Chapter 5

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Varian was speechless, he had no idea go to react to this news.

'She actually likes me... Wow... I-I can't believe it...'
He thought to himself, a small smile forming on his face.

"Varian? Are you okay?" Rapunzel asked, seeing that his reaction was really quiet.

"Huh? Oh, yea. I'm absolutely peachy, especially knowing that the girl who I've had a crush on since I was 14 actually likes me back." He replied, beginning to ramble.

Rapunzel couldn't help but fangirl at how cute he reacted to knowing Cass loves him back, but then she was pulled back to earth with a thought.

"Var, promise me you won't tell Cass that I told you! She'll full on behead me if she found out I told you." Rapunzel said worryingly.

"Cross my heart and hope to die. I promise I won't tell her you told me." Varian said with a smile.

Raps sighed a sigh of relief and smiled.
"Thank you Varian. Now go get her!" She said encouragingly with a smile.

"Okay!! Wait...what?! I can't just full on go and say my feelings right after you told me! She'll figure out you told me way to quickly. Hmm... how about I tell her at my birthday party? I'll take her for a walk or something." Varian said, happy with his idea.

"That's a great idea, we have 3 more days till your party anyway, and if you don't mind, I could make the party your birthday and Cassandra's return party in one!" Rapunzel said with a smile.

"That's a great idea, Raps!" Varian said happily.

"Right, I need someone to distract Cass whilst we get everything sorted. And I know the perfect person for the job." Rapunzel said with a mischievous smile on her face.

"Really who? Please don't say Eugene, she'll destroy him within seconds of him being around her." Varian said with a laugh.

Rapunzel chuckled as well. "No silly, you!" She smiled.

"Me? Um... I guess I could take her out for a ride with Fidella and Maximus, that is if you wouldn't mind me borrowing Max for a little while?" Varian asked.

"That's perfect, just keep her busy until dinner time. We should be finished setting everything up by then." She said with an excited squeal.

"You can count on me Rapunzel." Varian said with a smile.
"Anyway, I'm gonna head back to my lab, I need to feed Ruddiger, I'll be back in a bit for breakfast." He continued before giving out a small bow to the Queen and walking out the throne room.

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The next couple of days went fairly quickly, and Varian's 18th had arrived.

The morning sun beamed through Varian's windows, landing on his bed.

He woke up to Ruddiger bringing him an apple for his birthday. Varian sat up and pet his companion taking the apple from his small hands.

"Aw, thanks bud. You really know how to make a man happy." Varian said with a chuckle as he got up and went for a shower before getting ready for the day ahead, he had woken up fairly early, earlier than anyone else, so he could get ready to distract Cassandra for the day.

Meanwhile, Cassandra was still asleep in her room, she had the curtains pulled over so that sunlight wouldn't wake her up in the morning, she was in serious need of some extra sleep, being on the road for 4 years straight hasn't been the best of times for getting sleep for her. But now she could actually enjoy some beauty rest without Fidella waking her up at god knows what time in the morning.

Suddenly the door opened slightly and Varian walked in. He walked over to Cassandra's bed and noticed her sleeping, he decided to let her sleep for a little longer and went to brush through Max and Fidella's coat before taking them out.

About an hour later Cassandra woke up, she rolled over on her bed and sighed a sigh of sleepiness before getting up and going for a shower.

A little bits later she came out the room and went to feed Fidella, that's when she saw Varian and she felt her heart start thumping a little quicker.

Varian turned around and slightly blushed.
"H-Hey Cassie." He said with a slight stutter.

"Um.. hi Varian... Happy Birthday. What are you doing?" She asked.

"Well... I thought we could take Max and Fidella out for a ride? If your wanting to that is?" Varian asked.

"Sure, does Eugene know your taking Maximus out?" Cassandra replied asking a question.

"I don't know, but Rapunzel does." Varian answered.

"Oh, okay, well, do you wanna grab something to eat before we go? I've not had breakfast yet. We can take a quick trip to the bakery if you want, on me. It is your birthday after all." Cassandra said, the atmosphere becoming normal between the two.

"Are you sure? You really don't need to." Varian said with a smile.

"It's fine, really. Consider it a 'birthday treat'." Cassandra said looking up at him with a smile.

'He really has sprouted. He's not that dorky little kid anymore, well, he's still pretty dorky, just not a little kid anymore.' Cassandra thought to herself.

She grabbed his hand with a smile and dragged him to the bakery.

"Easy Cassie, your gonna pull my arm off." He said with a chuckle and a smile.

"Oh, now we wouldn't want that now would we?" Cassandra giggled.

'Wow... she's absolutely stunning, no wonder I fell for her. That laugh, that's one of the first genuine laughs I've ever heard from her mouth. I-I love it...' Varian said as he looked at her in awe.

"What would you like to eat?" Cassandra asked Varian.

"Hm.. what are you getting?" Varian asked.

"I'm thinking about getting some chocolate bread. Or as the french call it 'pain ou chocolat.'" Cassandra said in one of the worst french accents ever, which made Varian laugh. And Varian's laugh made Cassandra smile. She loved it when he smiled a real smile instead of a fake smile.

"Well then I guess I'll have a 'pain ou chocolat' as well." Varian said as he tried to impersonate Cassandra's french accent, this set them both off with the giggles before they calmed down and bought their food sitting on a bench to eat.

"Mmm.... this is so good, you have great taste in foods Cassie." Varian said taking another bite.

"Thank you, Varian." Cassandra said with a smile before she ate the last of her pain ou chocolat and standing up.

"Come on birthday boy, we have some horses to ride." Cassandra said as she held a hand out to help him up, which he gladly accepted with a smile.

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(I hope you enjoyed this chapter! I'm guessing this will have another 3-5 chapters, if you guys really want me to, I might make a sequel to this when I finish, also I'm sorry if this isn't the best, I'm literally just typing off the top of my head as I go 😅🤦‍♀️😂 I'm not the most organised person. But as far as I'm aware, you guys are happy with my work so far! Which I want to thank you all about, reading all of your positive comments really makes my day, especially the funny ones, they always make me laugh, so thank you so much for your support, I really appreciate it 😊 see you guys in the next chapter!!!)

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