The Silhouette

Moonlight showcased his deep magnetic eyes in detail, making her awestruck captured in his sight. The misty spicy scent that he released made her dazed in the act. It was powerful enough for her to lose her sanity at that moment. It wasn't new; everything about him felt so familiar, forcing her brain to remind the traces of memories. Tears escaped her eyes, sliding down her cheek. A stream of memories flooded inside her, causing her body to tremble with the unexplainable feel. "I miss you," she heard him speak in a hoarse voice which made the hair stand up on her body. She blinked her brilliant emerald orbs, searching for the voice she heard. Nevertheless, she ended up catching a hand full of air he breathed. There were no traces of his presence anywhere near her.

'Am I hallucinating?? It felt so real,' she mused, exploring her wet cheek. "This ain't real!!" she said hysterically, rolling her orbs in amusement. She didn't wait any more minutes as she paced towards the dorm.

Armelle looked back several times before entering the dormitory, panting from the previous exercise as adrenalin rushed through her veins. Entering the room, she felt it empty without the presence of Krith, as Krith stayed back at the restaurant for a drink with Drey to settle their argument.

Armelle took a quick bath to change to her night grown to lay comfortably over the bed. Again, she was caught up in the bewildering fragrance she felt around that stranger. Although recollecting the strange odor, again and again, made her dizzy, on the other hand, she couldn't stop thinking about the stranger who kissed her out of the blue. "It should be my wild imagination!!" she said aloud to convince herself.

Brushing off the unwanted thoughts and the weird feeling she felt in that man's presence, she made up her mind to keep quiet to krith. Not so later, she reached paradise, getting into a deep slumber.

Krith returned to the guestroom within an hour after the chit-chat talk with Drey. To her dismay, the sound of the snoring sloth made her startled as soon as she entered the room. 'My God, how can I forget my earplug when staying with this sloth. Will I be able to sleep tonight?' she murmured in panic after realizing she had forgotten something meaningful as an earplug. Since, Armelle has the habit of snoring, not always but sometimes when she is utterly tired. Being her friend for over a decade, Krith got adapted to be beside Armelle comfortably, except for this snoring.

Relaxing for a while, she cleaned up herself to get a change to her night grown, tuck herself inside the portion of her bed. However, she dared to close her eyes as the loud snoring sound exceeded the hearing ability of her ears.

'Dear almighty, can I have my hearing loss for one night?' she pleased to the god almighty unable to bear the animal sounds made by her friend. However, she couldn't sleep and close her eyes no matter what she tried. Even after covering her face with the pillow till she suffocates, nothing worked over the noise of the sloth's snore.

At last, she finally decided to use the trunk card she left behind. She took out her mobile phone to connect with the online games to tire her eyes until she blackout. After that, she could do nothing other than make herself tired of the pit.

'Luckily, I charged the mobile,' murmured as she immersed herself in the game. The clock hung on the wall and moved from minutes to hours, hours, and hours before she finally entered the wonderland to meet her prince.

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Armelle got up first from the alarm sound. There was also another reason which made her wake up strangely soon. It was a dream, which is heartfelt for some reason. Luckily, her alarm rang at the correct time, helping her snap back to reality. However, she couldn't remember a bit of it. But a strange, bizarre feeling caught her up, making her more active than usual. Climbing down from the bed, she saw Krith the panda sleeping in a zig-zag posture, holding the phone tightly.

Her master brain worked, not knowing the deed she caused to krith. 'Let me wake her up!! HeHeHe' Armelle spoke to herself with sarcastic laughter as she moved closer to lay beside krith. "My baby…" Armelle murmured, nibbling their ear lobe of krith. "Hmm…" Krith hummed as she spoke.

"Sweetheart??"

"Hmm…"

"Wake up baby girl!!"

"Hmm hmmm…"

"If not, I'll kiss you with the morning breath," Armelle spoke in a highly pleasing way.

"With pleasure..." krith spoke in half-sleep, making Armelle confuse her words.

"Ummmmmmmahhhh," she came towards armelle pouting, making Armelle bewildered to run off from the bed. "God damn!? Hey, Krith wake up? What did you try to do to me? You Ugly panda… Wake up, Idiot!" Armelle shouted in panic, not knowing her plan would backfire.

There is no use for her effort, knowing that she went to take a bath to get ready for the seminar held by Professor Han. 'Let me complete my work! There is no use in struggling.' She comforted herself for the efforts she had made. After an eternity, She came out of the showering room wearing a robe; her hair was made into a bun that was dripping wet from the last shower. It took a while for her to decide on the dress she had to wear for the seminar. Finally, after a long brainstorming, she selected an elegant sunset yellow A-line sheath that matched her skin tone well.

Her aura was enchanting and alluring, with the added beauty reflected in the mirror. "You look beautiful as always, my dear!" she heard the voice. The person's silhouette contemplating the mirror made her panic.