New To The Dance

The Fairy Masquerade is now upon the Burrowgatory. A very luxurious event hosted by the richest bun in the city; one that caters to the elites and anyone else that is even lucky enough to get their hands on an invitation. One such individual that has received such an invitation was a renowned cage fighter in the underground martial arts scene: Raul. It seems that the bun had made a name for himself that it reached beyond the niche underground market.

Whatever the case may be, Raul had gotten the attention of the agents of the event, and received the gold-gilded invitation card. However it wasn’t just one invitation; he was mailed two, meaning he can pick one other person of his own choosing to take part in the masquerade with him. It wasn’t long for him to decide who he’ll bring.

Today is the day...

Raul approached his bed side to wake up a peculiar small light blue flaming bun. “Pewii, hey, wake up… we don’t wanna be late…!” He said as he gently stirred on them.

Pewii got woken up by him. “Hm?” They got up and yawned, doing a little stretch first before facing Raul's direction. “Mmm.. Morning Raul~ … What day?” They seem confused about what he said.

“The masquerade event… It’s this day.” Raul replied. “I had our invitations ready now and…” Raul is taking pauses. He is not only in a hurry, but he’s a little anxious as well, and is thinking a little too hard about it. He has never been to such an event before, let alone anything that involves ballroom dancing…

Pewii has their eyes fully opened hearing that. “Ohhh, it's the day~??” They say as they vibrate their tail a bit, looking excited it seems. They stood up now. “Well I should start taking a bath and get dressed now~” They slowly went to the edge of the bed, trying not to fall. Once they felt the edge, they hopped out of bed, grabbed their guiding stick and headed to the bathroom.

Raul just watched Pewii head out of the room and sighed. While Pewii bathes, he sets up the planned outfits that they will be wearing for this event. They had their outfits already planned a day or two ago.

After a while, Pewii has finished taking a bath and calls for Raul, looking for him. “Raul..~” They have transformed into their doll form and is wearing two towels, one on their head and one on their body, wrapped on their chest. They smiled gleefully at Raul, showing their gapped teeth.

“Oh, hey…” Raul smiled a bit at them. “Our clothes are ready now, here… “ He says while motioning to it, the clothes laying and folded neatly on the bed. It’s his turn to take a bath this time while Pewii can now prepare and wear their outfit. “I’ll be quick..” He headed to the bathroom with his towel.

Pewii nods back at him. “Okay.~” They went to find the clothes on the bed, but first before wearing them, they dried themself first, especially their long hair, before they could wear their dress. After that, Pewii is about to wear their dress now, their dress is a long, white sleeveless dress with butterfly shaped laces all around it. It is also accompanied with a mask, a white butterfly-shaped masquerade eye mask.

Meanwhile, Raul bathed quickly, much quicker than Pewii as he had now arrived back from the bathroom in just a few minutes. He too had transformed into his doll form with a towel around his waist. He glanced at Pewii, seeing him wearing their dress. “It really looks nice on you… it’s cute..” He said, smiling a little with a hint of fluster on his cheeks.

Sadly, Pewii was not able to see themself. “You think so?” They blushed hearing that as they were combing their hair. 

“Y-yeah..” Raul says reassuringly. “You really do…”

After drying himself too, Raul went ahead to wear his outfit now. It is essentially a black tuxedo-like suit, with a vest shirt that opens up and exposes his chest, along with a butterfly-shaped bowtie. He doesn’t bother “fixing” his hair much, as it is pretty much part of his aesthetic to have wild hair. His masquerade mask is also similar to Pewii’s, albeit one that is larger and dark-colored.

“I’m done now Pewii…” Raul turns to check on them. “...?”

Pewii can be seen struggling wearing their white stockings. “Oh uhh, not yet.” They chuckled embarrassingly. 

“Oh..” Raul went to them. “Here let me help… Take a seat..” He says guiding them to the bedside.

“Ah okay.” Pewii followed him and sat next to him. “I could have.. worn this first.. before my dress...” They chuckled, realizing how that would've been easier. 

“It’s alright… here…” Raul helped Pewii wear the stockings, gently pulling them up evenly and exactly fitting Pewii’s legs. “There you go…”

“Thank you.~” Pewii giggled as they stood up now.

“Alright, all done..?” Raul said, standing up with Pewii. “We have all our stuff ready, invitations, and also the masks too.. Here’s yours…” He picks up their masks and hands Pewii theirs.

Pewii tries to take the mask, they look like they're just grabbing air for a bit. They eventually manage to take it now. “Ah, thank you dear.~” They smiled at Raul. “Lemme fix my hair a bit first.” They went to brush their hair for a little, as well as getting them untangled a bit more, and all they did was place some hair clips.

After all that, now they are ready…

Raul and Pewii made their way to the Fairy Masquerade now. They rode in one of those limousines that was scheduled to pick them up, coming in line with other similar vehicles later on that were also heading to the event.

After their little ride, they finally arrived at the place; a towering art deco-like architecture of a building that is essentially part of the renowned Wonderland Casino. The guards let the guests in at the entrance after they show their respective invitation cards. Raul and Pewii did just that along with the others.

Now, they have entered the Fairy Masquerade place; a massive, fancy, almost cathedral-sized ballroom adorned with fairy and butterfly-like decorations and motifs. It is indeed so grand and beyond them, that Raul is having a slight ‘fish out of water’ moment in awe at what he’s seeing around him.

“Whoa…” He just muttered, looking around, as he and Pewii walked along the ballroom, having Pewii holding him by his arm.

Pewii just tapping along the floor with their guiding stick. “It sounds lovely here. I can hear so many people chatting and music going on.” 

“Yeah.. so… what should we do first..?” Raul asks, turning to face Pewii. “Wanna.. Dance..?” He feels just incredibly awkward in this setting, and despite his mere one day preparation to learn about the most basic of slow dancing, he is still fairly nervous.

“Oh, yes.~” Meanwhile Pewii seems excited about it and happily nods.

“Come on..” Raul leads Pewii as they make their way to the dance floor.

With them now in the middle surrounded by others that are dancing, Raul gently held Pewii in his arms. “Okay uhm… it’s… just follow my lead. We like… moving in tempo along to the music or something..” He says, trying his best to describe what the dance is.

Pewii is smiling back at him. “Awww you can do it, Raul.~” They said, feeling all giddy. 

Holding their waist with one hand, and holding their hand with his other, Raul starts to do a basic ballroom type of move. “It goes like… this… Uhm, one… two…”

He counts along to the rhythm, taking Pewii with him in this dance, all the while doing his hardest to keep it together.

Pewii does their best to follow along with his steps, however in the midst of their movements, they suddenly step on Raul’s foot by accident. “Ah, oh sorry!” They felt bad from doing that.

“Oh…” Raul felt it, but it didn’t hurt him due to Pewii not even wearing shoes. “It’s alright…” Their dance rhythm stopped for a moment as Raul patted Pewii a bit just to reassure them. “Wanna continue..?” He asks, gently holding their hand again.

Pewii smiles lovingly and nods at him, wanting to continue regardless.

The two continued on their dance, with Raul just taking the lead for Pewii. Till now in this slow tempo music, Raul remained somewhat tense and careful for Pewii, as dancing in such a grand setting is still something new for the two of them, and now he and Pewii are thrusted into one of the most important events in the Burrowgatory.

However as time passes, with this music piece coming to an end, Raul starts to get used to it, beginning to feel comforted simply because Pewii is here with him…

“Do you like this, Pewii…?” Raul asked as he continued with his dance with Pewii, holding their waist and hand.

Pewii nodded. “Yes.~ Am I doing good though?” They shyly asked.

“Yeah, yeah you are…” Raul says. “Okay uhm, I wanna try this one next… it’s like, called a ‘twirl’ or something..? What we do is, I let go of your waist, and you spin around once… and then I catch and hold you by the waist again… can you try that..?” He asks, even the concept of a basic dance feels new to him.

Pewii has their eyes widened by that. “Oh, sure.” They just agreed along and trusted Raul for this.

“Here we go… one… two… three.” Raul then gently spun Pewii around while still holding on to their hand, being held at the top like a ballerina.

Pewii did the spin but suddenly got off balance and they're about to fall. “W-Wahh!”

“Pewii!” Raul quickly caught them, catching them by the waist before they could fall.

As soon as this happened, the music was finished. Everyone stopped dancing now, with some clapping. However they’re still on the dance floor, seemingly waiting for another piece of music to play…

Raul looks at Pewii meanwhile “Are you okay…?’ He asks, holding on to them with both of his arms.

“Ahh Sorry sorry.. I messed up...” Pewii said, feeling embarrassed from what happened. 

“No no, it’s okay it’s okay…” Raul tries to comfort them and caress their hair. “Do you still wanna conti-”

His sentence is interrupted by a new song that starts to play. This one is a faster tempo, and is more ‘excitable’ with its instruments.

“Continue…?” Raul asks Pewii again.

“Ah, yes.” Pewii nodded back, still wanting to continue. 

“I… I hope you’re ready for this, I… I don’t think I am myself but here goes…!” With Pewii in his arms, Raul continued the dance.

Their dance is more energetic, holding each other’s arms as they move along with the music’s faster groove.

Pewii tries to keep up with the pace with Raul, but they seem to have fun regardless and can be heard giggling.

“Wanna try the spin again?” Raul says as he dances with Pewii, he is speaking in a louder volume due to the music.

“Ah, sure!” Pewii replied back in a louder volume too.

“Here we go. One… two… three!” Raul made Pewii twirl again, a bit closer this time so he can catch them easier.

Pewii managed to spin with no problem this time.

“There you go! You did it…!” Raul said, smiling and cheering for Pewii as he caught them in his arms as they resumed dancing.

Pewii is just breathing heavily a bit from that due to the intense feeling and effort from the dance. ”Ah really?”

“Yes Pewii, you did great…!” Raul cheered on with a slight chuckle.

Pewii sighs in relief and just happily chuckles back at Raul. They're feeling tired now as they bend a little.

“Oh…” Raul notices this and he slows down a bit in dancing “Are you feeling tired now…?” He asks.

“Yeah...” Pewii responded as they were facing down and looked a bit disappointed and tired.

“Well let’s-” Raul’s sentence is interrupted when he bumped into another guest just slightly “Ah sorry…!” This made him stumble just a bit enough to bump on Pewii’s leg…

“Agh-!” Pewii went off balance again then about to fall while holding onto Raul.

“Wa- Ah!” Unfortunately, Raul himself is off his balance as well and together they end up stumbling and falling on the floor.

Some guests around them took notice, stopped dancing and backed away to make space.

“Good lord, are you guys okay??” One went to them and tried helping them get up.

“Ngg… Oh, Pewii!” Raul didn’t need help as his first instinct was to immediately spring up and check on Pewii.

“Mmgh.. I'm okay Raul.” Pewii smiled and just chuckled from what happened. “What about you?”

“I’m okay Pewii, I’m just more concerned about you.” Raul then helps Pewii get up now. “Let’s just… get off the dance floor now..?”

Pewii stood up and just giggled. “That was fun Raul.~” They smiled.

Raul smiled back a little. “Y-yeah… it sure was.” He tries leading Pewii out of the dance area now and into the tables area. “First time dancing well, it sure is an experience.” He chuckled a bit.

“We should do it more~!” Pewii said half jokingly.

“Of course…” Raul says. “Hmm, you hungry? Could you use a drink too…?” He added. He is a bit too cautious regarding Pewii drinking, knowing about their lightweightedness in drinking, but he won’t mind letting them go loose despite that.

“Yeah lets.~ I am curious about the food here.” Pewii answered back, they seemed excited.

The two made their way to the event’s food court, and together, they went to indulge themselves in the party’s vast array of delicacies. After an exhilarating session of just dancing that ended somewhat messily, they can now just take some time to relax together.

They went to order some drinks, having themselves some nice cocktails along with their meals. It was all just quite refreshing for them, with the food and drinks of this event just so fancy that it is near out-of-this-world for them.

They have just finished their first cocktail drinks.

“Ah, that was really tasty..” Raul says, finishing his glass. “How about you Pewii..?” He turns to look at where Pewii is at the table.

Pewii finished their drink as well and they started to look tipsy. They looked a little red. “Ahh~ It's all *hic* good here!” They giggled. 

“Ah, nice to… hear…” Raul chuckled. “Do you want another drink..?” He sweatdropped a bit, just seeing how much of a lightweight Pewii is.

Pewii raises their glass. “Yes please.~” They hiccuped.

More drink is poured on both their glasses. They just continued on their drinks for a while, until they got up to five glasses now.

“We got up to five…” Raul turns to look at Pewii. “Pewii…?”

Pewii finally passed out from drinking, had their head resting on the table while being next to their glass which had fallen down… 

“Oh…” Raul’s eyes widened seeing Pewii slumped on the table, however it’s something he had expected from the start.

He takes a deep sigh as he scoots over and gently starts to pick up Pewii. “Welp, that was a good party..” He says to himself as he is just carrying Pewii in his arms, deciding that it’s their time to go home now.

Making his way out of the building and back to the front doors where he and Pewii first entered, Raul went to gently lay Pewii on a nearby bench meanwhile, with him taking off his own coat to cover them up from the cold. He even managed to convince a nearby guard from entrance to look over them, as he went and tried hailing in a nearby cab. After all, the expensive limousine’s service was just there to drive them to the masquerade itself and not the way back.

Eventually, a cab stopped by, and Raul went to carry Pewii into the backseat with him now.

“Wow, too much to drink there?” The cab bun asked, looking concerned through the mirror.

“Yeah… we couldn’t last in that party longer.” Raul just answered.

“Huh, well not just any party. The masquerade thing by the richest lady in the city..” The cab bun added. “Hmph, I won’t dwell on it further, other than ya’ll must be special or super elite or somethin’.”

“... I guess… “ Raul timidly shrugged.

He didn’t consider himself special, elite, or any of such high standards, so even now it still felt like a shocker that he was invited to such an event in the first place. After telling the cab bun where their address is, they make their way back home now.

The Fairy Masquerade lasted for much longer after this, and while Raul and Pewii could never expect themselves to become part of something fancy and grandiose, it was still an experience that they will remember together, even if they did not last long in it.