Chapter 3: Is This Meant To Be?

The sun arises on to a new day, as Jason starts off his day, fixing his bed, doing an early jog and preparing himself some breakfast.

"Sometimes whenever I see Luna...I still remember that dear friend of mine back then..." Jason said to himself.

*Flashback on February 14, 2021*

Jason was only a junior back then, and his hair wasn't messy, but before being an outcast, he was slightly a bit more cheerful, plus he had at least one friend during those times.

"Hey Jason..." A voice called out.

"Oh hey there Aurora!" Jason replied, smiling at her.

She sits down next to him, leaning closer as she sees him reading a book.

"I'm curious, what are you reading Jason?" Aurora asked him, waiting for his response.

"It's a literature poem by Robert Frost..." Jason replied, looking at her eyes.

"You like reading poems?" Aurora asked him, fascinated by his hobby.

"Well I guess I kind of grew an affinity for reading books..." Jason chuckled.

"It suits you very well, if I'm being honest..." Aurora said teasingly.

"You think so?" Jason asked her, looking at her with a smile.

"Mhm, I know so." Aurora said with a smile.

*Back to the present*

Jason headed to school, he was wearing a hoodie over his head, and as expected many people were staring at him and we're even gossiping about him.

"Oh great, he's here..." A male student said.

"He's really such a party pooper..." A girl student mockingly whispered.

Jason didn't mind it and just entered through, as he walked down the hallway, he noticed Luna by her locker, arranging her stuff.

Luna turned around and noticed him there.

"Oh hey there Jason..." Luna smiled.

"Hey, you need help with your stuff?" Jason asked, walking towards her.

"I wouldn't mind for some extra help..." Luna continued.

Jason helped Luna out with putting away with some of her stuff in her locker.

"Thank you very much...I appreciate your help Jason..." Luna smiled, closing her locker.

"No problem..." Jason replied, shrugging it off.

"By the way...can I ask you a question..." Luna said, as she suddenly stopped walking.

"Hmmm, sure what is it?" Jason asked, curious on what she has to say to him.

"Well...I was wondering...are you available for the weekend?" Luna asked, waiting for his response.

"Available? Hmmm, well if I don't have anything that interferes with my schedule then I guess I could show up..." Jason replied.

"Really, that would be wonderful..." Luna said, her eyes were sparkling with joy.

"So I'll see you then?" Jason said.

"Yeah, I'm also tagging along with some friends, I hope you wouldn't mind..." Luna replied, fidgeting with her fingers.

"It's fine with me, I'm more worried about me being a bit of trouble for you guys..." Jason said.

"Don't worry, I wouldn't mind you as company..." Luna said, as he cupped his face.

Jason was caught off-guard, he did not expect Luna to be this close with him.

"It's getting late now, isn't it, come on let's go..." Luna said.

"Right..." Jason said hesitatingly, as he followed her on suite.

The two of them eventually went back to their apartment and went inside the elevator, Jason went out and turned to face her.

"I'll see you at the mall..." Luna smiled as she waved goodbye to him.

"I'll see you there as well..." Jason replied.

*The next day*

Jason got ready for the day, he felt like that he needed to impress Luna for the occasion.

"Hmmm...let's see...I could go with this nice leather jacket..." Jason said as he grabbed it out his closet.

"And this shirt would look good on me..." He smiled, thinking about how he'd look wearing it.

"And these jeans are just the appetizers...and I can't forget these rubber shoes..." Jason sighed, as he laid them down on the bed.

He went to his bathroom to take a shower to get freshed, after that, he wrapped his waist with a towel.

He starts to get dressed and charged his cellphone and went to check his wallet.

"It's been a long time since I last spent my money with someone else...other than Aurora..." Jason sighed.

After a little while, Jason headed out of his room and headed to the mall to meet up with Luna.

*At the mall*

Luna was accompanied by her friends as they were exploring around the area.

"So I heard you asked Mr. Outcast to join us?" Sasha said teasingly.

"For the record, he doesn't like that he's being called like that, and he does have a name..." Luna sighed.

"Yeah...yeah...but are you sure he'll show up?" Sasha asked her.

"I'm sure of it..." Luna sighed, patiently waiting for her.

Jason entered the mall and noticed Luna and her group and slowly approached them.

"Sorry if I'm late..." Jason said, fixing his jacket.

Luna and her group stood there frozen, their eyes were staring at him in awe as they couldn't believe how good he looked.

"He's kinda hot..." One of the girls whispered.

"Am I late or something?" Jason asked.

"No-no, in fact you're actually just in time..." Luna said, looking away, embarrassingly.

"Hey...no need to act shy around him..." Sasha said teasingly.

"So, where we heading first?" Jason asked.

"I was thinking we go around at some clothes and go eat some food and probably play at the arcades..." Luna said, her mind was racing.

"Haha...it seems like you have a lot of things in store for the weekend..." Jason replied teasingly.

"Is there a problem?" Luna crossed her arms.

"Nope, I'm actually fine with it..." Jason continued.

"Alright then, come with us..." Luna said, grabbing his arm.

"She should really notice that she's being awfully close, people might think we're a couple..." Jason sighed, following her anyways.

She leads him to a fashion store, Jason expected for something like this to happen but complied with her.

"Hey Jason...which outfit looks better on me? The pink one or the blue one?" Luna asked him, waiting for his answer.

"Hmmm, how about you try them on yourself and I'll be the judge..." Jason said.

"Fair point, alright...I'll try them on just for you..." Luna said teasingly as she went inside the fitting room.

"Sometimes I can't wonder whether she's being friendly or she's being flirty with me..." Jason sighed and sat down on a chair.

Luna comes out of the fitting room, dressed in a lovely pink dress, Jason stares at her, he didn't expect to see it look good on her.

"How does it look?" Luna said, looking away embarrassingly.

"It...it looks good on you..." Jason said in awe.

"Really?" Luna's eyes widen.

"Yeah, I'm being honest..." Jason said with a soft smile.

"Well I guess I'll buy it..." Luna said, going back to the fitting room.

"He really thinks it looks good on me..." Luna said, her face is getting a little red.

"Wait...am I blushing right now...no...I shouldn't be too expressive..." Luna sighed as she took off the dress and dressed back to her regular clothes.

"Can you wait for me Jason?" Luna asked.

"Sure..." Jason replied.

"Thank you..." Luna said as she went to the cashier to pay for the dress.

"Alright let's go for lunch, shall we?" Luna said, looking at Jason.

"Um sure, where we eating?" Jason asked her, waiting for her response.

"Well I was thinking about going to that new restaurant that just opened...what do you say?" Luna replied.

"Sure I guess I'll try it..." Jason sighed, following her.

They entered the restaurant and sat down on their chairs and the waiter approached them, waiting for their orders.

"The menu looks delicious...I want to try the spare ribs with mashed potatoes...what about you Jason?" Luna said, putting down her menu.

"I think I'll have a roasted chicken with fries on the side and some ice tea as my drink..." Jason said, as he handed the menu to the waiter.

The waiter quickly left to give the order, Jason and Luna went back to talking with another.

"Well...are you a picky eater or was that something you just chose randomly?" Luna said, staring at his eyes.

"Well I guess you could say I chose it randomly, although I do like eating a wide range of food..." Jason replied.

"Not bad..." Luna said.

The waiter arrived and serves us our food, Luna started eating first, and decided to offer Jason some of her food.

"Wanna try some of it?" Luna asked, offering her one of the spare ribs.

"Sure...I guess..." Jason continued.

"Say ahhh..." Luna said teasingly, as she was giving him food.

Jason hesitated but decided to open his mouth and ate the food.

"Was it delicious?" Luna said, she put her hand on her face.

"It was..." Jason said, chewing the food.

Luna leans in closer and grabs some fries from his plate, a playful look on her face.

"What's the matter, cat bit your tongue..." Luna said, touching his chin.

"No but I'm quite surprised you're this bold..." Jason said.

"Are you liking it, I can do a lot of special things you know?" Luna said teasingly.

"You're playing with fire, Miss Aethers..." Jason said as he ate his fries.

"Maybe I am, Mr. Redfield but I'm sure you can let that slide for a girl like me..." Esme said, as she she grabbed her drink.

"Hmmm, you're going to work hard for it though..." Jason chuckled.

"I'm willing to play your game..." Luna said, as she cupped his face.

"Anyways, let's go to the arcade...if I win...you'll do what I have to say..." Luna said teasingly.

"And if I win?" Jason asked.

"Then I'll have to comply to your punishment..." Luna chuckled.

"Deal..." Jason replied.

The two went off to the arcade and after getting tokens, they decided to play a claw machine.

"I'll go first..." Luna said as she placed the token in the slot while Jason watches her.

The claw activates and begins to move, Luna patiently waits for the claw to land on the plushie, the claw grabs it but it doesn't fall.

"Dang it..." Luna scoffed.

"Let me give it a try..." Jason said, moving closer.

Jason puts the token in the slot, the claw begins to activate, he toggles with the joystick of the machine, he aims for the plushie and hesitates to press the button and slowly presses it.

The claw begins to grab the plushie and it successfully grabs a hold of it and falls inside of the hole.

"Wow...you're pretty good at this..." Luna said in awe.

"I've had practice before..." Jason replied.

"That would make sense..." Luna smiled at him.

"Any other games you want to try?" Jason asked.

Hmmm, I have a few games in mind..." Luna chuckled.

"Hmmm..." Jason said, following her.

"Hey Jason...try out this game..." Luna said, pointing her finger at the game.

"All you have to do is press the button and shoot the ball in the hole...and you'll get tickets..." Luna said.

"So are you willing to try it?" Luna chuckled.

"I don't see why not...I'll go first..." Jason said, placing the token in the slot.

The machine activates and Jason starts to patiently grasp to the button and presses it, the ball comes down from the pipe and shoots into the 50 ticket hole.

"Not bad...Mr. Redfield, now it's my turn to take over the field..." Luna said playfully as she headed towards the machine.

Luna took a deep breath, she patiently waited for the right moment to click the button and the ball fell down and landed on the 100 ticket hole.

"Looks like I won this time..." Luna replied, feeling glad that she won.

"Well we can decide the winner with one last game..." Jason chuckled.

"And what game do you have in mind?" Luna asked, crossing her arms.

Jason leads Luna to the air hockey game.

"So, are you up for a match?" Jason said teasingly.

"You're on..." Luna chuckled.

The two of them placed their tokens in the slot and played air hockey.

After a little while...they suddenly finished the game...both were exhausted and as they glanced upon the score-board...both of them gasped at the results...the winner of the game...was Jason Redfield...

"Awww dang it..." Luna sighed.

"Well that was unexpected...but I do feel happy about it..." Jason said to himself.

"So tell me...what should I do for you now, Mr. Redfield..." Luna said, approaching him closer.

"Hmmmm now that you think about it..." Jason thought to himself.

Luna waits for his response, she feels nervous about what he's going to do her.

"I feel like I made a mistake challenging him...crap...I wonder what he's going to make me do for him..." Luna said, she felt like she is starting to sweat.

"Aren't you just dying to find out..." Jason chuckled.

"You're damn right I am..." Luna said, leaning closer.

*Timeskip*

After going to the mall, the two of them made their way back to their apartment and Jason offers her to go to his room.

The two of them entered inside with Luna sitting down on the couch.

"Wanna watch a movie with me?" Jason asked, looking at her.

"Hmm, sure what movies do you have in mind?" Luna asked.

"I was thinking about this romance comedy, would you like to watch it?" Jason asked her.

"I see, so this is your game..." Luna chuckled to herself before looking back at him.

"Sure I don't mind..." Luna replied.

Jason heads to play the movie and the two of them sat next to each other.

As the movie continued to play, Luna was admiring Jason's long eye lashes, she found them to be really cute.

"What are you staring at?" Jason asked her.

"Nothing much..." Luna said looking away

"If you say so..." Jason said, eating some popcorn.

She felt embarrassed about what she has to do next but decided to go for it.

She leaned on his shoulder, feeling a little tired.

Jason was caught off guard and noticed how peaceful you are while leaning next to him.

He softly smiled and gently brushed her hair, she was feeling tired and leaned in a little closer.

"She's becoming too affectionate..." Jason said to himself.

"Heh...she's starting to remind me of Aurora..." Jason mumbled to himself, while stroking her hair.

Luna was feeling contented with how she is being comforted by Jason although she does feel a little embarrassed and eventually gets up.

"You're feeling ok now?" Jason asks her.

"Yup I do..." Luna smiles at him.

The movie eventually ends and they got up from their couch with Luna heading outside of the door.

"That was really fun..." Luna sighed.

"I agree...also..." Jason sighed.

"Thank you for taking me out to the mall earlier..." Jason said, he smiled softly at her.

"It was no problem Jason...I'm glad we were able to have fun" Luna smiled softly.

Luna checked the time on her watch and realized it was getting a little late.

"I should probably get going now...see you tomorrow..." Luna said, heading to the elevator.

"See you tomorrow as well..." Jason replied, waving his hand at her.

The two of them went back to their rooms and headed to their bedrooms, lying down on their bed to rest after the long day.

"That was pretty insane..." Luna sighed.

"I must say...I didn't realize how nice he is and how close he is to me earlier..." Luna giggled, tossing and turning around her bed.

"Wait...am I starting to feel something for him..." Luna said, her face feeling all flushed.

"No...no...no...it's just a crush Luna..." Luna sighed, turning around.

"But I have to say...I can't deny he looks attractive..." Luna said, biting her lip.

"Oh Jason Redfield...the things I'd do to make you mine..." Luna sighed, putting her hand on her chest.

"I might never let go of you the next time we meet..." Luna giggled and went to sleep.

Meanwhile at Jason's room, he thought how similar Aurora and Luna were to one another.

"I find it quite funny that they're similar to one another..." Jason chuckled to himself.

"Then again, I should get some rest, I have school tomorrow..." Jason sighed, going to sleep.

"Although I can't deny...she is kinda cute..." Jason sighed, closing his eyes and fell asleep.