CHAPTER 4: MAKE-OVER

Scarlet found herself dumbfounded. 

She had always thought that the Cyn in this world would be a replica of her world's Carlos, but she never expected them to be so identical!

She would have thought he was Carlos if not for the indifferent expression on Cyn's face even when he held her and the big 'Zero' affection on his head. 

The Carlos of her world wouldn't have zero affection for her...

"Hello," She arranged her skirt properly and greeted him shyly. 

Heck, she needed to act good before a handsome guy!

Especially when he looked so much like her idol... Um. 

Cyn, who had just gone out of his way to save a stranger, cleared his throat and stood right. Even though he was confused as to why he would spare anyone a glance at a place his mother forced him to escort her to, he still did not want to be rude. "Hi," He replied and turned around to leave. 

Scarlet smiled cunningly. 'After staying in such a boring world for so many hours, I finally found you, and you still want to leave like this?' She scoffed. 'Dream on!' 

"Hey!" She shouted. 

Cyn stopped and turned around. "Calling me?" He sounded cold. 

Scarlet noticed the grand change and quickly forced a naive smile. "Big brother, I want to thank you for helping me earlier." She looked at his face and gauged his age... 'He shouldn't be older than 20.' She mumbled inwardly. "How about I invite you to my birthday banquet tonight? A lot of people will be there." She tried to entice. 

Cyn looked at her. His expression remained unreadable. "I don't attend parties. Especially not to humor strangers." He replied and resumed walking. 

Scarlet stared at his broad back for a moment and cursed internally. But she wouldn't give up. "Wait!" She shouted and ran toward him. "What about I buy you a meal?" 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒆, 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌,  𝑴𝒓 𝑭𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒚?

Cyn's brows furrowed. His eyes showed annoyance. "I don't want to." He firmly said. "And don't follow me anymore." He warned, and without waiting for Scarlet's response, he walked off. 

Scarlet's eyes widened. This was her first time experiencing such an embarrassing situation, and it made her feel weird. She might not be the most beautiful in her world, but her beauty was enough to turn heads wherever she went, and she had so many admirers that it was annoying. 

'How did things change so much? From being fished to fishing." Scarlet felt like crying. 

"That's because he doesn't know your worth yet." Fateball acted like it could feel Scarlet's pain. "Good luck, Scarlet. This wouldn't be easy." Then, it disappeared again. 

Scarlet looked at her pigmate team and shook her head pitifully. "Anyway, I don't like easy things either. I will surely sway him." She clenched her fist and made a determined face. 

"Focus on your birthday first," Fateball advised. 

Scarlet flicked her bang and raised her nose. "I won't." 

Then, she walked into the salon. 

HOURS LATER

Glasses clanked. Laughter rang. Music played, and everyone seemed excited. 

Klaus was at the corner of the dim-litted room, fixing his tie restlessly while checking something nervously on his phone. 

Beside him was an average-looking guy with a head full of blonde hair. He sipped his drink and chuckled. "You shouldn't be so nervous. Ain't you just proposing to Scarlet? I really don't know what you see in her." His brows furrowed. Expression filled with dismay. "She's so average. There's really nothing worth noticing about her, and there's Lyn, her best friend, who is pure and beautiful. You don't want her, yet you want that ugly girl?" He peeked at Klaus' phone and clucked his tongue at the write-up on the screen. "I wonder what that ugly thing had done to you to make you so obsessed. If it were me..."

"Klaus. Ray." Lyn walked over. 

She was dressed in a short purple gown, and her black hair was styled with a crown sitting on her head. She smiled shyly and used her finger to push a few strands of hair behind her ear, passively revealing her lean neck. "Scarlet is dressing up. She told me she would be here soon." She muttered coyly. Her innocent expression masked the bewilderment in her heart, which came from her calls being rejected by Scarlet all evening. 

She had tried to find out what Scarlet would be wearing so she could outshine her, but Scarlet had refused to answer her call or reply to her messages all evening. She had even tried to visit her house but the security men wouldn't let her in... She had no idea what went wrong. 

Scarlet was always enthusiastic about their friendship...

"Oh, Lyn. You look so..." Ray's word trailed off as his eyes caught a figure standing at the entrance of the hall. 

Light enshrouded a figure at the door. Her slender body was wrapped in a long, flayed black gown, her neck was adorned with a silver necklace, and her long hair was hugged by a sparkling black hair tie. Her big bunny eyes shone with a mysterious allure, and her lips curled into a confident line. Her long fingers curved around a small black bag. 

She raised her head high as she stepped forward, counting each step toward the center of the room___ exactly like the night star. 

She stood before a random girl and revealed a brilliant smile. "Thank you, everyone, for attending my birthday. Have fun, please." She wasn't ready to waste too much energy on strangers. 

The hall, which had been pervaded by silence, immediately became noisy as people deliberated whether she was truly the Scarlet they knew or not. Everyone was surprised, and the one who was the most surprised was Klaus, who was staring like his eyes were about to pop out.

 "She removed her glasses and became a fairy." He heard a voice say, and he nodded his head foolishly. 

While Klaus was pleasantly surprised, there was Lyn, who was about to dig out all the meat in her hand with her nails as she glared hatefully at Scarlet, unable to hide her anger. 

However, there was someone who remained indifferent in the room...

"Scarlet, look, that's Cyn. He's here!" Fateball was so excited that it popped out and danced before Scarlet. "He was the one that the earlier girl invited. Surprised, right? I intentionally kept it hidden from you!" It laughed with satisfaction. 

Scarlet, whose eagle eyes had caught Cyn's figure from the beginning, felt her lips twitching at Fateball's antic, and she chuckled. "I'm glad he's here." She mumbled. "I'm sleeping with him tonight."