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~Mirabelle~

"I'm full," I pouted with a sigh as I looked at the different menus before me. Helena had literally taken her time to make so many dishes and I have been eating now for the past thirty minutes and now I couldn't take anymore. I was so full that I felt like I could burst.

Mariano smirked and got up from his chair, moving to stand behind me. I felt his hands on my hair and in few seconds, he had taken it all and turned it into a braid. "C'mon." He held out his hand for me.

"Where to?"

"You're full now, right? C'mon, let's go somewhere."

I stared at him blankly. "Where?"

~*~

I could go on like this. Dancing excitedly with people clapping and beating drums around us. Dancing all our worries away. It felt as if it was just us alone. I wanted to stay like this with him. Wasn't forever possible?

"Here," he handed me a bottle of water as I tried to calm my breath.

"Woah," I uncorked the bottle and took a huge gulp. It had been so long I felt so free. Being here with him like this,