Matt blinked his eyes as he heard Avril's voice in the darkness. Matt turned his head. Avril's shadow was still visible although it wasn't as clear as when the lights were on. But, even in the darkness, Matt could see the worried look on Avril's face. Her eyes were watching Matt intently. Once again, Avril broke through Matt's defenses.

"Hey! Do you have a stomach ache?" Avril whispered again.

Matt came to his senses. He immediately shook his head. "No, I'm not. Of course! I'm just remembering the math homework that I haven't collected yet. I'll be in trouble later."

Avril breathed a sigh of relief. "Oh! Let's get together after the show. We might still have time to sneak into the school."

Sneak. Avril's words managed to make Matt smile. This girl is really sweet. Sometimes, Matt just couldn't understand Avril's way of thinking. So what? Doesn't everyone need to be understood? Not everything needs to be understood. Avril can get through it. Matt also wanted to grow. Matt wanted to face everything from now on instead of running and asking questions. Obviously, Matt's first step was to start with Avril.

"I can take care of it" Matt said trying to reassure Avril.

"Thank you!"

"No big deal" Avril said.

The show begins. The main character, Clara, appeared in a sweet cream-colored dress with a red ribbon around her waist. Clara has dark brown hair with curled ends while her hair is half tied. The hem of her dress was matched the color of her ribbon. On the other side, there is Clara's father with his tall stature and his sleeping coat. The story begins at Christmas and at that very moment, Clara opens her present and gets a nutcracker doll. The nutcracker doll was a soldier with a red shirt with a yellow and gold list, black pants and a soldier's hat.

Avril smiled. Avril clearly knew how the story would end. in fact, Avril was sure that the majority of those present here also knew how the story would end. however, when the sound of the orchestra and the cast began to move with precise and captivating movements, Avril could say she was thoroughly entertained. The tempo of the lead actor's steps was just right. Sometimes slowing down, widening and stopping so dramatically that all expressions could represent it perfectly without even saying a word. Avril was even amazed that they could do it so well.

"Amazing, right?" said Avril with a meaningful smile.

"What?"

"Look at them! How did they do all that? We can even understand what they're trying to say just from their songs and movements" Avril explained.

Matt didn't really know much about that kind of thing. In fact, Matt was a little sleepy now. Matt actually prefers watching something challenging. But, something like this is good too. Sitting next to Avril in the theater. The sound of music blaring throughout the theater made them inevitably chat in whispers. If someone asked Matt what he got today? Matt would definitely answer sitting next to Avril while listening to her sweet voice directly in his ear.

Matt leaned to his left. "Yeah, they're cool too"

Avril agreed excitedly. "You know what I mean! The tempo of the music and the tempo of the movements are just right. Doesn't everything look cool?"

Matt smiled. "Yeah. It's really cool. Moreover, it's my first time."

Matt's first experience being close to a girl and hearing her voice directly. It felt really magical. In fact, last week, Matt was still desperately begging Avril to leave him alone. Now, Matt even wanted to get close to Avril. Matt might win the most unstable man trophy. But, who cares? All that mattered now was getting close to Avril Marie Miller.

"It must be awesome, right?" said Avril.

Oh, if Avril knew what Matt meant, he couldn't have guessed how she would react. "It's awesome."

Warren snorted. Why did he feel like the third wheel now? Anyone who saw Matt would have guessed that the man was in love right now. Instead of paying attention to the stage, Matt was busy stealing glances at Avril. Oh! Let's not forget about those whispering too.

Warren sighed. Matt should treat him later as a reward for keeping his mouth shut. Actually, Warren wanted to remind his best friend. Liking Avril was very risky. The girl had a lot of fans and Warren also couldn't guess what Avril felt about Matt. The thing was, the girl was friendly to everyone. But, the real reason Avril wanted to go undercover was also an odd one. But, of course! They were talking about Avril. Avril never becomes ordinary. So, Warren decided to be a spectator. He would just watch them from the side literally and of course be a spectator of the ballet when he should be working on his project! What a wonderful way to welcome the weekend. Warren tried to talk himself out of it.

Warren watched the show while trying to ignore Avril or Marie who were whispering with Matt. In fact, Matt was really quiet. Since when did he behave like this? Since the show started, they had already shown several cast changes. A group of dancers dressed in typical mid-century European clothes. Showing a party atmosphere.

Warren tapped his seat. Sweet Clara was seen having fun at the party, in a palace. Then, Clara's nutcracker soldier appeared. Well, he was quite handsome too. No matter how hard Warren tried to focus on the show, his mind was still on the project he had to complete. If it wasn't for Kim throwing a tantrum, Warren wouldn't be here right now. Speaking of Kim, where was that girl? Warren wants to see Kim in her ballet outfit. What role is Kim in? Oh! Don't tell me she's the rat king!

The show continues. A bunch of fairies in cute ballet outfits made Warren glare at them one by one. Perhaps, Kim was among them. But it was hard to tell which one was Kim. Especially, when the girl used to dress up in her emo style and now she was wearing ballet. Warren didn't want Matt to hate him but apparently, he had to interrupt Avril and Matt's whispering activity.

"Hey, M!" said Warren.

Avril turned her head. "Yeah?"

"Have you seen Kim?" said Warren in a whisper.

Avril seemed to realize that she hadn't seen Kim at all. her eyes blinked and now her gaze was focused on the stage which was showing a fairy tale house and the person on top of the chimney while other people were dancing in the courtyard.

"I guess not," Avril said. "Did I miss it? I was watching from the beginning."

Warren wanted to add 'and whisper!'. But, fortunately, he didn't do that at all. Warren made the next wise decision. He adjusted his glasses and nodded meaningfully.

"Alright, let me know when you see it!" said Warren.

"Of course," Avril replied.

Unfortunately, until the show was almost over, she didn't find Kim at all. oh, no! Looks like she's become the rat king. Warren was considering how to congratulate Kim.

Hey! Congratulations on becoming the rat king. You're awesome!

Warren wasn't sure he could say that at all, but, what could he do? Warren watched Clara dancing with her prince. The prince's curse was lifted and their mission was successful. Hooray! Warren could go back to his lab and tinker with his favorite project. Then, the prince and Clara ended their dance and smiled at the audience.

Warren furrowed his brow. His eyes watched the stage without blinking at all. warren recognized that smile. The same smile he saw when Warren introduced himself as Warren Knock. The same smile when Warren had helped him and the same smile when the girl had handed out tickets and forced them to come to her show.

"No way. Kim?" said Warren in disbelief.

Turns out Kim was playing Clara!