Several days had passed with Willy learning more and more with each lesson I taught him, seeing how he was starting to adapt more and more to each word, each letter, every single thing he saw, he took in, even wrote it down so he would always have it. If we weren't in the makeshift classroom we had created, we were about town, selling off more of his amazing chocolates. Silver Linings had become one of my absolute favorites of his creations, gaining brilliant ideas and insights on more and more things we could do to get those chocolates out there without this crazy chocolate cartel wanting him gone. They'd done everything in their power so far to run him out of town, but from what I've gathered, they want him more than out of town, they want him dead. And I can't let that happen.

Willy and I had grown incredibly close throughout this entire ordeal, developing feelings I had never once had in my entire life. I was always afraid to fall for anyone, for that matter. But Willy made it ridiculously hard not to fall for him. The way he would talk to me, the way he would look at me, just the simple little things he's done, people would think is absolutely nothing. But to me, it was something. He's shown me so many incredible adventures in such a short period, and in a place I had grown to loathe. But now, I didn't so much anymore.

"I can't believe how many times we evaded them today!" Willy and I walked hand and hand along town with little smiles of excitement on our faces, having sold numerous chocolates today that was racking up and would eventually free us all! I knew he could do it with all his brilliant ideas and talent he was born with.

"You were very precious today, you know that? You're the sweetest thing imaginable! Even more than my chocolate of course." The blush on my cheeks gave me and my thoughts away, as we stopped walking once we got closer to meeting Noodle near the laundry cart. Our eyes connected like the missing puzzle piece we've both been dying to find our entire lives. And it just happened. The most magical thing I'd ever experienced. A kiss, an electrifying kiss that absolutely swept me off my feet. I felt as if I was floating on a cloud. Once we pulled away, my heart was racing, and Willy was smiling from ear to ear.

"Goodness Willy, I've never done this before. But I know I'm meant to." I could see Noodle in the corner of my eye absolutely smiling from pure happiness of her own. She told me on numerous occasions how much he would talk about me, want to know more about me. It was..... surreal.

"I've traveled to many places to perfect my chocolate. Ive always kept myself busy with that because it's my entire life! But you? You have captured something far more than that ever could. My heart. And I would do anything to have you beside me for this journey. I..... I love you. I really do." My eyes widened and my heart seemed to sing with joy from his devoted words of passion that no one dared uttered for me before. I was in awe, shock. But I felt the same way because without him in my life, it was misery. Pure misery.

"I love you too, Willy! I really do. And I would be honored to watch this grow. Our relationship, the factory you'll create one day. All the many things you'll accomplish. I'm going to be right here, cheering you on." I gently kissed his nose with a grin of his own lighting up his more than handsome face. We knew we had to go back to pure torture at Scrubbit's. But with Willy along side me, I knew I could do anything.