The children removed their masks one by one, and you could hear gasping and shocked murmuring around the ballroom. Student's that would normally never speak with one another had been conversing with each other the whole time and enjoying themselves. But, now everything had changed.
For some of the guests, the unmasking meant the beginning of new friendships, while others were disgusted after finding out who the other person they had been having fun with the whole time was.
Akira and Jeffrey already knew the whole time their true identities even before the unmasking. However, the one that got the shock of her life was Pearl. Standing next to her was the most dashing young man she had ever laid her eyes on. More handsome than the twins and Jeffrey.
She couldn't believe her luck to have been asked to be his dance partner, and her face turned scarlet red with just the thought of him holding her almost intimately a while ago.
