Secret Birthday

Chris felt so cozy in her blanket that she didn't want to wake up at all.

She could hear the chirping of birds from the window. Chris sighed feeling more lazier by the minute. She sat up on the bed and checked the time on the alarm clock on her bedside table. But something else caught her attention. On the table there was a note placed under the alarm.

She was skeptical about how it entered into her room or who kept it there.

Chris pulled the note out and opened it

It read

𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐲

𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥

𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐭.

𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰.

𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐝𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞,𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠.

𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐞?

𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠

𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬,

𝐋.

"Forever yours..."she mumbled out tracing the pattern of his writing. It was just like him,unique and masculine. It soothed him alot and was so beautifully calligraphed.

Chris felt so elated and excited that she skipped all the way to the bathroom. She had her bath and wore the blue dress. It fitted her so much like it was tailored just for her. It was long with beautiful diamonds on it sparkling when it comes in contact with light. Her shoulder was open, it had a long sleevebut with slit at both ends of the sleeve running up to her elbow.

She looked like a fallen angel.

"Wow...it's so beautiful"

"I look like a fairytale princess"she giggled trying to cutsy like a princess but failing miserably. Chris took out the silver heels and put them on.

"Can I actually walk in these?"she asked herself. She tried walking around the room to get used to it but would always end up almost face flat on the ground. She kept on losing her balance.

"Am going to look like a fool if I wear this and go out"She pouted annoyed.

' but lust went through all this trouble just to organize a surprise for me, I can't ruin it '

"I will just have to walk slowly and with support then"she said nodding firmly at herself. She brushed her hair and let it lose. It fell softly like the waters, on her shoulder. The strand of white making it look unique. She tried her best to look good by apply a little bit of makeup even though she is not that good at it. All she has even applied on her face was her mascara and lip gloss.

After she was done, anxiety set in. She felt so nervous to step out of the door.

' what if someone sees me dressed all too strangely like this. I mean I look like am about to go to a ball '

' but women hear dresses like this right ...so it shouldn't look awkward if i do too right? '

' who am I deceiving it will look awkward but I will have to do it ..for lust '

She was in alot of turmoil in her mind. She took in a really deep breath and stepped out of her room not before checking if the hallway was clear. She held the wall trying to balance her steps and walked slowly to make sure her shoe doesn't grab attention.

Chris kept at this pace for a while but when she saw maids ahead of her working in the hallway, she hid in another hallway peeping at them.

"How am I going to pass their? I feel like a criminal hiding like this"She said feeling anxious.

Bracing herself she held her head high and stepped out of her hidding place not meeting the surprised faces of the maids. She hurriedly passed them not responding to their greetings.

When she finally made it to the dinning room she took in a deep breath and sighed feeling stupid for running away like that.

Chris sat down at the empty dining table . A maid and two guards was present in the room.

"Am I eating alone today?"she asked the maid

"Yes ma'am, sir lust is not present and sir rage will be eating in his room"The maid replied cutly.

Chris nodded a little satisfied that she doesn't get to see the annoying face of rage.

She opened the food and started eating ,she was halfway through her breakfast when a maid stepped into the room, bowed down slightly to her and gave her a note, leaving the same way she came.

Chris opened the note and read it

𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐧 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠,𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮.

Chris was a bit confused by the nature of note

She stood up taking the note with her and left the dinning room. She kept on thinking trying to understand what he was trying to say when she saw a rose down a different hallway. She followed the rose and it kept leading her to others and others till she saw another maid who handed her another note taking the other with her. This one read

𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐫..𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐣𝐨𝐛 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞.

𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐡 𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐫.

This note felt even more complicated than the other for her and a little bit sexual??. Chris kept on revisiting the previous note in her mind trying to compare them when it suddenly clicked

"The garden!!"she exclaimed dropping the note on the floor.

She ran as fast as her feet and heels could carry her , almost slipping a couple of times but she didn't stop. The maids walking on the hallway will always stop and stare at her as she ran passed them. She saw roses along her way which kept on leading her till she made it to the beautiful garden.

A trail of roses lead her path till she got to a small area close to the waterfall behind the garden. There the she saw Lust with his back towards her and a beautiful arrangement of a table and and chair set for them to dine together. Petals of flowers were spread all around the area. For Chris it felt like she was living a fairytale.

"You are here"Lust said without turning to face her.

Chris felt her heart thumping loudly the closer she stepped towards him. She suddenly felt like turning back and running away.

Everything felt too good to be real for her.

Immediately she got closer to him, lust turned around and gave her a beautiful smile. His pearly white teeth on display.

He looked breath taking that Chris held her breath. His hair which was usually In a ponytail was let loosed and fell over his face. He looked handsome in his leather pants and jacket with a tight white shirt within making his muscles bulge out. And his blue eyes were captivating.

Chris couldn't stop staring at the dazzling man in front of her.

Lust stepped closer to her that only an inch was left between them.

"Breath love..."he whispered to her. Chris forgot she stopped breathing for a moment. She took in a deep breath trying to hide her anxiousness.

"You look so beautiful..."Lust stared into her deep green eyes feeling lost in them.

"S-so do you.."she mumbled suddenly feeling shy. Lust held out his hand making her place her's on it.

He pulled her towards the water fall and they both stood quite.

The silence wasn't the uncomfortable type but the one she wouldn't mind having with him.

"It's so peaceful and beautiful"she said staring at the beautiful waterfall.

Chris closed her eyes trying to embrace the sweet smell of nature.

"Happy birthday Chris"she heard lust whisper facing her.

He held her hand

"I know today isn't your birthday but still I wanted to celebrate it for you. I know you never got to hear even a happy birthday on your birthday due to what was going on so I decided to make it up to you today."He said smiling softly at her.

Chris eyes watered ,she couldn't believe her ears.

"H-how long have you been planning this?"she asked with her broken voice.

"For a while now"he replied still holding her warm hands.

Chris felt so many varieties of emotions in her chest at this moment that she just didn't know what to say. Her tears rolled down her face making lust wipe them away with his palm.

"T-thank y-you so much dammy..."she said while smiling slightly.

"Dammy huh?"he replied smiling mischievously.

"Well...I decided that since your name is Damien then I will call you dammy for short"she replied cheekily.

"Nahh I kinda like how the name Lust sounds coming from your mouth. I love it when you call me that"he said while smirking

"O-oh! t-then I guess it's lust then"her cheeks became so red that she couldn't look at his face .

"Let's eat"he pulled her towards the decorated table where they sat down.

They were about eating when lust pulled out a small box and handed it to her.

"F-for me?"she asked shocked with her eyes wide. Tears were threatening to spill from her eyes again but she held them back and stretched her shaking hands out and took the box from him. When she opened it, she gasped out loud.

"I-its a d-dddiamond necklace?"she said stuttering.

A blue diamond necklace with his name engraved on it stared at her. It was so beautiful that it reflected the happiness in her eyes.

Lust stood up and took the necklace from her. He pulled her hair to one side of her shoulder and wore her the necklace. His fingers brushed her neck slightly making Chris take in a deep breath.

He sat back down and stared at her

"It's looks so beautiful on you, do you like it?"he asked her.

Chris didn't know how to express her feelings at this point that she did the only thing she could do and that was to place a feathery kiss on his cheeks.

Lust was surprised by the act ,that he blushed a little, taken aback.

"I love it ...."

"And...I love you" she said with a cute smile. It felt a thousand fireflies were just lite, cause nothing could explain the happiness lust felt at this moment.

' this girl will be the death of me....'