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“Good morning!”

You walk up to Steven at his usual spot in the gift shop. You make sure to always say hi to him in the morning and talk to him as long as possible. He thinks it’s just you being nice, but it’s to make sure nobody else talks to him.

“Good morning to you too! You seem very happy today.”

“I just like seeing you! You make my day better.”

Steven gets a bit flustered and you just smile at him. He’s adorable and also incredibly hot, who couldn’t fall in love with him? Between his rambles and his awkwardness, he’s practically irresistible, to you at least. You’re honestly glad he doesn’t attract many eyes, it makes your job easier.

You look at the time and notice it’s almost time for your first tour of the day.

“I’ll see you at lunch!”

You give him a hug over the counter and wave goodbye to him as you walk away. He waves back and keeps staring as you go towards the class.

-

“Steven! Are you ready for our lunch break?”

You walk over to him and he looks up at you. He smiles at you and nods as he grabs his bag and walks with you to the exit.

“How has your day been so far?”

“Dealt with a disrespectful middle schooler. Kids these days don’t have any manners.”

“Tell me about it, I have to deal with them all day. You’re lucky you only get a few coming up to buy something.”

“Donna doesn’t like that. Tells me I should be selling more.”

“Well she can deal with the kids herself then.”

You both sit down at the bench and you notice Steven scoots closer to you. There’s no space between you two, cramped despite the amount of space left on the bench. You don’t really mind though. If he doesn’t, then you don’t either. 

He then puts his arm around you which makes you look at him a bit confused.

“Sorry, do you not like this? One of my friends told me that this is a good move to umm… get closer to other friends. I’m so sorry if I made you uncomfortable.”

He quickly removes his arm and apologizes profusely. You just laugh and put his arm back.

“I don’t mind Steven, not at all. I just wasn’t expecting this from you.”

You feel your heart rate pick up. You’re getting closer and closer to your goal. You just hope Steven, or anyone else for that matter doesn’t catch you in the meantime.

You two continue to eat as you talk about trivial things. Steven’s arm stays around you the whole time and you feel him squeeze you a little whenever he talks about one of the things he really likes. Once your lunch breaks are over, you both go back to work as normal and continue with the rest of the day.

-

You feel your foot slip a bit on the roof of the apartment building. It took a while and many scares to get up here, but you did it. You look over at Steven’s window, he’s sleeping peacefully. It’s the first time you’ve done this, and even though you’re slightly scared of falling from this height, you feel warm and fuzzy watching him sleep so.. peacefully. It was love at first sight with him. The moment you met and the moment you started talking you fell in love with him. Is this perhaps a bit too far? Not at all! Prove your love to him! Nobody is good enough for him, he deserves the best person who can appreciate him and love him for what he’s worth, and that person is you! Even if it means getting rid of your opponents physically.

You take a good look inside of his apartment. Is that an ankle restraint? And why does he have so many mirrors? Okay, you certainly never took Steven for that type of guy, but you learn something new everyday. Makes you think about what other secrets he may be hiding. He has a pretty nice apartment, nice and cozy. 

You make your way down the roof carefully to make sure you don’t fall and that nobody catches you. Once you arrive at your own apartment, you get ready to go to bed. You fall asleep rather quickly, but a sound stirs you awake. It seems to come from your window. You stand up and open it, but there’s nothing there. Must’ve just been a bird.

-

You come into work and get ready to say good morning to Steven, but there’s already someone talking to him. It’s a lady you’ve never seen before. She must be a new employee, you think. You calm yourself down and say it’s nothing, but you then watch her slip a paper to him and give him a kiss on the cheek. He looks stunned. You walk over to them and try to hide how pissed off you are as best as you can.

“Good morning Steven! And good morning to you too! Are you a new employee?”

“Hello! Yes, I am! I started working here a few days ago. My name is Chantal, what’s yours?”

You and Chantal continue to talk, as Steven just watches silently. His eyes seem to be fixated on you, his fingers twitching slightly. She’s nice, you think. It’s a shame you’ll have to get rid of her. She can’t be getting too close to Steven. You’re simply just nipping it in the bud.

“I’ll see you later then? Maybe at lunch?”

“Sorry, she has lunch with me. We like to keep it just between us.”

You both look over at Steven, she seems a bit confused, but you’re ecstatic. At least you and Steven still have your precious lunch breaks together. He has a serious expression on his face. He looks a bit angry, you think, but what could he ever be mad about? 

“Alright, I’ll give you my number too just in case you guys ever want to include me in whatever it is you guys do during your.. lunch breaks.”

Oh no, she must’ve gotten the wrong idea. She scribbles her number quickly on a piece of paper before you can clarify anything. She says goodbye with a wink to you both. You and Steven just stand there together in silence. He’s gripping the counter tightly. Poor Chantal, she doesn’t know you have eyes for Steven and Steven only.

“You’re gonna hurt your hand if you keep gripping the counter so tight. What’s wrong?”

His hand quickly relaxes and he looks at you with a smile. 

“Nothing, just uhm, deep in thought you could say. Anyways, we’re still having lunch together right? Just us two?”

“Yup, trust me, that’s never going to change.”

-

Throughout the day, you’re preoccupied with thoughts of Chantal, specifically her with Steven. It fills you with rage. She can’t have him, she simply can’t! She’ll never love him like you do! You make up your mind. You’re going to have to kill her today if you want to sleep peacefully tonight.

On your lunch break with Steven, he has his arm wrapped around you again, though much tighter than yesterday. Of course, you don’t mind in the slightest.

“Do you like Chantal?”

You shrug.

“She seems nice, I guess. I dunno, I’ll just have to get to know her better.”

Well, you won’t have the chance to. Neither of you will in fact. 

“What about you?”

“Same feelings.”

You both continue to eat and chat about whatever. Steven gets a bit distracted by looking at his reflection in a puddle, but you simply brush it off. 

“I’ve heard a little birdie say that you want to be a tour guide too.”

“Was it the security guy? He always calls me Scotty, even when I tell him my name is Steven.”

“Maybe. But if you wanna be a tour guide too, you’ll have to compete with the best of the best.”

You point to yourself and you both laugh.

“Well, you are an amazing tour guide. I always catch myself looking at you. You have a really nice voice, and you’re really beautiful as well. Although, I don’t think that has much to do with being a tour guide.”

You give him a pinch on the cheek as he becomes a bit flustered.

“You’re too sweet, Steven. Be mean, give me some critiques.”

“Critique you? That’s impossible, you’re perfect in every way, shape, and form.”

It seems that caught you both off guard. You both look at each other in awkward silence until your alarm rings shortly after. You both get back to work as you replay what Steven said to you in your head.

-

You’re following Chantal in a disguise with a gun and ropes hidden in your coat. She seems to be going into a warehouse. You get into the warehouse quickly behind her. You quickly run up behind her and gag her with some of the rope. She screams, and you knock her down to tie her up completely. As you pull out your gun to shoot her, you hear footsteps behind you.

“Who’s there?!”

You point your gun to the man in a white suit and mask with a bat in hand. He calls out your name and you recognize the voice.

“Steven? Is that you?”

He removes the mask from his face and it is indeed Steven.

“What are you doing here?”

“I was going to kill her. For you.”

“Wait but.. I was going to kill her, for you.”

You both stand there, the only sound in the warehouse being Chantal’s muffled cries.

“I just couldn’t stand the thought of her with you. You’re too good for her, too good for anyone. Nobody understands you but me, nobody can love you like I do. You’re a goddess walking amongst us, blessed by Hathor herself. I’m the only one that’s right for you.”

You feel a tear fall down your cheek at his confession. Your heart is racing and you feel euphoric. You run up to him and hug him.

“Really? I thought I was the only one that felt this way with you. I’m glad to see my feelings are reciprocated.”

You kiss Steven and he kisses you back. You pepper his face with small kisses as he continues to tell you how much he loves you, and you say the same to him. Chantal continues to scream in the background.

“Can I get that for a sec?”

He gestures to your gun and you give it to him. He aims at Chantal and shoots her in the head twice.

“Sorry, she was ruining our moment. I would’ve used my bat but I didn’t wanna walk over there to where she was.”

You both stand there together in silence, simply holding each other until he speaks up.

“I’ll clean this up and change, wait for me outside.”

You nod and leave the warehouse. You stand outside the door you came in and nearly start jumping with joy. You can’t believe this is happening at all. You were worried Steven would catch you and report you to the police, or worse, not love you back, but he does! To the same degree you love him! 

Steven comes out shortly after in his work outfit. You hold his hand as you walk through the streets together.

“Y’know, I never thought you’d hurt a fly. You were the last person I’d expect to do this.”

“It’s all for you, so it doesn’t really matter all that much to me who I’m killing.”

You smile and give him a kiss on the cheek. 

“I’m glad it’s for me and no one else. Also, why do you have ankle restraints on your bed? I didn’t peg you as a guy into BDSM.”

“What? No! I’m not- I’m not into things like that! Well, I could be, I’ve never experimented- wait, how do you know I have ankle restraints? You’ve never been over to my flat before.”

“Oops. Should I have waited a bit to ask you that? I was looking through your window. I got on the roof.”

“How? Wait, are you an avatar as well?”

“An avatar? Like the blue people? Or the anime? What are you talking about?”

“Oh, nevermind then. Forget I said anything.”

Steven’s definitely a bit weird, but that’s one of the parts you love most about him.