance, Nilou and Emilie helped Scara get ready. Nilou helped him get dressed and do his hair, while Emilie helped him smell good.
Once they were done with the makeover, Scara thanked both of them for helping him. Nahida walked into the room.
“Scara, Sethos is here,” Nahida said.
Scara nodded. Scara double-checked himself in the mirror before leaving the room. Scara walked out of the room and over to Sethos. He then stopped in his tracks, seeing him… Sethos looked stunning. Scara blushed.
“You…look amazing,” Scara said.
Sethos smiled.
“You look great yourself. Ready to go?” Sethos said.
“Eh! You two do not leave yet, I need a picture’ Nahida said.
Nahida took out a Kamera.
“Smile!” She says.
Sethos grabbed Scara's waist, and they took the picture. Scara blushed. They said their goodbyes and headed off to the dance.
“Are you excited?” Sethos asked.
“Kind of…” Scara admits. “Oh, by the way, I don’t know how to dance. I tried to take dance-” he continued.
However, Sethos interrupted him.
“From Nilou? Yeah, I went to her too. I know how to dance, just not as good as her. So it’s okay, it can just be us, hmm?” Sethos said.
Scara just blushed and looked away.
They arrived at the dance and got inside. It was super crowded. Scara flinched at the noise.
“Hey… if it gets too much, we can go,” Sethos said.
“No… I’m okay.” Scara reassured him.
Scara and Sethos walked in, they looked around at all the people who were dressed so nicely. They made their way through and sat at a table. Sethos didn’t sit, he ran and got them drinks. After a while, Sethos dragged Scara to the dance floor.
“Let's see those moves!” Sethos said.
“Okay,” Scara replied.
Scara and Sethos danced the night away, they almost could keep their eyes off each other. Sethos then grabbed Scara’s waist again and bent Scara down, kissing him. Scara was completely surprised at this action. Sethos brought Scara back to his feet.
“Oh my archon.” Scara said.
Sethos laughed.
“Caught you off guard, huh?” Sethos asked.
“Shut up,” Scara said.
Sethos and Scara continued the dance, and Scara saw an opportunity and return the favor to Sethos. Bending him down and kissing him. Sethos was shocked to say the least. Sethos closed his eyes and let the other live in this moment. Both of them had the best night of their life.
After the dance, they went to their tree. They sat on their branch and stared up at the sky.
“Sethos.” Scara started.
“Yes?” Sethos replied.
“Thank you for tonight. I know I was the one who invited you out, but if you didn’t stop annoying me, I probably wouldn’t be doing this, so thank you.” Scara stated.
Sethos smiled at him.
“You are welcome. To be honest, the first time I saw you, I fell in love.” Sethos admitted.
“What?” Scara responded.
“Yeah, I just couldn’t get you out of my head. No matter how many times I tried, too.” Sethos said.
Scara blushed.
“You wouldn’t leave my thoughts either,” Scara admitted to himself.
Sethos turned and grabbed Scara’s hand. Both of them looked into each other's eyes.
“Guess that means we are meant to be,” Sethos said.
Sethos leaned in and kissed Scara. Closing out the night of being full of love!