-: Tea for Two? :- ^^ ~Pierr

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Dear Pierr,

I have stumbled across a wonderful table decked out with plates, tea cups and of course! A tea pot. I was wondering if you would be so gracious to grant me your company in this wonderful world called Wonderland.~ Meet me in the Tea Party Garden.

Hope to see you soon.

Teehee.
Yours Truly,
Ellie~

A letter had been sent to the wonderous clown, Pierr, by the what so ever lovely blue elf girl Ellie. She had stumbled across this world known as Wonerland. She had thought that it would be fun to enjoy tea with her lovely friend Pierr. She had only recently met him and both had to depart. She had to get back to Twilight Town. But, upon beginning her adventures again she came to this world. She found it awfully delightful. She had even managed to shrink herself, as well as grow in size. Though, it didn't last long.

Now she sits at the end of the long table lined with chairs. The table is set for two, one of which is her plate. The other will be her guests. Each at separate ends of the table. Its best to have company facing you instead of to either side of you. She is found not wearing her normal aviator hat and goggles, but instead has her dark brown hair pinned back with a barrette that has a lovely butterfly on it. She has her arm propped on the table, resting her elbow on the table and her chin in her hand.

She is staring at a portrait of some funny looking people, one that has a tall looking hat. She wondered who they could be. "Possibly earlier hosts?" She asked to herself out loud. She turned her attention away from the portrait on the wall and looked down the long table, of which had already been decorated once she had stepped foot into the garden. It was like it had read her mind, that there would only be one guest plus herself. She wondered when Pierr would arrive.

She had become flattered with Pierr. That she had seemingly wanted to look her best for this tea party. She had done her hair and made sure she was presentable. She had even added some rosey pink lip stick to make her lips shine. She continued to sit at the end of the table, the one furthest from the gate of the garden.

Squeaakkk~~

She heard the squeak, emitting from the small old white gate that led to the garden. The gate also had a heart cut out of it. She sat up abruptly, looking over to the gate. "Pierr!?" She asked, hoping it was him. Then flushed red at her eagerness. She stood there, waiting for whoever had entered... for she could not see them yet.

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Pierr, having received a very nice, well written letter from his favorite acquaintance Ellie, had traveled on speedily to Wonderland. Tea, oh how utterly fantastic. He did love tea so, and it was always fortunate to have company when indulging in tea. Especially such pleasant company as Ellie.

He found the world of Wonderland itself to be spectacular. Everything was strange and unique, no one even found it odd that he was a clown...strange enough, but then again, did the words strange or odd even exist in this world? It seemed based on general observation that they indeed did not, which made Pierr even more interested in this place.

He was dressed in his regular attire this time, no disguise, nothing fancy. Of course, that wasn't to say that his regular attire wasn't fancy. His red, yellow, and green garments complimented each other nicely, and his slightly over sized white gloves were the perfect touch to finish the outfit, if not the mask covering the upper portion of his face.

He wore as happy a smile and demeanor as ever, strolling along through a place called the Tulgey Wood before finally reaching the Tea Garden spoken of in the letter. The white gate, complete with an cut out heart stood before him, waiting for him to enter.

He approached slowly, pushing the gate open with a squeak before he heard a voice calling from within the garden. "Pierr!?" He easily recognized the voice as that of Ellie, and from the sound of it, she was very excited for him to arrive. He came in the gate casually, proceeding until he could see her, the blue elf girl standing, waiting for him.

He walked over to her and bowed respectfully, taking her hand and kissing it gently before releasing it and standing back up. "Ellie! Wonderful to see you!" He exclaimed as he gave her a quaint, happy smile. "Thank you for telling me about this place, it's an amazing world. And this is a wonderful spot for tea!" He noticed the table set only for two, how spectacular! He'd be able to get to her without anyone else interrupting!

"And thank you for honoring me with your invitation miss Ellie. I've wanted to get to know you more since we met. And I have to say, you're looking simply beautiful today." He quickly clasped his hands together, the clown, just over six feet tall studying Ellie's face. "I am certainly glad you cared to invite me. In fact, if you wouldn't mind, I'd like to see you more often Ellie!" He smiled happily, unclasping his hands and awaiting her reply, standing in front of her.

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Ellie stood near the middle of the table, a bit from where she had been sitting before. She stood there, so she could see who had entered more easily and to greet them. If it was Pierr, or maybe a uninvited guest? The more the merrier then! The garden was a bit dimmer than the area outside of it and the sun glared behind the tall, six foot or taller silhouette that the sun's glare made. It was much taller than she herself was, a foot taller. Though, it rarely bugged her.

As the figure came closer, she saw the clownish appearance. Which was of her guest. Pierr. The ever so happy clown. He looked pretty much the same, accept his clothes were different than when she had first met him. She smiled at him, happily. Glad to see him. Her cheeks were still a bit pink from her over eagerness.

Ellie! Wonderful to see you!

She smiled again, as he bowed to her. How respectable and kind. Ooh~ A kiss on the hand. Her cheeks blushed again and she retreated her hand, pressing it against her chest. Staring at where he had kissed her hand. She then looked back up at him, hoping he didn't notice her rosie pink cheeks. "It's splendid to see you as well!"

Thank you for telling me about this place, it's an amazing world. And this is a wonderful spot for tea!

"I know, its a magnificent place. I simply stumbled upon it, but I could spend a wonderous amount of time here." She said smiling brightly at him, all hints of her being nervous are shy had vanished. It was amazing how she could do that. Be shy or nervous one moment and then with a smile she could change it all around.

And thank you for honoring me with your invitation miss Ellie. I've wanted to get to know you more since we met. And I have to say, you're looking simply beautiful today.

At the last thing he said her demeanor changed again into shyness. Timidness. Her cheeks flushing a pink again. He said so many nice things about her, yet she had nothing really nice to say to him. He was a fine clown, who was so kind. So cheery. She smiled at him bashfully. "I-its nice to have you here." She turned around, moving aside to show him the table.

"Mmm, please sit." She said gesturing to the seat at the end of the table nearest to the gate, but furthest from where she had been sitting. "What do you like in your tea?" She asked as she moved to the middle of the table where a tea pot was. She picked it up and set it in front of her. She started to take the lid off...

A mouse popped its head out of the tea pot. Ellie jumped back some. "Oooh~ A mouse!" She cried out, what sounded to be in amazement and excitement. She had pulled her hand away from the lid of the tea pot and stared at the mouse, who stared at her.

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Pierr calmly walked over to the other chair, taking his seat as he looked back up at Ellie, who had just asked him what he liked in his tea. Before he could answer he heard the girl's excited gasp and, looking over the table, saw a mouse had popped out from the tea pot. He blinked slightly, a bit confused by it before wondering what a mouse could have been doing in a tea pot...then he remembered where he was and shrugged it off.

"A mouse indeed. How very odd." He replied with an interested chuckle as he tilted his head to the rodent and eyed it carefully. "That's about the most random thing I've seen since I came here. Such a fascinating world. Nothing makes sense. It's so fun!"

He laughed heartily as he sat back in the chair, relaxing as he looked at the pot perplexed, wondering how exactly the tea was going to get made with a mouse in the tea pot. "Well now...hmm. We need tea then...how...oh!" He exclaimed as an idea came to mind, like a light bulb turning on in his head.

"I believe we could use a bit of assistance!" With a smile he clapped his hands together, a cloud of smoke and confetti surrounding him before clearing, revealing three strange puppet-like creatures surrounding him. "Would you three be so kind as to prepare some tea for this fine lady. Your best quality if you please!" The puppets quickly got to work, fetching pots and water, preparing tea in the most unique ways.

"Wonderful little creatures. My assistants you know. Very helpful, and they make the best tea." While they continued to busily work, Pierr glanced over to Ellie and the mouse. "Ellie, I did have something I'd like to tell you while I have ti so fresh in my mind dear." He began as he put his elbows on the table, folding his hands and resting his chin on them.

"I was wondering. I've taken such an immense liking to your company...do you think perhaps we could see more of each other?" He questioned as the puppets began to gather cups and saucers while another finished the tea. "If you don't mind of course." The puppets finished as he said that, one filling the cups of the other two with tea which those two then brought, along with a saucer which they set them on, to Ellie and Pierr, the one bringing Pierr's tea dropping a cube of sugar into it, the one bringing Ellie's tea doing the same as Pierr waited for her reply.

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Ellie continue to stare at the mouse who had so suddenly appeared out of the tea pot. Her eyes seemed to be glued to the mouse, not in shock. Not in horror. But in excitement. This world had so many surprises up its sleeve Ellie could only wonder what could happen next. The mouse looked at Ellie then looked at where Pierr was seated at the end of the table.

A mouse indeed. How very odd.

Ellie opened her mouth about to say something to the little mouse but it popped its head back into the tea pot. Ellie stared mystified. A wide smile then spread across her face. She started to shake a bit, in enjoyment. Happiness fluttering through her body. She felt she could squeal in glee at any moment. It didn't once cross her mind that her little tea party had been what seemed to be ruined. Instead she was shaking with joy!

"T-t-this place is sooo utterly stupendous!" She shouted out in joy, throwing her hands up in the air. She giggled to herself. She wrapped her arms around her body, hugging herself. Warmly. She looked at the tea pot again, she wanted to meet this mouse. She wanted to ask why he had been in a tea pot. She was about to reach for the lid again when Pierr's wonderous voice caught her ears.

I believe we could use a bit of assistance!

She controlled herself. Straightening herself out. She smiled at Pierr. Hoping he wouldn't mind her little out-burst. She saw him clasp his hands together as a cloud of smoke and colorful confetti surrounded her lovely friend. She wondered what was happening but then the smoke disappeared to reveal Pierr surrounded by strange puppet looking creatures. With long noses. Ellie clasped her hands together in glee. W-what strange creatures! She then heard Pierr tell them some orders, to get her and Pierr some tea. The moved, gathering pots and water. She watched them with fascination...

Ellie, I did have something I'd like to tell you while I have it so fresh in my mind dear.

She turned her head to Pierr, "Yes, what is it?" She asked him. She tilted her head as she sat down in the chair she had been standing near. It was in the middle of the table. She propped her elbows on the table, and her chin onto her hands. Waiting for Pierr to tell her what ever he had on his mind.

I was wondering. I've taken such an immense liking to your company...do you think perhaps we could see more of each other? If you don't mind of course.

She was about to answer when a puppet placed a cup of tea in front of her. The cups were bigger than normal cups, no surprise there considering the world they were in. She looked back over at Pierr. "T-that would be wonderful!" She exclaimed, her voice becoming a bit high-pitched. Her voice was full of excitement and joy. She flushed red at her own excitement, then looked down at the table for a moment. To hide her blushing? "I-I'd like that, very much so." She finally said, smiling at Pierr from where she sat.

She turned to the puppet that had remained standing near her, "You think you can get the tray of cookies over on that table over there for me?" She asked it, pointing to a small table some feet away from the long rectangular table that they were now sitting at. She wasn't sure if it would as she told it to do, or maybe it only obeyed Pierr?

Just then the mouse popped it's head out of the tea pot again,"D-dd-did s-ss-someone ss-ssay cookies?" It asked, stuttering.

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The puppet turned immediately, ignoring the mouse and walking off to the table, obeying the girl's order and getting the platter of cookies, picking it up and bringing it back to her, lifting it up respectfully without any signs at all of tiring. Strange little puppets...so obedient. Odd though, why would they even obey her?

"Oh, so helpful aren't they?" Pierr commented with a chuckle as he looked across the table at Ellie. "I've already made sure they would obey you. That makes you and me the only ones they'll listen to at all. So very nice to have them around..." His voice trailed off as he saw the mouse pop up again asking about cookies. Such a strange world, but so very fun, especially for a clown.

"You know Ellie..." He began, a bit reluctantly based on the tone of his voice. Perhaps he himself was feeling a bit nervous at this point. "I'd have to say...I've never met anyone quite like you. You're an incredible girl...simply wonderful." He stopped, his voice ceasing before he glanced at the sky before looking back at her, his anxiety obviously high.

He felt odd for a few seconds, suddenly realizing something strange had happened. He'd changed his form without realizing it...in fact he was dead sure he didn't do this but he was in his human form again. His attire consisting of black socks, dress shoes, pants, and a long sleeved black shirt, his hair turned purple and shorter, spiky, his eyes a practically matching shade of violet to Ellie's, his ears almost matching her's as well, all as it had been when he was human.

The strangest part however,was that he hardly ever used this form and he was absolutely certain he hadn't done this. He was too dumbfounded trying to figure out the cause for this transformation to even change back, his eyes showing a strange sense of curiosity and confusion, his face showing his confusion.

"What in the world could have..." He was muttering under his breath as he looked at his palms, then the backs of his hands, then back to his palms again. "It couldn't..." He blinked twice, still trying to think of what exactly just happened. "It couldn't be..." He muttered again before at his clothing then back to his hands.

"Because I love her?" He blurted out without thinking, his thoughts being spoken aloud. His eyes went wide when he figured out what he just said, realizing he'd said it more than loud enough for her to her while she was only feet away, clasping his right hand over his mouth and falling back, his chair tipping over but luckily being caught by a puppet who easily propped it back up. He looked over at Ellie, blushing before looking back down at the table cloth for a second, his blush deepening as he waited for her to say something or remark in any way, far to embarrassed to speak.

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D-dd-did s-ss-someone ss-ssay cookies?

"Ooooo~! It speaks." She exclaimed, gasping some as she sat there staring at the black beady eyed little mouse. She just wanted to squeeze, pick it up and rub it against her cheek. Saying how utterly cute and adorable it was. It grabbed the sides of the small hole it was sitting in and raised itself out of the pot. I-it was a fat, chubby little thing.

"Cc-c-ookies?" It asked looking around, sniffing the air with its small pink nose. It stood up on two legs, sniffing the air. Ellie stared at it, it was sooo cute!~

Oh, so helpful aren't they?

She nodded, turning her head away from the mouse towards Pierr. She had forgotten about him for a second there, too interested and excited about the talking mouse. This world was soo strange, and Ellie found that at most anything could happen. It was all so wonderful and exciting she could only guess what might happen next.

You know Ellie...

I'd have to say...I've never met anyone quite like you. You're an incredible girl...simply wonderful.

She kept her purple orbs on him, wondering what he was getting at. She blushed at his words, having not noticed that the puppet she had asked to get the tray of cookies had set them on the table besides where she sat. She glanced at the tray as the chubby-brown mouse waddled its way over the silver laced tray that had beautifully decorated cookies on it. Sugar cookies, with sprinkles, frosting. All different colors. Colors of the rainbow. They had been specially made by Ellie herself...

"...P-Pierr.." She let out, shocked by his appearance. I-it was human-ish. L-like hers..accept no blue skin. B-but, his was paleish. H-he had purple hair... P-purple e-eyes...P-p-apointed ears. H-he seemed just like her. I-it couldn't be! She was in deed in a state of shock, must like Pierr seemed to be. Muttering to himself. Looking at his hands. Ellie just stared, her violet colored orbs a bit wide..."..Y-your appe--arance..." She said softly...Stuttering.

Because I love her?

W-w-what? N-n-no..That couldn't be what she had just heard. The words echoed through her mind. Because...I love her. Love her.. Love her... No. No. It couldn't be. She began to shake her head, having turned away from where Pierr sat. She looked at the white table cloth. She pressed her hand to her chest, where her heart was. ...I-is that what I have been feeling?... L-love for him?.. She asked herself, looking down at her chest. At her heart. She had never felt love before, could not understand it...

She stood up, the chair scooting out behind her. She looked up at Pierr, "..Excuse me." She said. She then walked towards the small white gate with a heart cut out of it. She seemed to walk quicker than she thought she was, she still had her hand on her chest. She opened the gate, it squeaking as she did. She then closed it and ran down the path, towards the forest. Dark and mysterious. One if traveling alone could get lost in it...

...It wouldn't be safe for Ellie to go inside alone.

The chubby-brown mouse still sitting on the tray eating cookies looked over at Pierr. "C--cc-cookie?" The mouse asked, putting out his small paw towards Pierr that had a half-eaten cookie in it. Now was not the time for a cookie. Even if they were magically delicious.

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Pierr shook a bit, suddenly hearing Ellie get up, politely excusing herself oddly enough, before all but running to the gate, opening it up and darting down the path outside. Pierr seemed to be a bit angry with himself for upsetting her at first but he quickly got over that as his eyes snapped open, his pupils dilating wide.

"She's headed for the Tulgey Wood..." He said simply before looking to the mouse who had so kindly offered him a half eaten cookie. He blinked, squinting at it before taking it from him, sniffing it before sliding it into his sleeve. "Thank you master mouse." He said before quaintly getting up from the chair.

"Alright boys, we've got a damsel to rescue." He said as his puppets quickly stopped what they were doing and walked in front of him. He nodded to them before turning, bringing his hands to his sides and taking a deep breath before exhaling with a sigh, hoping Ellie wouldn't do anything rash before stepping forward with his right foot.

"Delta formation!" He shouted as the puppets quickly took action, surrounding him in a triangle pattern, two just slightly in front of him, one on each side diagonally, and the third standing directly behind him a few feet away. Without another word they all started off into a run, jumping acrobatically over the gate with ease, landing simply and taking off at full speed in the direction Ellie had gone.

Pierr rapidly processed the situation, hoping Ellie would be ok and that she wouldn't go into the forest by herself. He picked up speed, his wooden friends following him step for step as he desperately chased after the elf girl in the direction she had run off in. Unconsciously he raised his right hand, a card appearing above his palm in a burst of light before he qucikly grabbed it with his index and middle fingers. He hoped she wouldn't have gotten into trouble by the time he and his entourage arrived.

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The chubby mouse watched as the now normal clown took the half eaten cookie from the mouse's hand and slid it into his sleeve. Watching as he got up, ordering his puppets to help him rescue the what seemed to be damsel in distress, who was heading straight towards Tulgey Wood. Of which she hadn't gone through, wouldn't know her way around. Yet, she headed blindly into it. Her mind confused.

Her feet carried her along the dust covered path that lined the white picketed fence of the Tea Party Garden. She reached the end of the picket fence and continued on, blindly. It seemed she was in distress. Her heart was confused. Trying to make sense of what he had said to her, asked himself. Did she feel the same way though?

W-what was love anyways? A word? A feeling? Not once in her life had she felt loved. Simply because she never remembered being loved, feeling loved. H-had love but all disappeared for her? That was why she was running away now? What was there to fear of love? She did not know...

Yet, she continued forward. Running. She had gone beyond the entrance of the forest. A sign nailed to a tree read, 'Tulgey Wood' but she paid no attention to it. She kept her eyes focused down. Still running. She ran down the pathway, it got skinner and skinner. More trees surrounded her. She found herself stumbling. Tripping over a root that had raised itself from the ground. She ended up skinning her knee on the rough dirt beneath her knees. She raised her face, looking around.

Where am I?

She asked herself as she sat up. It was dark. Ominous. The trees seemed to sway a bit in the wind, much like hands moving towards her. She saw beady yellow eyes coming from the trees. She stood up and ran along the path again to come to some trees with signs nailed on them. Ones that read 'This Way' 'Go Back' 'Yonder' 'Up' 'Down' 'That Way'. She stared at them...

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Pierr had been dashing off down the trail for a few solid minutes now, his puppets keeping perfect pace with his every footfall, almost as if they were imitating every movement the clown made, every single rise and fall of his leg. Regardless, they were running breakneck even as the path got skinnier. Pierr was determined to catch up to Ellie, and he was almost sure he could run faster so he should soon.

He looked down at his clothes, black, all black, it was just like when he was a human. He barely ever used this form yet he somehow felt he shouldn't turn back...he felt like he was supposed to use this form for some reason. He wasn't sure why but he had to remain human for the time being, he couldn't bring himself to switch back.

The path got narrower, and narrower still. He would soon be coming to the crossroads he'd found earlier coming through here, the one with all the signs. He closed his eyes for a second as he ran, trying to figure out where he was from memory. He hoped desperately he would find Ellie down this path, unharmed.

The sound of he and his puppets running was like a clock ticking. It was rhythmic, every step of the running quartet almost exactly equal with the other, the slight variations providing a melodic quality that Pierr probably would have enjoyed had his mind not been filled with concern and worry for the elf girl he was chasing.

He still held the card tightly between his fingers, it's unique pattern of swords and fours shimmering in case he had to use it. He stuffed it into the sleeve he didn't already have full however when he saw the blue skinned elf girl ahead. He started running all out, as fast as he possibly could toward her, his puppets keeping up.

When he finally neared her he put out his heels and skidded to a stop, his heels kicking up the dirt a bit before he finally came to a near stop, walking forward quickly and wrapping his arms around the elf girl in a tight embrace, hugging her for no apparent reason but putting as much comforting sentiment as he could into it, pulling her body to his and silently standing there, holding her, his puppets wordlessly looking at them as the sounds of the wood and silence surrounded them all.

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Ellie stared at the signs, trying to make something of them. They had her mind spinning again as she stood there. This way...that way...Up..Down...All-Around...He loves me? She thought to herself, staring at the signs. Feeling herself getting dizzy.

Silently behind her she heard a slightly ticking noise, much like that of a clock. Click-Clack-Click-Clack. She stood there, blankly staring at the signs. Now, only really staring at the crevices of the tree. The pattern of the bark on the tree. "Hee....hee...hee...." She laughed to herself quietly. She felt herself going crazy, losing her mind. She did not know why.

She felt warm arms wrap around her, sliding around her. Embracing her in a tight embrace, someone pulling her close to their own body. She was still staring at the tree that had a bunch of signs nailed to it. She suddenly felt her knees give way, buckling underneath them. Her body slid towards the ground. Her knees caving towards the ground. That was the only movement she had given since the person had wrapped, his or hers, arms around her. As she slipped towards the ground, whoevers embrace it had been kept her from falling to the ground.

She saw a figure in front of her, fading into view. A female. A woman. Who had the same blue skin but darker than hers. White flowing long hair. Violet eyes. She stared at the woman, whose mouth seemed to move but no words could be heard. "M-Mother...?" She asked out loud. She wasn't sure if the woman was her mother or not, but it had to be. She tried to run forward but his arms continued to hold her closer to his boy. "Mother!" She gasped out, remembering the woman before her. Who was now fading away. She reached out to try and grasp her, to hold onto her. As memories of her mother flooded back to her.

...Be happy my child.

The woman then disappeared. She was there alone, but not so alone. There was someone still holding onto her. She turned her face, her bangs covering her eye as she did. "...P-Pa-Pierr?" She voiced out.

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Pierr heard her, speaking out the word "mother". He didn't know what it meant but he kept silent, feeling her trying to break out of his arms for some reason as he held her up from the ground with little effort. He kept her wrapped tightly in his embrace as he waited for her to calm down, but he wouldn't have to wait long.

Slowly, she turned to the boy, looking at him through the hair covering her eye. He sighed out, relieved she was ok before pulling her safely to her feet, turning her to fully face him, brushing the hair from before her eye and running his hand down her cheek, his other hand softly resting on her right hip.

His puppets backed away slightly, as if reading his thoughts as they all took a few steps directly back, every one of them in perfect time with the other before they came to a stop, calmly waiting for their master's next move. Pierr in the mean time had simply been looking into her eyes with his own violet ones, rubbing her cheek with his thumb.

"I'm sorry if I upset you Ellie..." He said finally, breaking the silence he'd held since he found the girl. "I know it's a bit sudden but...it's true." He glanced away for a second before locking eyes with the elf girl again, trying to see into her soul through her eyes, a silly thing if you thought about it but that's what they always said right?

"I..." He continued slowly, his voice trailing off as he looked down, then back up at her, his cheeks flushed bright red as he took in a long breath of air, exhaling with a nervous sigh as he rubbed his thumb down her cheek once more. He finally got up his courage, slowly building it up enough to say what he wanted to.

"I...I love you, Ellie." He stood silent for a few seconds after these words, not even moving, barely breathing before, as if on instinct his hand curled from her cheek to the back of her head, his hand on her hip pulling her in closer as he bent his head down, kissing her slowly, delicately on her lips out of some strange instinct, holding it, not so much as even attempting to break it as his puppets looked on expressionlessly and he wordlessly waited for Ellie's reaction.

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Little thoughts went through her mind as she stared into Pierr's own violet eyes. She stared up at him, not quite sure what had just happened. She hadn't fully registered what had happened. How she had come to stand in front of the tree with signs nailed to it. Why she was in Pierr's arms. All she could do was stare up at him.

He brushed the hair out of her eyes, resting his hand on her cheek. All she did was stare up at him, unable to take her eyes off of his. She leaned her face into his hand as he gently rubbed his thumb against her cheek.

I'm sorry if I upset you Ellie...
I know it's a bit sudden but...it's true.

True?...what was true? She questioned to herself, then began to recall all of what had happened. The tea party, the mouse, the cookies, Pierr changing. Talking to himself out loud. Her overhearing and then her excusing herself from the table. Running into the woods. She shouldn't have reacted like that. I-it was uncalled for. She was about to say something, but wasn't able to. She just continued to stare into his eyes.

I...

I...I love you, Ellie.

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She stared at him, not sure how to react. What to say. D-did she love him back? She was unable to reply for Pierr curled his hand around her neck, bringing her closer to him. He bent down and kissed her delicately on her pink ripe lips. Her reaction was much like any reaction when a kiss was unexpected. Her eyes went wide, she almost pulled away but before doing so she let her eyes flutter closed, returning the kiss.

I..I love him...

She wrapped her arms around him. She fe-felt happy. Was this what love was? Being happy? But she was happy. An overwhelming feeling of delightfulness. She slowly pulled away, breaking the kiss. She looked down, instantly blushing. Her cheeks feeling very, very warm. "Oh! Pierr...." She half exclaimed, after a small pause. She then buried her head into his chest, trying to hide her blushing. She couldn't contain herself though.

"Mm..Pierr.."

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When she kissed him back, his cheeks flushed a bright scarlet. His eyes fluttered closed as well as the two shared a very passionate moment with each other. When it finally broke he watched as she bent her head down to hide her blushing after only a second of looking up at him. She buried her face in his chest, softly cooing his name as she hugged him.

He hugged her back with equal intensity, just holding her for a second as he felt the warmth of her cheeks on his chest. "Ellie..." His speech was sincere, unhindered, yet it was full of feeling. Feelings of love, caring, tenderness, feelings that he'd never actually taken note of before he'd met Ellie.

Eventually he released her from his embrace, a hand running through her hair before moving carefully to her chin, lifting her blushing face up as they locked eyes again with qiet intensity. "Ellie...mm..." He was almost using her own words, but that was just because he couldn't think of anything else that was appropriate enough to express how he was feeling.

"I love you dear...I love you so wonderfully much." The puppets had disappeared during their kiss, leaving them standing alone before the signpost with so many signs.With a deeper blush, his eyes half closed before he kissed her again, but it was different this time. It still had all of the gentleness it had before, but it was much more intense, filled with passion, with real fire, and with love.

He really couldn't express everything he wanted to in words. This was the first thing that came to his mind that could show her every feeling he had within just mere seconds, without a single word spoken. Slowly, after about ten seconds, he parted his lips from her's, looking down at her. "I hope you're not angry miss Ellie...I just...can't hide the truth. I love you more than living." Just by the sound of his voice, one could tell that he was being truthful. He did love her so...

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She didn't dare look up at him, to look at his face. Into his eyes. It would cause her to blush even more than she already was. But she found herself unable to pull her gaze away from him as he lifted her chin upwards. Towards him. In an instant her eyes caught hold of his and her cheeks flared an even brighter red than they already were.

Ellie...mm...

She had locked eyes with him and did not dare look away. Unable to. She hadn't noticed but her heart. Her heart was beating ever so quickly. Too quickly to be a normal heart rate. But, she had not ran. Or done anything to make her heart beat so fast. W-wait was it fluttering, like butterflies flutter?

I love you dear...I love you so wonderfully much.

He brought his face closer to hers again, kissing her again. As he did she closed her eyes, feeling her heart stop for a second as he did. But then it fluttered again, racing inside of her chest. She felt herself melt. Like butter melting on warm bread. Or snow melting on a warm day after snowing. Melting.

As their lips parted again, her eyes softly opened. Revealing a soft light purple shade to her violet eyes. She did not hide. Nor pull away from his gaze. She just stared up at him. Her body feeling completely melted. Yet, she was whole though. Not like melting butter. Or melting snow.

I hope you're not angry miss Ellie...I just...can't hide the truth. I love you more than living.

How could she be angry? When she felt the same way. She just didn't know. Didn't know love. She moved her hand towards his face, resting it on his jawline. "How can I be angry? When I'm absolutely..." There was a slight pause as she looked for the right word. "..absolutely.." Another pause. "...absolutely.....happy."

Was there any other word for it besides 'happy'?