Chapter 1

...There's a rumour very popular among the netizens nowadays. For some it's a fantasy, while for others it's just a baseless rumour. But for me, someone who has actually faced the subject of the rumour, it's an undeniable truth. ...

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As if my life wasn't pitiful enough, God decided to add a bit of sarcasm into my plain colourless life. Maybe that's the reason Valentine's Day came into light. A day specially dedicated to make me feel like a worthless piece of shit who has no luck in romance.

Even the air feels different today, as if the quote love is in the air became true all of a sudden. Everything around me has a romantic vibe to it , as if taunting me about my non-existing romantic life. *no tears left to cry*

It took me all my willpower to convince my wandering mind to focus on the calculus problem before me, instead of crying over my boyfriend who doesn't exist. Well love could wait, my degree wouldn't.

But being the bitch that my mind is, it just won't focus. So I give up trying to convince it to study, instead I shift my attention to my phone. Nothing can be a better alternative of time pass than scrolling social media.

As I was looking through my feeds, I came across this weird post that made me stop and stare and then laugh out loud. Written in bold letters, the sentence was " Why not try asking the monster under your bed if he wants to be your valentine, though I'm sure he'll say No lol."

I'm sure anyways, that if there was actually a monster under my bed, he would reject me even before I get to ask him about being my valentine lol. But what if he agrees, well how do monsters look anyway. Wait, wtf am I even thinking. Shit, I've officially lost my mind.

I don't know what took over me the next second but I blurted out before thinking " Hey, Mr Monster-under-the-bed, would you be my valentine?" I would have probably laughed it off, if not for the voice resounding from behind me.

"S-seriously?!" asked a deep masculine voice.

A chill ran down my spine and I felt goosebumps all over my skin. Shock engulfed my sense and I became numb to all the emotions crashing down at me.

With all the courage left in the fibres of my body, I slowly turned around, expecting the worst. But what greeted my sight was nothing close to what I had expected.

Standing before me was a man who was more like an angel than a monster. Eyes as blue as the depth of an ocean, lips that are plump and red like a rose petal. For a moment I forgot everything, completely captivated by the man before me.

Is this even real, or being single for so long is making me imagine things that aren't actually there. As I was pondering over this, Mr Monster-under-the-bed's voice brought me back to the ground.

With the same deep voice, but this time with more confidence, he asked, " Are you sure about what you said earlier?"

And I was dumbfound again.

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