Blind Love: Chapter Seven - Halloween
Its finally here!!! Since I had many things going on in real life I havn't had much change to work on this, but now it's finally done ^^
I wanted to try something for a while now and now i get a chance to do it, i won't spoil it, but when you see the ' * ' click on the link, then carry on reading as the song is playing in the background =3
It was getting nearer to Halloween, the entire school was getting themselves prepared for a Halloween-themed Ball, but even still, this was kind of new to Dante. Everyone in class was working on decorations for the party; some were even wearing fangs and other props to get into the spirit, but Dante was acting like it was just another day at school. Hahn and Choc were working on posters, making them as gruesome as they could, "Choc, pass the fake blood" Dante just watched, wondering why everyone was putting so much effort into this, and especially Hahn. "Dante, throw me the- Dante?" Hahn tilted his head as he noticed the lion looking bored, "What's wrong?" Hahn asked, Dante looked up and blinked at him, "Why are we doing all this?" He asked, stopping half way through cutting up another poster, both Hahn and Choc stared at him in utter shock. "What ya mean? It's Halloween, the best holiday ever! Don't say you don't you have it back in England?" he asked with more than the usual concern, as if it a matter of life and death. "Well, yeah. I mean, Halloween was actually a holiday for the wiccans in England, but it's not really as big as it is here. American sweet companies made it big for a way to sell as much sweets as possible" Dante explained, but the two gave him questioning expressions. "Candy. Sweets are candy back home" he added, which made just a little bit more sense. After an unusual day of school, the three classmates stumbled out the grounds, getting ready to go their separate ways, "Hey Dante, how about we go Trick or Treating tomorrow?" Hahn asked, still looking excited, but Dante just shrugged and didn't give it much thought. "I don't know, I've never really done that, I think I'm just going to stop home, but I'm sure Red will go with you" he replied, killing the mouse's excitement, so he just sighed and nodded in defeat, "I guess... see you later" Hahn mumbled as he marched passed them down the sidewalk to his house. "Choc, what's wrong with him?" Dante asked, wondering if he said anything wrong, "Don't worry, like he said he loves Halloween, but I'm quite busy that day so I never get chance to go out with him" Choc replied, making Dante feel guilty deep down.
Halloween came around, and the students only had to set up the school for the ball, technically getting most of the day off, and Dante noticed that Hahn was gloomy all day, but as he was putting up one of the posters, he suddenly thought of a way to cheer him up. They all took a quick break from decorating; Dante approached the mouse, all smiles "Hahn?" Hahn looked up at him through his hood, still looking down from yesterday. "How would you like to go trick or treating for a little bit, then we can come here to chill at the party?" Dante suggested, and in an instant Hahn started to smile, nodding as he slipped off his hood. "Yeah, I would like that" he said softly, quickly sipping some of his coke before getting back to work, "I'll call for you at eight" the mouse yelled as he wandered off to get more supplies "Eight it is!" Dante yelled back, feeling the weight lifting off his shoulders.
It was already getting near seven; Dante just finished putting on his costume "Red! What you think?" he yelled across the house, walking out his room wearing a King outfit. "Think it's ironic, being a British lion and all?" Red popped round the corner, still half ready "Hehe, like an Medieval pimp" the fox joked as he ran back off, making Dante laugh a little until the doorbell rang. "Dante, can you give out the candy, I'm not ready yet!" Red yelled, Dante agreed and went to the door with some candy, slowly opening it. "Welco..." his stuttered as Jonny stood there, frowning at him as usual and not really dressed up, "Dante, do me a favour?" he asked, Dante blinked and tilted his head "Erm, yeah, what is it?" He asked, the lizard moved aside and there was Muck, dressed up as a prince, but it looked a little skimpy. "Take Muck trick or treating, then bring him to the ball after? This is his first time, but I have to take my little sister Jesse round the neighbourhood with her friends" Jonny asked, making Dante smirk a little, which only annoyed Jonny even more so that he just walked off. "Have a good time Muck, see you at the party" he said as he made his way across the lawn, "I will, see you soon Jonny" Muck replied happily, turning back and smiling at Dante, causing the lion to blush a little as he checked his outfit again. "Well, we match, I can see you're a prince, and to let you know I'm a king" Dante said, Muck tilted his head and giggled a little. "Yepp, I'm a prince, I didn't know princes wore such small shorts though" he said, moving side to side to keep a little bit warm. "Can I touch you?" Muck asked, Dante's eyes nearly popped out his skull and he went deep red, "Wh- what?" He stuttered, wondering why his friend was being so straight forward. "Can I touch your outfit? I don't know what a king actually looks like, sorry I should have been more clear, Jonny and Pont got used to me touching them so they know what I mean" Muck explained, leaving Dante speechless as it sound so much like something else, and it was making his mind wander to things best not to dwell upon. "Y-yeah, I'll stand in front of you" Dante said as he moved in, moving Muck's paw over to his chest, where his heart was beating quite fast, and fiercely hoped Muck wouldn't feel it. Muck moved his paws slowly up and down Dante's outfit, making sure he took in every bump and groove before getting back to where he started "Dante, I just thought, I don't know what you look like... can I feel your face, please?" Muck asked, blushing slightly as he kept his head down. Dante smiled not saying a word, and moved his paw up to his face. Slowly he slid his paws along his cheeks, round the top of his head, ears, gradually moving them along his nose, maw, lips; both blushed and went silent for a moment before Dante snapped out of the trance. "Right! Let's go get candy!" he announced, quickly going into the house to get a crown, a fake sword and tell his brother where he was going, taking hold of the hybrids paw, and taking him round the area.
When both Dante's and Muck's bags were nearly full, they decided to start making their way to the party, and Muck somehow knew where about he was. "Hehe, the next house will be fun" Muck giggled, making Dante chuckle with mild surprise, figuring he must have been there a lot and remembered where he has to walk, or perhaps smell. They walked up to one of the last houses and knocked the door "Trick or treat" both said, holding out the bags, but Dante couldn't help but laugh, Pont stood in front of then, looking annoyed as they witnessed him in a toga. "Someone's in the Holiday spirit" Dante teased while Pont was putting candy in their bags, "I'm only dressed up cause the family is over, they like to dress up and get me involved" he replied letting out a sigh, then smiling as he looked over Mucks costume. "And you look very cute Muck, wasn't Johnny meant to be taking you round the town?" Pont questioned him, placing the bowl of candy back inside, "Well, he had to take Jesse trick or treating" he replied, his cheeks slightly red from the compliment. "Right, I'll catch ya both at the ball then with Jonny" Pont carried on.
Red opened the door as he heard someone knocking, opening the door with a bowl of candy and wearing a simple white sheet over him with two eye holes "Hellooooo! Oh hi Hahn, want candy?" Red said as he answered the door with Hahn on the other side, "Nah I'm good, Is Dante about? I am running a little late" Hahn asked. "Oh, I thought he was meeting you at the ball, he already went out with Muck, Jonny asked him to take Muck trick or treating cause he was busy, or something" he replied, Hahn shivered a little, the cold feeling one gets when your heart sinks a little. "Oh, ok, erm, I better...go..." Hahn mumbled before running off, leaving Red in the doorway by himself. "CYA HAHN!" he yelled before closing the door, trapping his sheet in it, the only sounds were him meeping and a loud crash.
Dante and Muck shortly left after talking with Pont, making their way to the ball held at the school which didn't take them more than ten minutes. They entered and walked round the corridors, that led them to the gym, "I'm kind of worried about this, I've seen balls and stuff in films, it always ends up in drama" Dante mumbled, but it made Muck chuckle a little. "It won't be bad, we can sit and watch everyone... well you can watch, I can just listen to the music for a while" Muck answered back just as Dante pushed open the gym doors. "CONGRATULATIONS!" The DJ yelled into the microphone as Muck and Dante entered, "YOU'RE THE SIXTH HUNDRED AND SIXTY SIXTH PERSON TO ENTER THE HALLOWEEN BALL!" the lights moved over to him, and he stood there like a deer in headlights, Muck poked his head around him and tugged on his paw. "Dante, what's going on?" he asked "AND LOOKS LIKE YOU BROUGHT YOUR MATE WITH YOU, GIVE THEM BOTH A CROWN SO THEY CAN DANCE!" the DJ blasted out over everyone, suddenly two plastic and gothic looking crowns were place on them in place of the ones they were already wearing with their outfits. "W-wait, we have to dance?" Dante questioned as he was pulled to the dance floor, he turned round as Muck stumbled into him. Dante looked down at him as he looked up, his ears flattened to his scalp, blushing deeply, Dante blinked for a moment and smiled as he took his paw, raising it up to kiss it as soon as the music started again. The lion held onto the hybrid, dancing with him slowly to the beat. "It's oks Muck, we'll just get this dance over and done with and we'll sit out the rest of the night" Dante whispered to Muck, who just nodded before resting his head against him, then his nerves started to calm as he could hear his heartbeat, which started to overpower the song playing.
Hahn panted as he reached the school after running round the neighbourhood a few times to find Dante, figuring he must be at the ball by now, "Hey Hahn, you look poop(?)" Jonny said as he approached, "Dunno why you're in a hurry, it's just another lame ball" Hahn stood up straight and looked over to him, noticing the lizard had his bass guitar on his back. "I'm in a hurry because Dante's brother told me he was here, just wanted to hang out you know? You playing tonight?" Hahn ask him as they started to walk to inside. "Yeah, if Muck and Dante are already here then we just have to wait for Pont and Nata" Jonny replied, "That's cool, I'll be sure to wat-" Hahn paused as he opened the doors to the gym, seeing Dante and Muck dancing together, and so close. Both Hahn and Jonny stared at them, a sour stare all the way through the rest of the song. "LETS GIVE IT UP FURS! AND I AM DONE FOR NIGHT, NEXT WE HAVE BAND PLAYING FROM THE SCHOOL, LOVE YOU ALL!" the DJ yelled again, making the whole crowd cheer and clap for Dante and Muck, who just stood there feeling very out of place. Jonny quickly worked his way through all the students and scooped up Muck "Oof! Oh yeah, I'll see you later Dante" Muck yelled as the lizard was carrying him off behind the stage without saying a word.
Dante blinked for a moment before turning around, jumping when he saw Hahn was standing right behind him. "Fuck... Oh fuck!" Dante remembered he was meant to be out with Hahn, he quickly hugged him tight. "I'm sorry, I got caught up, and Jonny wanted me, I didn't have much choice" Dante tried to apologise and explain everything at once. "It's ok, really it is" Hahn said as he let out a small sigh, leaning into the hug. "Can we just go and chill? I brought something with me" Hahn slyly pulled out a small flask of whiskey from his jacket. They sat near the back, sneaking in shots of the whiskey as they watched the stage set up for the band. "So, how was your first trick or treating cub?" Hahn joked as he passed Dante the bottle, "To be honest, I've had an alright time, can't believe we don't do this much in England" he replied before taking a few more shots, then noticing Pont getting on stage. "What's Pont doing up there? Also I thought he was busy?" he mumbled to Hahn, his eyes going wide as he saw Jonny lead Muck to the front of the stage, holding a guitar "Huh? They're the band that's playing, didn't you know?" Hahn answered back, swigging off the last few drops from the flask. "Check, check. Hi everyone!" Muck said into the microphone to see if it was working ok, "Thanks for letting us play tonight, we are Unseeing!" He shouted out before strumming the strings to start off a song, Jonny starting on his bass and moved up to his microphone as back up vocals on the left, Nata on the right with his keyboard and synths, while Pont laid down a beat on his drums behind them. *
"You can't escape the wrath of my heart, _ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKiZOusFVpA _Beating to your funeral song (You're so alone) All faith is lost for hell regained And love dust in the hands of shame (Just be brave)"
The crowd we're jumping round on the floor as they really kicked off, the place felt alive. Dante watched them from afar, amazed by the sound of that voice, the way Muck and the others played, he was completely drawn in. Hahn on the other hand kept his eyes on Dante, watching him watching them, and then he lowered his head and sighed under his breath, wanting his attention, but he didn't know how to compare.
"Hold me Like you held on to life When all fears came alive and entombed me Love me Like you love the sun Scorching the blood in my vampire heart"
It didn't seem that long till the show was over, and then Dante hurried behind the stage with Hahn slugging behind, catching Muck and the others heading into the back to get cooled off, "Muck! Muck that was amazing, why didn't you guys mention you're a band?" Dante yelled over the sound of the other students chatting behind them, Muck turned to him, clutching his instrument. "Well, we kinda kept it secret, we practice at Pont's most weekends so we don't have to stop behind and do it at school" Muck replied as Jonny gave him a bottle of water in place for his guitar, Muck giving his thanks as he struggled to get the lid off. They followed and all walked into the back room, all blinking as they saw two figures just finishing getting dressed, both sides stared at each other. "Erm, Mr Casp?" Nata asked as the equine quickly put on his knight helmet, trying to shield Noal as he got back into his princess dress "Noal, was just, checking me out, I have a nasty cough..." Casp tried to explain, but the boys gave him a blank look, all knowing he was a terrible liar. Noal quickly hopped on Casp's back and pointed toward them, "Away sir knight! To yonder!" he yelled, making Casp blush and glare at the boys in front of him. "Your all expelled..." he put in a serious tone, but it was obvious he was joking as he quickly ran past them, all of them watching while Muck was tugging on everyone, "Why does no one tell me what goes on!"
All of them left the school after packing up, Dante and Hahn helped Pont carry his drum set to his parent's car and put it into the back. "Thanks guys, catch you later" the tiger said as he got into the car, the others waved before circling around. "Well, I best take Muck home" Jonny said before letting out a small yawn, and then held onto Muck's paw, tugging a little for him to follow. Muck just smiled and waved near the direction his friends were, Nata shortly leaving after. "Well, I need to get back, me and Red have to be up tomorrow" Dante said to Hahn, who just nodded with a smile, then hugged Dante tightly. "Cya Dante..." he mumbled before jogging off into the dark, Dante smiled and gave a little shrug as he started to make his way home, eating some of his candy from trick or treating, humming the songs that we're played earlier that night.
Written by Dante Sheath
Beta by KayKat
All Characters are owned by Dante Sheath
Red is owned by Red G. Fox