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Other Creatures

She walked to Colin who was already looking at her, his whole body facing her.

His eyes glimmered, like how the stars above their heads did at that very moment.

Surely, the ring could wait. A little voice inside Elinor’s head said to her.

The way he looked at her made her push every disappointment she had felt just seconds ago into the back of her mind.

Forget about the ring.

Colin met her halfway, half of his face was overshadowed, save for his blue eyes that pierced through her skin, seeing through her very soul.

“You look perfect,” he said.

Her lips parted at what he said. She could not hold his gaze, but when she tried to look at him, she found his eyes staring down at her lips and looked away.

She looked over to Colin’s shoulder, her eyes meeting Bonnie and Mauve looking at the two of them. They hit their shoulders when they noticed her.

“I thought..” she trailed off.

“You thought?” Colin raised his brow a bit.

“That it’s just gonna be you and me but I misundersto