Cerise Hood had been racing through forest with Carmine, that late afternoon, when she stumbled upon something she had never been meant to see. She stopped in her tracks, frozen in shock as she took in the scene in front of her.

'Baby, baby, baby, ohhh! Like baby, baby, baby nooo!'

Daring Charming was singing emphatically to Justin Reaper, back turned to her, with earphones in his ears, swaying side to side every now and then and snapping his fingers.

Cerise blinked.

'Like baby, baby, baby, nooo! Thought you'd always be mine, mineeee!'

It was at this moment that Daring Charming turned around and met Cerise's eyes, the music dying on his lips.

A stifling silence blanketed the woods, the birds stopped singing to pay homage to the incredible awkwardness that was the moment.

Cerise Hood blushed as she locked her eyes with his deep blues. Daring's face, however, flamed into an incredible red that would have put Elmo himself to shame. This was an embarrassing situation by all means, but something about this particular maiden made it all so much worse. He didn't think Cerise wouldn't tease him too badly, he knew her to be quite a kind girl, but something about her seeing him like this made him want to find a dragon and jump into its mouth. He coughed and look down at the ground, breaking their eye contact.

Cerise tugged on her hood self-consciously as she stared at the boy, lost at what to do. The poor guy seemed so embarrassed, and hex knows she knew how that felt.

So she did the only thing she could do. "I'm sexy and I know it!" she sang, bopping her head back and forth.

Daring's jaw dropped as he met her eyes again. She lifted her fingers to her lips and giggled. He chuckled, still blushing, but finally relaxing. Then suddenly the clearing was ringing with the laughter of the young prince and the wolf girl. Daring looked over at Cerise as they laughed and felt warm feeling in his chest, and a flutter in his stomach.

"I won't tell anyone." She reassured him, when their laughter had subsided.

"Thanks.", he said, chuckling, "Wouldn't want to ruin my charming, cool prince reputation."

"Hey, everyone has their secrets, right? But for the record, I still think you're charming. Even if you have a horrible taste in music." She said soothingly.

"Thanks, it means a lot that – hey! I so do not! 'Baby' is actually a hexcellent song!"

Cerise giggled. "Whatever say, Charming." Daring rolled his eyes, a grin on his face that hadn't been there for a while.