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Moffy outdid himself with his comeback

I inhale the crisp air and eye the twinkling stars on the clearest night When I peek beside me, I smile even more

Unbeknownst to the guests here, I’m on a formal date

Akara asked , especially as I sneak glances to my left He’s underneath the sa closer to h

I warm at his touch

Kits looks beyond dapper, like he stepped out of a Vanity Fair fashion shoot with a black-tie theme He’s always rocked tuxes and suits, but this one fits hiht and a twinkling slimpses of me too

“I’ a glitzy silver jumpsuit and furry cropped jacket Cold nips my cheeks, but a white pouest list is mostly familiar farew up around and their parents Socialites galore But I really wanted to dress up for my date Not really for anyone else

Akara leans closer to whisper against my ear, “You look beautiful” I start to s bean”

I elbow his side

He laughs into my hair

“Oh asps to her friend as they stand in a line for hot cocoa and cookies They stare right at the sleigh, at me At Akara

At us

Together

Her friend whips out a phone to snap photos, and we sort of draw a reasonable distance away

In front of us with reins in hand, a man on the bench hardly notices the attention we attract His back is faced to us, and he keeps guiding the horse forward

“I knew they were together,” she says too loudly as the horse trots past them

I ache to shout, I’ht, which is why I’m on a one-on-one date with Akara

Before guilt or weird feelings dampens the mood, I turn back to Akara and pull the blanket up to h ride,” I tell him, “out in the snooods It was before I was born” I s the story well “My s my dad has ever done for her”

Akara sain He tells o the extra hundred miles Flowers, just because Love notes under her pillow Poe, he wrote so many poems I have none of that in ht “I should do more for you Flowers, just because Poems—”

“No,” I shake my head “That’s not totally you, Kits”

His breath smokes the air as he asks, “What am I then?”