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It had been a long week when Cleo walked up to Deuces locker. She sighed dramatically, "Deucyyyyy" she sighed. He turned around and kissed her cheek, "hey Cleo what's up?" "Nothing much, I'm soooooo tired though" she whined. He smiled a little, Cleo was in a bit of a mood but he knew that all she needed was some snacks. "Its the weekend princess! You can sleep for two whole days!" She smiled a little at that.
He could see something was wrong, he knew her really well by now so he also knew she'd only admit that when she was 100% certain they were alone. "Hey babe my mom is away on business tonight, maybe you wanna stay over?" Cleo perked up, "YES" she yelled, "Sorry sorry, yes" she said trying to contain her excitement.
She stayed at Deuces when she could but it was rare. Deuces mom didn't like them sharing a bed, but Cleo required cuddles to sleep well so she wouldn't often stay when his mom was there, unless she really needed it. He often stayed at hers and her dad would occasionally pretend not to notice but she liked his house more, it was cosy and he'd bake her good food.
The two arrived at his house half an hour later. "IM HOME" he yelled to no one at all. The two walked to the kitchen because Deuce knew Cleo would want food. She sat on a barstool at the bench, "WHAT are you making me Deucy?" She asked him. He started to gather ingredients, "chocolate chip cookies sound good huh?" He replied. She grinned, his cookies were so good she could eat 100.
Deuce set to making them and she watched happily, he was in his element and that made Cleo happy to watch. When the dough was ready he put out trays so she could help him put the cookies on the trays.
Once he put the cookies in the oven and set the timer he walked around to the other side of the bench, cleo went to sit down on a barstool but he sat under the bench.
The first night she stayed at his house the two had been sneaking around looking for snacks late at night and hid behind the counter when Deuces mom woke up because one of them closed a kitchen cupboard to faat. She couldn't see behind the counter from that angle and eventually left.
The two talked for hours about really personal stuff and it became their tradition that when they were at his house they'd sit under the bench when someone needed to talk serious, especial when baking.
Cleo came to his house to avoid serious so she stood there and considered not joining him but he was looking at her waiting and she knew she could never leave him waiting so she joined him.
Deuce didn't talk right away he instead gave her a look. "What?" Cleo asked. Deuce smiled "I love you" he said. Despite hearing this 100 times Cleo still got flustered every time. "I love you too Deucy" she stuttered, looking away from him.
When she looked back at him he was giving her a dumb smile and suddenly all she wanted was to stay here in his kitchen forever, sitting under the bench with the smell of cookies baking and all the love she felt for him welling up in her heart.
"Deuce have I ever told you about when I first knew I loved you?" She asked. He grinned at her "no Cleo you have not, please tell."
She sighed but smiled at him all the same.
"We had been dating only 3 months Deuce. This was maybe the second time I stayed over and you looked at me during school and asked if my dad was bothering me. I said kind of and you said I could stay over. I did obviously and that was the first time you baked for me. You made me chocolate chip cookies and I remember you kept giving me kisses and telling me you were here. I remember thinking you were a simp and then realising that if the roles swapped I'd do exactly the same thing so I guess we're both simps" Deuce giggled at that.
"When I tasted the cookies I got this feeling, you looked at me hoping I would like then and I of course loved them and I thought "wow I love these cookies almost as much as I love him" and I almost said that out loud but you kissed me thank God because we'd only dated 3 months and I was not a simp but I now realise that I am so unbearably in love with you Deucy"
Deuce looked at her with so much love in his eyes. "You were the first one to say I love you." He said. "It was pouring rain and I kissed you and you said I was such a cliche but you loved me anyway. You said it so easily and then you realised what you said but I said I loved you too and we kissed in the rain even though you think it's a cliche moment" he reminded her.
She sighed happily and layed her head on his shoulder. "Were not a cliche though, were Cleo and Deuce. Were monster highs power couple and we break all high school power couple cliches. They always hate each other but you bake me cookies when I'm sad and sometimes I look at you and all I wanna do is cry because I love you so much"
Deuce hugged her close. "I love you" he said because he didn't know what else to say. She smiled, "I love you too."
Cleo knew Deuce would get her to serious talk later and she was nervous for that but right now sitting under the bench cuddling next to her Deuce with the smell of cookies on the air she thought to herself that everything would be ok and she could tell her manster anything.
"We're Cleo and Deuce." She sighed happily.
"I love you" Deuce said as one of his snakes kissed her hair.
"I love you too Deucey."