(CHAPTER 7) : DANCE AND HAVE FUN

I'm doing the usual stuff today while Mariane is taking a refreshing morning bath and Flora and Choco are having fun in the living room playing. The door bell suddenly rang, and when I opened the door, there was a small white envelope with the word "welcome" on it. I immediately opened the envelope, and then a lot of glitter came out of the envelope, scattered, and inside there was a red note with a cursive way of writing. I read the note, and it says

"You're invited to a masquerade ball party to celebrate this anniversary of our beloved school with us. Wear your favorite mask and attend the party. The party will be held tomorrow night. Join us, do not forget to bring a partner, and have fun."

I then waited for Mariane to finish her bath while I was cooking dinner. She then finally finished taking a bath and got to the table, while at the same time I finished cooking. I then prepared the dishes, and then I noticed that she was kind of bothered by something, fidgeting with her hands and feet, and she looked like she was trying to say something.

"Uhh... umm... I have a favor..."

"Before that, here's a note from your school."

"It is actually about that. Can you be my partner for the ball?"

"Ehhh, but I'm not even from your school. Are you sure?"

"It is actually okay since my school doesn't have boys, and my aunt told me to bring you because she is the principal of my school."

"I see. It actually makes me really happy that you picked have picked me and I will gladly accept your offer."

"Yaaayyy!"

She then quickly finished her food and started running towards her room. Minutes later, she came back downstairs while I was washing the dishes. She was holding three sets of formal attire in different colors: one was gray, the other was white, and the third was black. She was looking tired and couldn't talk because of exhaustion. I gave her water to drink.

"I am really exhausted from looking for you to wear for the ball, and I found these three sets of clothes that might fit you."

"Why do you have clothes for men?"

"Umm, that's a secret." She said. "Anyway, would you like to try them on to see if they fit?"

She walked around me to see if it actually looked good. I then tried wearing the gray first. She walked around me to see if it actually looked good. She walked around me to see if it actually looked good.   She walked around me to see if it actually looked good.    She walked around me to see if it actually looked good.

For almost a minute, she was still looking around my body, and I felt uncomfortable. I looked at her face, and she was actually drooling.

"Does it look good on me?"

"Oh, right, it actually looks good. Now let's try the other two."

I then came back and changed and wore the black one, but the same thing happened. She again looked at my body with a weird look on her face. Then again the same reaction occurred with the white one.

"So which one fits me best?"

"I could not pick which is best; they all look good on you."

"Why not match it with the dress you are going to wear tomorrow?"

"Good idea."

She brought a dress, and she showed me her dress. It was a long black and white dress with a flower design. She wasn't wearing it, though, and I did know that it would actually fit her and look good on her.

"It's beautiful."

"I know, right!"

"Then I'll wear the black one so that it matches."

She prepared her dress, and I prepared my attire, and we also prepared some things that we might need.

and the day has come. She wore her dress and put on some makeup, and I wore my attire, and we both wore masks for the masquerade. Luckily, her aunt has a transportation system that looks like the pumpkin carriage from Cinderella. We then entered the carriage, and we saw her aunt inside. Then we sat down, and then the carriage moved.

"I see you are wearing some of the clothes that were bought by Mariane for you."

"Aunty, it's embarrassing." She tried hiding her face under her hands while she blushed.

"So that is why you happen to have clothes for men, thank you."

"She was even excited to see you wear it when she saw that in the store."

"Aunty, please stop."

Most of the people there are women, which explains why her school is really a girl's school. Most of the people there are women, which explains why her school is really a girl's school.    We step outside the carriage, and most of the students are looking at us. There are also men, but most of them are different species like elves, ogres, golems, and other species that have strong bodies.

"Why are there fewer men, or why are there different types of species of men?"

"That is because we only allow butlers and bodyguards."

"Oh, I see..."

I then held Mariane's hand as we walked together to the venue. The venue was really large, and if you look at the ceiling, there is a beautiful golden chandelier. As we were walking on the carpet, I noticed that a lot of people were still looking at us, and some even stopped dancing in the room. We then sat at the party, where there were only two of us at the table.

"As you can see, I do not even have a single friend."

"I already told you that I would always be there for you."

"Thank you."

We sat there for almost thirty minutes, and I noticed that she was kind of bored and embarrassed to be there. I got also tired, so I pulled her hands and said

"May I have the dance?"

"Haha, you don't pull people's hands if you offer a dance."

"Oh, sorry, haha."

I pulled her left hand and brought her to the middle of the place at the same time the music changed.

"Sorry if I can not dance properly."

"It's okay; just follow the way you want to dance."

"Okay then."

We started dancing while most of the people were still looking at us, including her aunt. We dance and laugh at the same time, ignoring the people surrounding us. We dance and have fun until we then suddenly run to the hallway and run around chasing each other while there are no people in the hallway. We were really having fun until we did not notice that we were actually outside now. We then got tired of running and sat at the bench we saw outside.